
The Naked City(1948)
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.


“«Exciting thrilling!»”
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan

Donald MacBride
Insp. Vance

Leyland Hodgson
Robert Boggs

Melville Cooper
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton

John Sutton
Richard Jeffery

Kane Richmond
Ralph Percy

Marjorie Weaver
Patricia Shaw

Robert Lowery
David Elliot

Ricardo Cortez
George Kirby
Murder Over New York is a crime, mystery, comedy, thriller film released in 1940 exploring themes of new york city, airplane, inventor, plastic surgery, murder, fugitive. Directed by Harry Lachman, it stars Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Donald MacBride. When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
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