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Torchy Blane in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Released on February 4, 1939, it is the seventh film in the Torchy Blane film series by Warner Bros. and is followed by Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939).
Before the coroner arrives, Mansfield's body mysteriously vanishes. The next threat occurs when Dick Staunton, the fiancé of Baldwin's daughter Janet, is ordered by the mysterious menace to deliver the $250,000 ransom to the last buoy in New York harbor. Torchy, who has discovered that Fitzhugh's fingerprints and those of the body in the ...
Torchy Blane in Chinatown On behalf of Senator Baldwin (Henry O'Neill) the owner of the world's largest Chinese jade collection, detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) investigate a death threat involving the priceless jade tablets that were brought to the United States by three adventurers, who are now on the hit list of an oriental gang.
Torchy Blane in Chinatown is a 1939 American crime mystery film directed by William Beaudine. The film stars Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. It was released on February 4, 1939. This is the seventh film in the "Torchy Blane" movie series by Warner Bros.
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William Beaudine. Director. George Bricker. Screenplay. Murray Leinster. Story. Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.
The Torchy formula continues to work, though Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) is not the best entry in the series. Takes a while before any excitement builds up, but has it's enjoyable parts. Tom Kennedy with the poetic touch continues to be the most awesome thing in these movies!
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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 ...
