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Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie.

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Charlie Chan in Reno
Directed by	Norman Foster
Screenplay by	Frances Hyland Robert E. Kent Albert Ray
Based on	"Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie
Produced by	John Stone
Starring	Sidney Toler
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Edited by	Fred Allen
Music by	Samuel Kaylin
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 16, 1939 (1939-06-16)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Mary Whitman has arrived in 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 Chan travels from his home in Honolulu to Reno to solve the murder at the request of Mary's soon-to-be ex-husband.

Cast

• Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
• Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan ("Number 2 son")
• Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Ainsley
• Phyllis Brooks as Vivian Wells
• Slim Summerville as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
• Kane Richmond as Curtis Whitman
• Pauline Moore as Mary Whitman (Mrs. Curtis Whitman)
• Iris Wong as Choy Wong
• Eddie Collins as Cab Driver
• Robert Lowery as Walter Burke
• Charles D. Brown as Chief of Police King
• Louise Henry as Jeanne Bently
• Morgan Conway as George Bently

External links

• Charlie Chan in Reno at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Charlie Chan Movie Home on "Charlie Chan in Reno"
• Charlie Chan in Reno at IMDb
• Charlie Chan in Reno at Rotten Tomatoes

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