While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received..
Is it worth your time? If you like old, snappy mysteries where everyone talks in riddles, sure. If you get annoyed by movies that rely on "funny" kids and racial caricatures from the thirties, skip it. It's a relic, plain and simple. Warner Oland is the whole show here. He plays Charlie Chan with this weirdly calm ene...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old, snappy mysteries where everyone talks in riddles, sure. If you get annoyed by movies that rely on "funny" kids and racial caricatures from the thirties, skip it. It's a relic, plain and simple. Warner Oland is the whole show here. He plays Charlie Chan with this weirdly calm energy that makes him the only person in the room not losing their mind. Everyone else is running around the circus tents screaming about threatening letters, and he’s just standing t..."
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