Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.8/10   

Director:

Clive Donner

Escritores:

David Axlerod (writer)
Stan Burns (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

febrero 1981 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Misterio

Frase comercial:

Murderer who turn victim into human baked potato have real appetite for crime.

Plot:

Famous detective Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterous series of murders...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Charlie Chan | Drowning | Barefoot | Comical Female Deaths

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good Script, So-so Movie

Reparto

Peter Ustinov	...	Charlie Chan
Lee Grant	...	Mrs. Lupowitz
Angie Dickinson	...	Dragon Queen
Richard Hatch	...	Lee Chan, Jr.
Brian Keith	...	Police Chief Baxter
Roddy McDowall	...	Gillespie
Rachel Roberts	...	Mrs. Dangers
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Cordelia Farenington
Paul Ryan	...	Masten
Johnny Sekka	...	Stefan
Bennett Ohta	...	Hawaiian Chief of Police
David Hirokane	...	Lee Chan Sr.
Karlene Crockett	...	Brenda Lupowitz
Michael Fairman	...	Bernard Lupowitz
James Ray	...	Haynes

También conocida como:

La maldición de la Reina Dragón (Spain) [es]

Duración:

97 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Iceland:L (re-rating) | Iceland:LH (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Compañía:

Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (A.C.I.)

Trivialidades:

Because of 'Rachel Roberts'’ fragile mental and psychical health, the producers had another actress on standby just in case Roberts became unwell.

Conexiones de Película:

References Ben-Hur (1959)

Good Script, So-so Movie

Although the script abounds with funny lines, the overall effect of this film is as though someone (Producer? Director? Studio?) took a deft Charlie Chan send up and stamped heavily on it, adding elements clearly inserted for commercial appeal rather than inherent value. These elements do their best to destroy what would have otherwise been an enjoyable hour and a half. As it stands, you'll want to see it for some stellar performances, and because you don't want to miss young Michelle Pfeiffer in one of her earliest roles. She lights up the screen.

Peter Ustinov does his spiffy Warner Oland impression, and a talented cast does its best with the sparkly script but on-again-off-again plot.