Movie

Charlie Chan in Panama

Released: March 1, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 66 minutes

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
Age at release: 65
Lionel Atwill as Cliveden Compton
Age at release: 55
Mary Nash as Miss Sarah Finch
Age at release: 55
Lionel Royce as Dr. Rudolph Grosser
Age at release: 48
Chris-Pin Martin as Sergeant Montero
Age at release: 46
Jack La Rue as Emil Manolo
Age at release: 37
Kane Richmond as Richard Cabot
Age at release: 33
Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
Age at release: 24
Helen Ericson as Stewardess
Age at release: 24
Jean Rogers as Kathi Lenesch
Age at release: 23

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Franklyn Farnum as Marine Officer
Age at release: 61
Edwin Stanley as Governor D.C. Webster
Age at release: 59
Edward Keane as Dr. Fredericks
Age at release: 55
Jimmy Aubrey as Drunk Fisherman with Cigar at Club
Age at release: 52
Frank Puglia as Achmed Halide
Age at release: 47
Philip Morris as Plainclothesman
Age at release: 47
Brooks Benedict as Nightclub / Dance Extra
Age at release: 44
Lane Chandler as Powerhouse Search Officer
Age at release: 40
Russell Custer as Soldier
Age at release: 40
Charles Sherlock as Soldier
Age at release: 39
Gloria Roy as Hostess
Age at release: 38
Addison Richards as R.J. Godley
Age at release: 37
Edward Gargan as Plant Workman
Age at release: 37
Harold Goodwin as Military Police Corporal
Age at release: 37
Alberto Morin as Hotel Desk Clerk
Age at release: 37
Chuck Hamilton as Dance Extra
Age at release: 36
Donald Douglas as Captain Lewis
Age at release: 34
Eddie Acuff as Dance Sailor Suspicious of Kathi
Age at release: 31
Sol Gorss as Soldier
Age at release: 31
Alan Davis as Soldier
Age at release: 26