The first sound film to feature an appearance by Charlie Chan (E.L. Park) is a crime melodrama about an heiress (Lois Moran) married to a drunken scoundrel (Philip Strange). Col. John Beetham: Warner Baxter. Inspector Bruce: Gilbert Emery. Nuna: Mercedes De Valasco. Sir George: Claude King. Manservant: Boris Karloff. Sahib Hana: Jamiel Hasson. Clerk: Frank Finch Smiles. British Police Inspector: Peter Gawthorne.