This remake is very good, much better than the 1st movie; it has Winters, Moreland, Louise Currie, Ahn, W. Douglas, and it's directed by Beaudine. It's a regular whodunit. It also has the good look of many others made in the 2nd half of the '40s.
Louise Currie and W. Douglas are better than their precursors in these roles, but by the late '40s the roughness of her treating by the disrespectful sergeant had already become indigestible; she punches him, yet it doesn't become her, as the coarseness doesn't become the mild sergeant.
Ahn and Roberts are the two Ks.
Barbara Jean Wong has a bit part as the princess.
The dumb dwarf from the 1st movie is replaced by a dumb boy, which enhances the drama.
Winters is great in the scene of the denouement. He certainly enjoyed the role. This was his 1st time as Chan, he doesn't overplay his part, and has a dependable idea of the character, the player isn't as much cautious, as assured and confident.
This whodunit is one of the director's best.
Louise Currie and W. Douglas are better than their precursors in these roles, but by the late '40s the roughness of her treating by the disrespectful sergeant had already become indigestible; she punches him, yet it doesn't become her, as the coarseness doesn't become the mild sergeant.
Ahn and Roberts are the two Ks.
Barbara Jean Wong has a bit part as the princess.
The dumb dwarf from the 1st movie is replaced by a dumb boy, which enhances the drama.
Winters is great in the scene of the denouement. He certainly enjoyed the role. This was his 1st time as Chan, he doesn't overplay his part, and has a dependable idea of the character, the player isn't as much cautious, as assured and confident.
This whodunit is one of the director's best.