Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.
Eddy Chandler
- Captain McDonald
- (as Ed Chandler)
James Conaty
- Club Member
- (uncredited)
Alice Connors
- Maid
- (uncredited)
Joe Cunningham
- Maxie
- (uncredited)
Roger Gray
- Cemetery Gateman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough the onscreen credits state this is an original story, it is actually a remake of Murder Will Out (1930), which has a virtually identical plot and uses many of the same character names.
- GoofsThe money in the small bag handed over to the three men in the boat, although in fake currency, appears to be mostly $1 bills - in bundles marked $1,000, though in stacks to small for that amount in singles. Even with $1,000 bundles there would have to be 250 of them and only about a tenth of that is shown in the small bag. $250,000 in $1 bills would also weigh about 550 pounds.
- Quotes
Torchy Blane: Step aside, Gahagan, and let the lady in.
Detective Sergeant Gahagan: Now, quit kiddin' Torchy. You ain't no lady. You're a reporter. And I just got orders to throw you out.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Hatchet Man (1932)
- SoundtracksGarden of the Moon
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played when Torchy turns over the cards when playing bridge
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As Always, Fun To Watch Miss Farrell and MacLane Wrangle
Barton MacLane tries to keep Glenda Farrell out of his hair while he investigates a case involving stolen Chinese artifacts and blackmail. Good luck with that in the seventh of Warner's 'Torchy Blane' series. It's always fun to watch these two go at it, and Tom Kennedy is always welcome as Gahagan, who actually gets to do something useful in this episode.
It's based on Will Jenkins' story "The Purple Hieroglyph", written under his pseudonym of Murray Leinster, and made into an earlier movie called MURDER WILL OUT.
It's based on Will Jenkins' story "The Purple Hieroglyph", written under his pseudonym of Murray Leinster, and made into an earlier movie called MURDER WILL OUT.
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- Torchy in Chinatown
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- Runtime58 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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