Shanghai Cobra, The (Full Frame)

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Shanghai Cobra, The (Full Frame)

"Cannot sell bear skin without first shooting bear." ? Charlie Chan From the director of "Kansas City Confidential" and "The Silencers" comes this unusual Chan mystery. Containing a number of film noir elements unique to the series (such as a weary young detective, stark urban sets and a grown-up romance), "The Shanghai Cobra" is one of the most striking Chans of all! Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is called in to investigate a strange and complicated series of mysterious murders by cobra venom. Soon Charlie, Number Three Son Tommy (Benson Fong) and ever-present assistant Birmingham Brown are on the trail of an escaped con from Shanghai who's out to rob a government vault of its valuable contents: highly toxic radium!.