Behind That Curtain

Director: Irving Cummings Irving Cummings

Overview

Having taken up residence in India with her abhorrent new husband, a wealthy woman plots to return to America with an old lover, leading to her jealous mate's near-murderous revenge until a climactic intervention by famed detective Charlie Chan. Crude production was the Chan character's first appearance in a talkie.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/25/2025
UPC:	0089218866394
Original Release:	1929
Rating:	NR
Source:	Alpha Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:16:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Warner Baxter	Col. John Beetham
Lois Moran	Eve Mannering Durand
Philip Strange	Eric Durand
Gilbert Emery	Inspector Sir Frederic Bruce
Mercedes De Valasco	Nuna
Claude King	Sir George Mannering
John Rogers	Alf Pornick
Boris Karloff	Manservant
Jamiel Hasson	Sahib Hana
E.L. Park	Charlie Chan
Frank Finch Smiles	Galt's Clerk
Peter Gawthorne	British Police Inspector
C. Montague Shaw	Hilary Galt

Technical Credits

Irving Cummings	Director
William Fox	Producer