Roland Winters in The Golden Eye (1948)

While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 да се 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in Црното камел (1931).

After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the 1938 филм, Charlie Chan in Honolulu. Sidney Toler portrayed Inspector Chan longer than any other actor. He made twenty-two Charlie Chan films. Toler made eleven Charlie Chan films with Twentieth Century – Fox and eleven films with Monogram Pictures.

По смртта на Сидни TOLER е, Roland Winters took over the role for six more Monogram films. Roland Winters played Inspector Chan for the first time in Кинески прстен (1947). Кинески прстен is almost an exact reproduction of Г-дин. Вонг во Чајнатаун (1940), Both screen plays were written by W. Scott Darling.

The Golden Eye (1948) is the best of the Charlie Chan films starring Roland Winters as Inspector Chan. Г-дин. Manning, a western mine owner, has contacted his old friend, a curio dealer in San Francisco, because he believes someone is trying to kill him. The curio dealer contacts his old friend Charlie Chan.

Charlie Chan travels to the miner’s ranch with No. 3 son Tommy, игра Виктор Сен Јунг (who was No. 2 son Jimmy in the Sidney Toler series), and assistant Birmingham Brown, played by Mantan Moreland. Inspector Chan also meets his old friend “Lt. Mike”. Lt. Mike is investigating the crooked activities at the Golden Eye Mine also.

Западниот амбиент е единствен аспект на овој филм (Филијалата линк) особено кога Томи и Бирмингем се облекуваат за да се обидат да се вклопат. The action moves at a deliberate pace including some interesting scenes from the mine. This film is one of two Roland Winter’s films that are in the public domain.

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