6.12.15

the black camel (1931)

aka Charlie Chan in the Black Camel.
"There is old saying, 'Death is a black camel that kneels unbidden at every gate.' Tonight black camel knelt here."
Beautiful actress Shelah Fane (Dorothy Revier) is stabbed to death after consulting famed psychic Tanaverro (Bela Lugosi). This leads to Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) arriving and clearing up a couple of other cases along the way.
Lugosi sleazes nicely as the clairvoyant, but the films one failing is crow-baring in so many characters, distracting from the main plot.

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