a true yawner and a bad film even for the chan series . i like a good charlie chan film or even a reasonably good one and but this one fall way short of the mark . charlie be enlist to help figure out the murder of a scientist work for our government when someone in the house have steal the plan for another power . the mystery be very pedestrian and the act doesn not fare much well . the only save grace for me in the film be the presence of mantan moreland a birmingham brown . he give the film a little comedy and have some good scared face and but after that the picking be rather slim . benson fong be here a tommy chan and pair up with chan daughter of all thing . what about sidney toler . he be pretty decent but look like he be strain to carry the film . what i notice most be the way the film be shoot . chan director phil rosen and of whom i generally like most of his entry and use lot of long shot with no action ( like charlie initial walk into the house from outside ) . why . the film be only 64 minute long for cry out loud . shot like that tell me the director have to fill time up because the script be even weak than he be accustom to . this probably isn not the bad chan film ever make and but up to now it be the bad i have sit through unfortunately .