Rating
Reviews and Comments
This uninspiring entry in the Charlie Chan series seems to have been written with strict adherence to the successful formula but negligent of the fact that formulas can only serve as groundwork for a story and are not sufficient to produce an entertaining film. All the Charlie Chan staples are here -- mysterious deaths, sneaking around, spooky suspects, dousing lights, and the "help" of one of Chan's spirited sons. But Murder Over New York doesn't make a whole lot of sense, nor is it cohesively held together, and the manner in which the murderer gives himself away was just idiotic of him. It's not irredeemably bad. If you like Charlie Chan films in general, there's probably no reason you won't like this one, but it's one of the poorer representatives of the series as a whole.
Series Entries
- Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
- The Black Camel (1931)
- Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
- Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
- Charlie Chan In London (1934)
- Charlie Chan In Paris (1935)
- Charlie Chan In Egypt (1935)
- Charlie Chan In Shanghai (1935)
- Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
- Charlie Chan At the Circus (1936)
- Charlie Chan At the Race Track (1936)
- Charlie Chan At the Opera (1937)
- Charlie Chan At the Olympics (1937)
- Charlie Chan On Broadway (1937)
- Charlie Chan At Monte Carlo (1937)
- Charlie Chan In Honolulu (1939)
- Charlie Chan In Reno (1939)
- Charlie Chan At Treasure Island (1939)
- City In Darkness (1939) (aka: "Charlie Chan In City In Darkness")
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
- Charlie Chan At the Wax Museum (1940)
- Charlie Chan In Panama (1940)
- Murder Over New York (1940)
- Charlie Chan In Rio (1941)
- Dead Men Tell (1941)
- Castle In the Desert (1942)
- Charlie Chan In the Secret Service (1944)
- The Chinese Cat (1944) (aka: "Charlie Chan In the Chinese Cat")
- Charlie Chan In Black Magic (1944) (aka: "Meeting At Midnight")
- The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
- The Scarlet Clue (1945)
- The Jade Mask (1945)
- The Red Dragon (1946) (aka: "Charlie Chan and the Red Dragon")
- Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
- Dangerous Money (1946) (aka: "Charlie Chan In Dangerous Money")
- Dark Alibi (1946)
- The Trap (1947) (aka: "Charlie Chan In the Trap")
- The Chinese Ring (1947)
- Docks of New Orleans (1948) (aka: "Charlie Chan On the Docks of New Orleans")
- Shanghai Chest (1948)
- The Golden Eye (1948) (aka: "Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye")
- The Feathered Serpent (1948) (aka: "Charlie Chan and the Feathered Serpent")
- The Sky Dragon (1949) (aka: "Charlie Chan and the Sky Dragon")
Related Films
- The House Without a Key (1925)
- The Chinese Parrot (1927)
- Behind That Curtain (1929)
- The Return of Charlie Chan (1979) (aka: "Happiness Is a Warm Clue")
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)