Black Magic

1944
Approved
1 Std. 7 Min.

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Frances Chan, Mantan Moreland, and Sidney Toler in Black Magic (1944)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuCharlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.

Regie
- Phil Rosen
Drehbuch
- Earl Derr Biggers
- George Callahan
Hauptbesetzung

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6,3/10

1661

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Phil Rosen
Drehbuch
- Earl Derr Biggers
- George Callahan
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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Routine & Rather Dated

This is mostly a routine Charlie Chan mystery with only a couple of points in its favor. While there are a couple of interesting clues to the crime, the characters, dialogue, and action are all stereotyped or dated, and often dull. The beginning seems to hold some possibilities: a man is murdered at a seance, and although he was apparently shot, no trace of the bullet can be found. The police are baffled, and of course call in Charlie Chan to solve the crime. Charlie is assisted this time not by one of his sons, but by his daughter Frances. Unfortunately, it never really takes off from there.

The phony medium setting offers some opportunities for comedy, but most of those do not work too well. The climax has a bit of suspense to it, and the eventual solution has a couple of creative points in it, but there are a lot of listless stretches to sit through before you can get there.

Overall, "Meeting at Midnight" (or, "Charlie Chan in Black Magic") is not one of the better mystery films around.

Snow Leopard
19. Juni 2001
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Although Charlie Chan's daughters appeared with him in previous films (including Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) and Charlie Chan im Zirkus (1936)), this is the only film in which a daughter (Frances) plays the assistant role usually filled by one of Chan's sons (Lee, Jimmy or Tommy).

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When Charlie first declares himself psychic to Sgt. Matthews, we can see the pole held by a stagehand that makes a white handkerchief flutter over Charlie's head.