Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · Thriller · Mystery
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Film / 1981
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Directed by
Clive Donner
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
The story
Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.
Cast
Peter UstinovCharlie Chan
Lee GrantMrs. Sylvia Lupowitz
Angie DickinsonDragon Queen
Michelle PfeifferCordelia Farenington III
Brian KeithPolice Chief Baxter
Roddy McDowallGillespie
Rachel RobertsMrs. Dangers
Paul RyanMasten
Michael FairmanBernard Lupowitz
Richard HatchLee Chan, Jr.
Johnny SekkaStefan
Gerald OkamuraClub Shanghai Bouncer
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James WinburnCop at Beach
Momo YashimaDr. Yu Sing
Karlene CrockettBrenda Lupowitz
Bennett OhtaHawaiian Chief of Police
David HirokaneLee Chan Sr.
James RayHaynes
Kael BlackwoodMedical Assistant
Jerry LooMedical Assistant
Laurence CohenReporter at Clinic
Robin HoffReporter at Clinic
Kathie KeiReporter at Clinic
James BaconReporter at Clinic
Frank Michael LiuHomicide Detective
John HughShopkeeper
George ChiangShopkeeper
David ChowShopkeeper
Alison HongMaysie Ling
Dewey YeeTV Interviewer
Joe BellanReporter at Pier
Garrick HueyReporter at Pier
Duane TuckerCocktail Waiter
Don ParkerHotel Manager
John J. FoxPimp
Kenneth SnellPimp
Nicholas GunnPimp
Don MurrayPimp
Kai J. WongMurdered Messenger
MiyaClub Shanghai Hostess
Lonny CarbajalSpaced Out Dancer
Peter MichasChauffeur to Dragon Queen
Vic HunsbergerTraffic Cop
Larry DuranMan Getting Traffic Ticket
Kay KimlerRiding Instructor
Luther FearReporter with pad looking at hanged man (uncredited)
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