Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

Cast

Glenda Farrell

as Torchy Blane

Barton MacLane

as Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride

Tom Kennedy

as Det. Sgt. Gahagan

Henry O'Neill

as Sen. H. Baldwin

Patric Knowles

as Capt. Condon

James Stephenson

as Dr. Mansfield

Janet Shaw

as Janet Baldwin

Frank Shannon

as Police Capt. McTavish

George Guhl

as Desk Sergeant

Anderson Lawler

as Allan Fitzhugh

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