Charlie Chan in Reno

June. 16,1939      NR
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Sidney Toler as  Charlie Chan
Ricardo Cortez as  Dr. Ainsley
Phyllis Brooks as  Vivian Wells
Slim Summerville as  Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
Kane Richmond as  Curtis Whitman
Victor Sen Yung as  Jimmy Chan
Pauline Moore as  Mary Whitman
Eddie Collins as  Cab Driver
Kay Linaker as  Mrs. Wayne Russell
Louise Henry as  Jeanne Bentley

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