Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Tetrady not as good as all the hype

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

csteidler "Gee, Pop," Jimmy Chan says, "She doesn't look like a murderess." Number two son and his famous father share a table with the local police captain in a Rio nightclub, watching Lola Dean sing and dance—and waiting to arrest her for a murder back in Honolulu.–Alas, Lola herself is murdered before they get the chance, and the Chans begin sorting through the usual suspects—a couple of romantic rivals, a secretary, a fiancé, a psychic who gives his clients spell-inducing cigarettes and also owns a recording machine….A solid supporting cast fill their roles nicely, particularly Victor Jory as Marana, the psychic who offers his clients a "psychognosis" and is certainly up to something fishy. Kay Linaker also stands out as the purposeful personal secretary.Sidney Toler and Sen Yung are excellent as usual as Charlie Chan and son Jimmy. The local policeman is played, as in multiple other Chan films, by Harold Huber—more restrained this time around, he's an actual detective rather than simple comic relief.Iris Wong is cute as Lola's maid, Lili. Of course, Jimmy tries to impress her with his detective skills—"The case is in the bag. It's a cinch!"—and they have a little romance. A memorable climax involves Mr. Chan volunteering to undergo Marana's coffee-and-cigarette hypnosis: Chan puffs and puffs, that little smile on his face, nothing happening, while the gathered suspects wait and wait….No wasted motion in this one—short and sweet. The plot is unexceptional but the production and performances are absolutely solid: for simple entertainment value, this is one of the series' best.

Michael O'Keefe Oriental sleuth Charlie Chan(Sidney Toler)travels to Brazil with #2 son Jimmy(Sen Yung). On the trail of a singer, who killed her lover in Honolulu, Chan finds her working in a Rio night club. The attractive singer is planning to elope with a rich playboy; but before she can leave and before Chan and the local police can make an arrest, she is found stabbed to death. While the body is found in her upstairs bedroom, a group of friends gather downstairs for a going away party. Chan will not be fooled by planted clues. Son Jimmy is actually helpful in solving this second murder. The cast includes: Cobina Wright Jr., Truman Bradley, Mary Beth Hughes, Victor Jory and Kay Linaker.

tavm This is my fifth review on consecutive days of a movie in the Charlie Chan series. It's also the first one of a partial remake of a previous one, which in this case was The Black Camel from 1931 which was the first I commented on. As in that one, Chan is investigating a woman who killed someone in the past just before she herself is murdered...One positive change from The Black Camel to this one is the setting from the detective's residence of Honolulu to the South American city of Rio de Janeiro where we get treated to a lush tropical setting with occasional dance numbers with South of the Border warbling. As always, Sidney Toler as Charlie with Victor Sen Yung as "Number 2 Son" Jimmy provide amusing banter. Jimmy himself here gets a love interest with a maid played by the arrestingly beautiful Iris Wong who had appeared in a couple of pictures in this series. Other returning veterans include Kay Linaker, Truman Bradley, Ann Codee, and Hamilton MacFadden who also was director on many past entries including the aforementioned Black Camel. Another player, Leslie Denison, would subsequently appear in a couple more Chan entries at Monogram. This was another highly entertaining flick of the creation of Earl Derr Biggers so on that note, I very much recommend Charlie Chan in Rio.

Mike-764 Charlie and son Jimmy arrive in Rio de Janerio to arrest singer Lola Dean in connection with a murder in Honolulu. Lola, who is engaged to Clark Denton, plans to elope with her lover after confessing to a mystic, in a drug induced state, the murder of Manuel Cardosa. Charlie (along with Jimmy and Inspector Souto) arrives at Lola's house to arrest the murderess, but is found dead by her secretary Helen Ashby. Soon every person connected with Lola (who happen to be invited to the engagement party that night) is suspected of her murder. Its up to Charlie to uncover the clues of a broken pin, missing broach, and coffee and cigarettes to reveal the killer. A remake of the Black Camel, and this version is only slightly better due to some more interesting characters and better camera advancements, but really only worth viewing so you can just say you have seen every Chan film. Has the same plot holes and corniness as the previous version. Rating, 5.