Charlie Chan in Panama
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"Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charlie Chan in Panama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392675 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie Chan in Panama Context triple: [Victor Sen Yung, appearedIn, Charlie Chan in Panama]
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A.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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B.
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in wartime Paris.
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C.
Charlie Chan in Reno
"Charlie Chan in Reno" is a 1939 mystery-comedy film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in Reno, Nevada.
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D.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
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E.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Charlie Chan at the Opera is a 1936 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, notable for its opera-house setting and appearance by Boris Karloff.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie Chan in Panama Target entity description: "Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
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A.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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B.
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in wartime Paris.
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C.
Charlie Chan in Reno
"Charlie Chan in Reno" is a 1939 mystery-comedy film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in Reno, Nevada.
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D.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, set during a San Francisco exposition and involving the detective’s investigation of a sinister criminal organization.
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E.
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Charlie Chan at the Opera is a 1936 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, notable for its opera-house setting and appearance by Boris Karloff.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charlie Chan character by Earl Derr Biggers ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Addison Richards
NERFINISHED
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Chris-Pin Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ Kane Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Atwill NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Pape NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Royce NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Toler NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Sen Yung NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Virgil Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Norman Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Norman Colbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alfred Wyans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlie Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Cliveden Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Grosser NERFINISHED ⓘ Governor D.C. Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathi Lenesch NERFINISHED ⓘ Manolo NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Finch NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| followedBy | Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | pre-World War II era ⓘ |
| leadActor | Sidney Toler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Samuel Kaylin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting wartime espionage involving the Panama Canal ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Charlie Chan film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Charlie Chan uncovers a Nazi spy ring in the Panama Canal Zone that plans to sabotage the canal. ⓘ |
| producer | John Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-03-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 67 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Larkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Panama Canal Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charlie Chan in Panama Description of subject: "Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
Referenced by (1)
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