Murder Over New York

Murder Over New York is a 1940 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Chan must solve a murder mystery while attending a police convention. Shemp Howard makes a cameo appearance as Shorty McCoy.

Chan learns that Preston also spoke with Drake that night, on behalf of a friend, Patricia Shaw Marjorie Weaver. Shaw, it turns out, married Narvo in India. When she found out Narvo was involved in sabotage, she fled, only to be pursed by her husband and his assistant, Ramullah.Ramullah is eventually tracked down, with Shaws help, and taken into custody. During a police lineup of Indians, Shorty McCoy, aka The Canarsie Kid, Shemp Howard is revealed to be a faker, not a fakir. Before Ramullah can be questioned, however, he is shot and killed. Shaw narrowly avoids the same fate. ........

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