Roland Winters em The Golden Eye (1948)

Enquanto alguns atores desempenharam Charlie Chan antes Warner Oland e alguns retratado Inspector Chan após Roland Winters, o corpo principal do Earl Derr Biggers’ Adaptações para o cinema Charlie Chan ocorreu entre 1931 a 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931).

Depois de sua morte, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the 1938 filme, 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.

Após a morte de Sidney Toler, Roland Winters took over the role for six more Monogram films. Roland Winters played Inspector Chan for the first time in O Anel chinês (1947). O Anel chinês is almost an exact reproduction of Mr. Wong em Chinatown (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. Mr. 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, interpretado por Victor Sen Yung (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.

The western setting is a unique aspect to esse filme (link de afiliado) particularly when Tommy and Birmingham dress to try and fit in. 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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