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Sky Dragon

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Sky Dragon
Directed byLesley Selander
Written byEarl Derr Biggers
Oliver Drake
Produced byJames S. Burkett
StarringRoland Winters
Mantan Moreland
Keye Luke
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byRoy Livingston
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
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Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • April 27, 1949 (1949-04-27)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sky Dragon (also titled The Sky Dragon and Murder in the Air) is a 1949 American mystery film, the sixth in which Roland Winters portrayed Charlie Chan. Directed by Lesley Selander, it is the last Chan film in the long-running series that originated in 1930 with Fox Film Corporation production of Charlie Chan Carries On, starring Warner Oland. Mantan Moreland provides comic relief as Chan's assistant and chauffeur, Birmingham Brown.

Plot

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Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) and Number One Son, Lee (Keye Luke), are passengers aboard a commercial airliner headed for San Francisco. Also on board are two insurance couriers who are carrying a shipment of $250,000. Minutes after drinking coffee that was served, everyone on board the plane falls asleep, including the crew. Lee is the first to awaken and he notices a limp hand protruding from the cockpit door. A closer look reveals that one of the couriers has been stabbed to death and that the insurance money he was carrying is missing. After the plane safely arrives, Chan and son, along with assistant, Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland), take on the case.

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