Main Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery, Ricardo Cortez, Donald MacBride
Release Year: 1940
Country: US
Run Time: 65 minutes
Plot
Murder Over New York finds Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arriving in the Big Apple for a policeman's convention. No sooner has he arrived than Charlie is up to his neck in a murder mystery. This time the killing is tied in with a gang of enemy saboteurs, bent upon scuttling the test flight of a revolutionary new bomber plane. With the "help" of willing but inept Number Two Son (Victor Sen Yung), Charlie wades through a sea of suspects to finger the genuine killer. Among the film's highlights is a very funny "line-up" bit by an uncredited Shemp Howard; its low point is a lamentable stretch of racist humor involving black actor Clarence Muse. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Lewis H. Creber - Art Director, Richard Day - Art Director, Harry Lachman - Director, Louis Loeffler - Editor, Emil Newman - Composer (Music Score), Emil Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Virgil E. Miller - Cinematographer, Sol Wurtzel - Producer, Thomas K. Little - Set Designer, Joseph E. Aiken - Sound/Sound Designer, Harry M. Leonard - Sound/Sound Designer, Lester Ziffren - Screenwriter
