Movie: "Torchy Blane in Chinatown"
| Release Date: | Feb 1939 |
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| Genres: | Action / Crime / Mystery |
| Runtime: | 58 min. |
| Cast: | Glenda Farrell (Torchy Blane), Barton MacLane (Detective Lieutenant Steve...), Tom Kennedy (Detective Sergeant Gahagan) Henry O'Neill (Senator H. Baldwin) Patric Knowles (Captain Condon) James Stephenson (Dr. Mansfield) Janet Shaw (Janet Baldwin) Frank Shannon (Police Captain McTavish) George Guhl (Police Desk Sergeant) Anderson Lawler (Allan Fitzhugh) Richard Bond (Richard 'Dick' Staunton) Eddy Chandler (Police Captain McDonald (as Ed Chandler)) Alice Connors (Hilda, Baldwin's Maid (uncredited)) Joe Cunningham (Maxie, City Editor (uncredited)) Bud Geary (Trooper (uncredited)) Sol Gorss (Taxi Driver (uncredited)) Roger Gray (Policeman at Cemetery Entrance...) John Harron (Condon's Chauffeur (uncredited)) Gordon Hart (Minister at Funeral (uncredited)) Charles Hickman (Mike, Policeman (uncredited)) Stuart Holmes (Club Member with Cigar / Party Guest...) Tetsu Komai (Mayor Lem Kee (uncredited)) Eddie Lee (Chinese Adventurers Club Waiter...) Vera Lewis (Dowager Attending Engagement Party...) Frank Mayo (Submarine Captain (uncredited)) Bruce Mitchell (Tim, Policeman (uncredited)) Edmund Mortimer (Dowager's Party Escort (uncredited)) Jack Mower (Bill, Detective (uncredited)) Paul Panzer (Store Clerk (uncredited)) Jack Richardson (Party Guest (uncredited)) John Ridgely (Submarine Officer (uncredited)) Cliff Saum (Larry, Detective (uncredited)) Leo White (Party Waiter (uncredited)) Eric Wilton (Belden, Mansfield's Butler...) Jack Wise (Party Guest (uncredited)) Beal Wong (Chinese Entertainer (uncredited)) Victor Sen Yung (Chinese Entertainer with Sword...) |
Storyline: Newspaper reporter "Torchy" Blaine and police detective Steve McBride are on the trail of an Oriental gang that has committed three murders. Also on hand is a fabricated Scotland Yard operative who is a phony, and has two others assisting him in an effort to throw the police department off the trail; they are trying to exhort $250,000 from a young rich man who is trying to marry a senator's daughter. A submarine gets involved.
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