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Torchy Blane in Chinatown

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Original title

Year

1939

Running time

58 min.

Country

United States

Director

William Beaudine

Screenwriter

George Bricker. Story: Murray Leinster. Characters: Frederick Nebel

Cast

Music

Howard Jackson

Cinematography

Warren Lynch (B&W)

Producer

Warner Bros., First National Pictures

Genre

Mystery. Action. Comedy | Crime. Cop Movies. Remake. Sequel. Half-length Film

Synopsis

Newspaper reporter "Torchy" Blaine and police detective Steve McBride are on the trail of an Oriental gang that has committed three murders. Also on hand is a fabricated Scotland Yard operative who is a phony, and has two others assisting him in an effort to throw the police department off the trail; they are trying to exhort $250,000 from a young rich man who is trying to marry a senator's daughter. A submarine gets involved.

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Torchy Blane in Chinatown

1939

William Beaudine