Oriental detective Charlie Chan(Roland Winters)with chauffeur Birmingham Brown(Mantan Moreland)and both #1 son Lee(Keye Luke)and #2 son Tommy(Victor Sen Yung)is on vacation headed to Mexico City when a struggling man collapses in their view. The man is Prof. Farnsworth(Leslie Denison), who has been missing since his search for fabled Aztec treasures. Before being stabbed to death he reveals his son is held hostage and his daughter Joan(Beverly Jons)hires Chan to now find him. Since Winters signed on as the revered Chan the franchise has rapidly lost enthusiasm and popularity. You would think that the one positive thing being the first movie with Luke and Yung together would save face; but the predictable script only have the brothers providing some comic relief with Brown. Other players: Robert Livingston, Carol Forman and George J. Lewis.
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