Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Feb 4 1939 Passed 0h 58m
Action, Comedy, Crime

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

Plot

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.

Written by

Frederick Nebel, Murray Leinster, George Bricker

Directed by

William Beaudine

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
463
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA