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Charlie Chan in Panama(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-03-01
68%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 6m
One more minute... and the fleet is doomed!
Overview:
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
Languages: English, Italian.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Charlie Chan in Panama
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Jean Rogers
Kathi Lenesch (Baroness Kathi von Czardos)
Lionel Atwill
Cliveden Compton
Mary Nash
Miss Sarah Finch
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
Kane Richmond
Richard Cabot
Chris-Pin Martin
Sergeant Montero
Lionel Royce
Dr. Rudolph Grosser
Helen Ericson
Stewardess
Jack La Rue
Emil Manolo
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Overview
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
Release Date
1940-03-01
Average
6.8
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
One more minute... and the fleet is doomed!
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