The police are baffled and decide to call
Charlie Chan (Peter
Ustinov) out of retirement. The great
detective seems to be surrounded by crazies.
Mrs. Lupowitz (Lee Grant)
is a daft widow who talks to her departed
husband's ashes in an urn and tolerates the
eccentricities of her staff — namely
a rude butler (Roddy
McDowall) in a wheelchair and a paranoid
maid (the late Rachel
Roberts).
Lee Chan, Jr. (Richard
Hatch), Charlie's grandson, is an aspiring
private eye whose only client so far is a
disgruntled little girl who slaps him around
for not being able to find her lost cat. In
fact, there isn't much that Lee Chan, Jr.
can do without klutzing it up. His adoring
fiancée (Michelle
Pfeiffer), however, is completely blind
to all his flaws and follows him around as
if he were her seeing-eye dog. Rounding out
this cast of characters on the side of the
law is Brian Keith, a pill-popping police
chief who is a bundle of fits and frets. On
the side of disorder is Angie
Dickinson as The Dragon Queen. Charlie
Chan sent her to prison years ago and now
she's out to get him. |
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Peter Ustinov
- Charlie Chan
Lee Grant - Sylvia
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
Director - Clive Donner
Story - Jerry
Sherlock
Screenplay - David Axlerod
and Stan Burns
Producer - Jerry
Sherlock
Executive Producers - Michael
Leone and Alan
Beikin
Photography - Paul Lohmann
Edition - Walt
Hannemann, ACE and Phil
Tucker
Production Design - Joel
Shiller
Costumes - Jocelyn Rickards
Original Music - Patrick
Williams
Casting - Lynn Stalmaster |
