7.2
Murder by Death
1976
“THE CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEE!”
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
June 16, 19391h 10mEN
6.5
19 votes
Overview
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Director
Norman FosterWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
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N/A
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Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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6.0I didn't like this one so much. Our sleuth finds himself embroiled - with No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) - in a puzzling case involving his old pal "Mary" (Pauline Moore) who gets herself implicated in the murder of the new girlfriend of her soon-to-be ex-husband. It's pretty clear that there is no lack of suspects as our profound and sagely detective attempts to get to the bottom of things and clear his friend's good name. As with most of his appearances in this guise, Sidney Toler carries off the part with gentle humour, but the story is just too rushed. There are far too many red herri…
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