The Trap

November. 30,1946      NR
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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

Sidney Toler as  Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland as  Birmingham Brown
Victor Sen Yung as  Jimmy Chan
Tanis Chandler as  Adelaide Brandt
Larry J. Blake as  Rick Daniels
Kirk Alyn as  Sgt. Reynolds
Anne Nagel as  Marcia
Helen Gerald as  Ruby
Howard Negley as  Cole King, Impresario
Minerva Urecal as  Miss Weebles, the Housekeeper

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Reviews

ChanBot
1946/11/30

i must have seen a different film!!

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Steineded
1946/12/01

How sad is this?

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ShangLuda
1946/12/02

Admirable film.

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Lidia Draper
1946/12/03

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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