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Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Comedy
Written By:John Larkin
In Theaters:3/1/1940
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Runtime:66 minutes
Studio:20th Century Fox
Cast
Norman Foster
Director
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Jean Rogers
Kathi Lenesch
Lionel Atwill
Cliveden Compton
Mary Nash
Miss Sarah Finch
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Kane Richmond
Richard Cabot
Chris-Pin Martin
Sergeant Montero
Lionel Royce
Dr. Rudolph Grosser
Helen Ericson
Stewardess
Jack La Rue
Emil Manolo
Edwin Stanley
Governor D.C. Webster
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