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Bookmark this pageCharlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1980)
Director: Clive Donner
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From Time Out Film Guide
A blandoid pastiche in which Ustinov plays the inscrutable detective who has an adoring half-Jewish klutz of a grandson, who in turn has an adoring halfwit doll of a girlfriend. Farce, chase sequences and one-liners all fall mirthlessly through the bottomless plot, which has something to do with convoluted family shenanigans, and the whole mess cost a staggering $9 million. Confucius say: 'High time comedies got act together, this one fall apart at scanty seams.'Author: HM
Cast & crew
Director: Clive Donner
Producer: Jerry Sherlock
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roddy McDowall, Rachel Roberts, Brian Keith full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 97 mins
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