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Black Magic
Black Magic

Black Magic

Chan stalks a fiendish murderer!

Genres

MysteryComedyHorror

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Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

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Budget

$75000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

67 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

19 August 1944

Country

United States of America

Cast

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Frances Chan

Frances Chan

Frances Chan

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Birmingham Brown

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Police Sgt. Matthews

Ralph Peters

Ralph Peters

Officer Rafferty

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

Justine Bonner

Helen Beverly

Helen Beverly

Norma Duncan aka Nancy Wood

Harry Depp

Harry Depp

Charles Edwards

Frank Jaquet

Frank Jaquet

Paul Hamlin

Geraldine Wall

Geraldine Wall

Harriet Green

Charles Jordan

Charles Jordan

Tom Starkey

Claudia Dell

Claudia Dell

Vera Starkey

Dick Gordon

Dick Gordon

William Bonner (as Richard Gordon)

Darby Jones

Darby Jones

Johnson

Edward Earle

Edward Earle

Dawson, Police Lab

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