Torchy Blane in Chinatown
| Torchy Blane in Chinatown | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Produced by |
Bryan Foy Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner (all uncredited) |
| Written by |
Frederick Nebel Murray Leinster |
| Screenplay by | George Bricker |
| Starring |
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy |
| Music by | Howard Jackson (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Warren Lynch |
| Edited by | Frederick Richards |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown is a 1939 American crime-comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It stars Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, and Henry O'Neill.[1][2][3] The film was released on February 4, 1939. This is the seventh film in the "Torchy Blane" movie series by Warner Bros.
Plot
Detective Steve McBride is put on the case to protect the lives of people who was involved in smuggling valuable Chinese jades into the country, and is now on the hit list by an Oriental gang. Two of the people on the list Allan Fitzhugh and Dr. Mansfield is killed.
The murders leads to the person whom the killers was really targeting, Senator Baldwin, the owner of the world's largest Chinese jade collection. And the person both Allan Fitzhugh and Dr. Mansfield was working for. He is being blackmailed by the killer for $250,000. Baldwin's son-in-law, Dick Staunton, agrees to pay the money to the extortionist and will meet them on his speedboat in the far end of New York Bay. The exchange is stop by Torchy with the help of the US Navy and her boyfriend Steve McBride.
Cast
- Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
- Barton MacLane as Lieutenant Steve McBride
- Tom Kennedy as Gahagan
- Henry O'Neill as Senator Baldwin
- Patric Knowles as Captain Condon
- James Stephenson as Mr. Mansfield
- Janet Shaw as Janet Baldwin
- Frank Shannon as Carptain McTavish
- George Guhl as Desk Sergeant
- Anderson Lawler as Fitzhugh
- Richard Bond as Staunton
- Eddy Chandler as Captain McDonald
Torchy Blane series
- Smart Blonde (1937)
- Fly-Away Baby (1937)
- The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
- Blondes at Work (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
- Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
- Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
References
- ↑ "Torchy Blane in Chinatown". TCM. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1938)". New York Time. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Torchy Blane in Chinatown". Moviefone. Retrieved February 22, 2016.