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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Did you know
- 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
Featured review
Torchy is at it again.
One of the later chapters in the "Torchy Blane" series, this has the usual cast of Glenda Farrell (Torchy), along with Barton MacLane and Tom Kennedy. Torchy is out to solve murder crimes, while MacLane and Kennedy are officers who can never put the facts together without her. The coppers can't seem to figure out who's knocking off the guys who took the ancient tablets out of Chiner; it's a good thing Torchy is hanging around trying to see and hear anything she can use at the newspaper. The slapstick gags by Gahagan are really over the top in this one. almost annoying. As usual, don't look too closely at the story or it starts to come apart. It's pretty good. Directed by William Beaudine, who directed about half the films in the 1930s and 1940s.
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- ksf-2
- Nov 19, 2018
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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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