The New Adventures of Charlie Chan

Infobox Television
show_name = The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
genre = Crime
starring = J. Carrol Naish
country = USA, then UK
language = English
num_episodes = 39
runtime = 30 minutes
network = Syndication
picture_format = Black-and-white
first_run = 1957
preceded_by = "The Sky Dragon" (film) 1949
followed_by = The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (cartoon series) 1972 "The Return of Charlie Chan" (TV movie) 1973
imdb_id = 0050043
tv_com_id = 20205

"The New Adventures of Charlie Chan" was a syndicated television crime drama series made in 1957. The first five episodes were made by Vision Productions in the United States, before production switched to the United Kingdom under ITC Entertainment and Television Programs of America.

The series, consisting of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, followed the investigations of the fictional detective Charlie Chan, created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1925.

The series followed the convention, established in the Charlie Chan movies, of having the Asian character Chan played by a Western actor while his son(s) were played by actual Asians.

Main cast

* J. Carrol Naish as Charlie Chan
* James Hong as Barry Chan, "Number One Son"Guest stars, most notably under ITC, included Honor Blackman, Southern Television chief announcer Brian Nissen and future "Doctor Who", Patrick Troughton.

Episode list

This list appears to be in production order. The first five episodes were filmed in the US by Vision, the remaining episodes in the UK by ITC.
# "Your Money or Your Wife"
# "Secret of the Sea"
# "The Lost Face"
# "Blind Man's Buff"
# "The Great Salvos"
# "The Counterfeiters"
# "The Death of a Don"
# "Charlie's Highland Fling"
# "The Patient in Room 21"
# "The Rajput Ruby"
# "The Final Curtain"
# "Death at High Tide"
# "The Circle of Fear"
# "An Exhibit in Wax"
# "Backfire"
# "Patron of the Arts"
# "A Hamlet in Flames"
# "Dateline: Execution'
# "The Sweater"
# "The Noble Art of Murder"
# "Three Men on a Raft"
# "No Holiday for Murder"
# "No Future for Frederick"
# "Safe Deposit"
# "Voodoo Death"
# "The Ex-Patriot"
# "The Airport Murder Case"
# "The Hand of Hera Dass"
# "The Chippendale Racket"
# "The Invalid"
# "The Man in the Wall"
# "Something Old, Something New"
# "The Man with 100 Faces"
# "The Point of No Return"
# "A Bowl By Cellini"
# "Without Fear"
# "Kidnap"
# "Rhyme or Treason"
# "Three for One"

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/the-new-adventures-of-charlie-chan/show/20205/summary.html TV.com]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/CharlieChan.htm CTA information]