Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Charlie Chan arrives in Shanghai at the behest of the U.S. government to help stop an opium smuggling ring.Charlie is the guest of honor at a banquet held that evening, hosted by Sir Stanley Woodland (David Torrence in an uncredited role).Charlie arrives at Andrews' apartment, where the FBI agent has caught a gangster involved with the Marloff gang.At the club, Nash (disguised as an able seaman) sees some of the Marloff gang heading toward the basement and follows, but is captured.Lee Chan reveals that his father sent him off to cable America, and he has just received a reply which indicates that the real Agent Andrews was murdered in San Francisco three weeks earlier.Charlie reveals that Forrest used the ink pad to put Nash's thumbprint on the revolver to frame him.Filmink magazine called the movie "one of the best of one of the best B-picture series – part of the appeal of these movies is spotting future stars like Rita Hayworth, Ray Milland and Hall paying their dues – and he has an amiable onscreen presence in a stock “male juvenile” part."[1] Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film mild praise, describing it as "a well-made, if conventional piece of genuine Chan".