This touch far fetched Sidney Toler Chan is a more than serviceable entry in the series. Confined to a castle for most of the film its claustrophobic setting makes it more fun house than mystery with Charlie's number two son on leave from WW2 bungling about in a suit of armor while banshee like Ethel Griffies swoops about the castle owned by a disfigured Douglas Dumbrille, perennial villain moved up to second lead. Arlean Whelan and Henry Daniell also make ideal suspects.
There's the usual Charlie aphorisms, some crass xenophobia, dark shadows and revealing angles along with Dumbrille's booming authoritative voice to keep things entertaining as the plot stretches logic a tad but with a worthwhile deceptive twist to easily redeem it.
There's the usual Charlie aphorisms, some crass xenophobia, dark shadows and revealing angles along with Dumbrille's booming authoritative voice to keep things entertaining as the plot stretches logic a tad but with a worthwhile deceptive twist to easily redeem it.