List of the best Harry Lachman movies: Our Relations(1936), Dead Men Tell(1941), Castle in the Desert(1942), Charlie Chan in Rio(1941), Murder Over New York(1940), Charlie Chan at the Circus(1936), The Man Who Lived Twice(1936), Baby, Take a Bow(1934), Dr. Renault's Secret(1942), The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe(1942) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Director
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Alan Hale Sidney Toler Daphne Pollard Betty Healy Iris Adrian Lona Andre James Finlayson Arthur Housman Jim Kilganon
Two pairs of long-lost twin brothers experience high jinks involving a valuable ring, cases of mistaken identity, and gangsters.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
60 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Sheila Ryan Victor Sen Yung Robert Weldon Don Douglas Kay Aldridge Paul McGrath George Reeves
A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Arleen Whelan Douglas Dumbrille Richard Derr Henry Daniell Edmund MacDonald Lenita Lane Ethel Griffies
Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
60 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Mary Beth Hughes Victor Sen Yung Cobina Wright Jr. Ted North Victor Jory Harold Huber Richard Derr Jacqueline Dalya Kay Linaker Truman Bradley
On the trail of a singer who killed the man she loved in Honolulu, Charlie finds her stabbed to death when he ultimately catches up to her in Rio.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
65 Minutes
Director
Sidney Toler Marjorie Weaver Robert Lowery Ricardo Cortez Donald MacBride Melville Cooper Joan Valerie Kane Richmond
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Director
Warner Oland Keye Luke Francis Ford George Brasno Olive Brasno Shirley Deane John McGuire Maxine Reiner J. Carrol Naish Paul Stanton Boothe Howard
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
73 Minutes
Director
A criminal has plastic surgery done to change his identity. However, during the operation, he loses his memory; when he comes to after the surgery, he has a change of heart and decides to ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Director
Shirley Temple James Dunn Claire Trevor Alan Dinehart Ray Walker Dorothy Libaire Ralf Harolde James Flavin Richard Tucker Olive Tell John Alexander
ex-convict wife daughter friend thief private investigator amusing endearing outlandish frenetic family home new york state redemption new life family suspicion theft precocious child escape discovery
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1942
58 Minutes
Director
J. Carrol Naish George Zucco Shepperd Strudwick Lynne Roberts Bert Roach Eugene Borden
Dr. Larry Forbes visits the château of Dr. Robert Renault, uncle of his fiancée Madelon, who is idolized by Renault's assistant, a strange émigré from Java.
Biography
USA
1942
67 Minutes
Director
Shepperd Strudwick Linda Darnell Virginia Gilmore Jane Darwell Mary Howard Frank Conroy Harry Morgan Walter Kingsford Morris Ankrum
Edgar Allan Poe led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his desire... See full summary »