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Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.


“Murderer who turn victim into human baked potato have real appetite for crime.”
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
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Peter Ustinov
Charlie Chan

Lee Grant
Mrs. Sylvia Lupowitz

Angie Dickinson
Dragon Queen

Michelle Pfeiffer
Cordelia Farenington III

Brian Keith
Police Chief Baxter

Roddy McDowall
Gillespie

Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Dangers

Paul Ryan
Masten

Michael Fairman
Bernard Lupowitz

Richard Hatch
Lee Chan, Jr.
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen is a comedy, mystery, thriller film released in 1981 exploring themes of california, san francisco, california, detective, 1980s, murderess. Directed by Clive Donner, it stars Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson. Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
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