Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.
Eddy Chandler
- Captain McDonald
- (as Ed Chandler)
James Conaty
- Club Member
- (uncredited)
Alice Connors
- Maid
- (uncredited)
Joe Cunningham
- Maxie
- (uncredited)
Roger Gray
- Cemetery Gateman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough the onscreen credits state this is an original story, it is actually a remake of Murder Will Out (1930), which has a virtually identical plot and uses many of the same character names.
- GoofsThe money in the small bag handed over to the three men in the boat, although in fake currency, appears to be mostly $1 bills - in bundles marked $1,000, though in stacks to small for that amount in singles. Even with $1,000 bundles there would have to be 250 of them and only about a tenth of that is shown in the small bag. $250,000 in $1 bills would also weigh about 550 pounds.
- Quotes
Torchy Blane: Step aside, Gahagan, and let the lady in.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan: Now, quit kiddin' Torchy. You ain't no lady. You're a reporter. And I just got orders to throw you out.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Hatchet Man (1932)
- SoundtracksGarden of the Moon
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played when Torchy turns over the cards when playing bridge
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Make it a 6.5!
This entry in the series has a pretty good supporting cast and an interesting script although, as is par for the course for Warner Brothers in the 30s and 40s, it is actually a remake of an earlier 1930s film. Three men who were involved in extracting a rare jade artifact from a Chinese tomb are threatened with death by the descendants of the person whose tomb was robbed via anonymous notes written in Mandarin. The three men come to the police for protection, but Lt. McBride (Barton McLane) seems to be running in circles when it comes to the vengeful descendants. McBride consults a Chinese American friend who tells him there are approximately four thousand Chinese Americans who are descended from the man whose grave was robbed, including himself!
Meanwhile, McBride is trying to keep Torchy away from what is going on, because he thinks any publicity in the newspapers will keep him from catching the criminals. She uses her usual wily ways to get around any impediments. I think I like this series better when Torchy and McBride are at least somewhat allied. Here they are both on their own trying to solve the mystery as almost adversaries.
I'd give this a 7 if it were not for some obvious things that the criminals are doing that would be picked up immediately by the investigating police and thwart their plan. But it is still good fast moving B fun from Warner Brothers.
Meanwhile, McBride is trying to keep Torchy away from what is going on, because he thinks any publicity in the newspapers will keep him from catching the criminals. She uses her usual wily ways to get around any impediments. I think I like this series better when Torchy and McBride are at least somewhat allied. Here they are both on their own trying to solve the mystery as almost adversaries.
I'd give this a 7 if it were not for some obvious things that the criminals are doing that would be picked up immediately by the investigating police and thwart their plan. But it is still good fast moving B fun from Warner Brothers.
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- AlsExGal
- Nov 28, 2021
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- Torchy in Chinatown
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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