Charlie Chan in Paris
Seen it?1935 | 72 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for people who like their stories with a little danger and anyone who loves trying to stay one step ahead. Paris does a lot of the work, and it looks wonderful. Liked Murder on the Orient Express or Evil Under the Sun? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 12 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1935: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Hamilton MacFadden, Lewis Seiler
- Warner OlandCharlie Chan
- Mary BrianYvette Lamartine
- Thomas BeckVictor Descartes
- Erik RhodesMax Corday
- John MiljanAlbert Dufresne
- Murray KinnellHenri Latouche
- Minor WatsonInsp. Renard
- John QualenConcierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
- Keye LukeLee Chan
- Henry KolkerPaul Lamartine