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Sky Dragon

Directed by	Lesley Selander
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers Oliver Drake
Produced by	James S. Burkett
Starring	Roland Winters Mantan Moreland Keye Luke
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Roy Livingston
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	April 27, 1949 (1949-04-27)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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.

Cast

Roland Winters as Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
Keye Luke as Lee Chan
Milburn Stone as pilot Capt. Tim Norton
Joel Marston as copilot Don Blake
Lyle Talbot as Andrew Barrett, passenger on DC-3
Iris Adrian as Wanda LaFern, burlesque dancer and airline passenger
Elena Verdugo as Wanda's sister Connie LaFern and former wife of Andrew Barrett, stewardess using the alias Marie Burke
Paul Maxey as John Anderson, investigator for the insurance company
John Eldredge as William French, owner of the insurance company
Tim Ryan as Lt. Mike Ruark
Noel Neill as Jane Marshall
Lyle Latell as Ed Davidson

External links

Sky Dragon at IMDb
Sky Dragon at the TCM Movie Database
The Sky Dragon film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home

v t e Charlie Chan by Earl Derr Biggers
Novels	The House Without a Key (1925) The Chinese Parrot (1926) Behind That Curtain (1928) The Black Camel (1929) Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) Keeper of the Keys (1932)
Films	The House Without a Key (1926) The Chinese Parrot (1927) Behind That Curtain (1929) Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) The Black Camel (1931) There Were Thirteen (1931) Charlie Chan's Chance (1932) Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) Charlie Chan in London (1934) Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) City in Darkness (1939) Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) Murder Over New York (1940) Dead Men Tell (1941) Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) Castle in the Desert (1942) Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat (1944) Black Magic (1944) The Shanghai Cobra (1945) The Red Dragon (1945) The Scarlet Clue (1945) The Jade Mask (1945) Dangerous Money (1946) Dark Alibi (1946) Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) The Trap (1946) The Chinese Ring (1947) Docks of New Orleans (1948) Shanghai Chest (1948) The Golden Eye (1948) The Feathered Serpent (1948) Sky Dragon (1949) The Return of Charlie Chan (1973) Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
Television	The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57) The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
Related	Chang Apana

v t e Films directed by Lesley Selander
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936) The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936) Empty Saddles (1936) Sandflow (1937) Left-Handed Law (1937) Smoke Tree Range (1937) Hopalong Rides Again (1937) The Barrier (1937) Partners of the Plains (1938) Heart of Arizona (1938) Bar 20 Justice (1938) Pride of the West (1938) Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938) The Mysterious Rider (1938) The Frontiersmen (1938) Sunset Trail (1939) Silver on the Sage (1939) Heritage of the Desert (1939) Renegade Trail (1939) Range War (1939) Santa Fe Marshal (1940) Knights of the Range (1940) Hidden Gold (1940) Stagecoach War (1940) Cherokee Strip (1940) Three Men from Texas (1940) Doomed Caravan (1941) The Round Up (1941) Pirates on Horseback (1941) Wide Open Town (1941) Stick to Your Guns (1941) Riders of the Timberline (1941) Undercover Man (1942) Lost Canyon (1942) Red River Robin Hood (1942) Thundering Hoofs (1942) Bandit Ranger (1942) Border Patrol (1943) Bar 20 (1943) Colt Comrades (1943) Buckskin Frontier (1943) Riders of the Deadline (1943) Forty Thieves (1944) Call of the Rockies (1944) Bordertown Trail (1944) Stagecoach to Monterey (1944) Firebrands of Arizona (1944) The Vampire's Ghost (1945) Three's a Crowd (1945) Trail of Kit Carson (1945) The Fatal Witness (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) The Catman of Paris (1946) Passkey to Danger (1946) Traffic in Crime (1946) Night Train to Memphis (1946) The Pilgrim Lady (1947) Saddle Pals (1947) Last Frontier Uprising (1947) Robin Hood of Texas (1947) The Red Stallion (1947) Blackmail (1947) Panhandle (1948) Guns of Hate (1948) Strike It Rich (1948) Belle Starr's Daughter (1948) Stampede (1949) Sky Dragon (1949) Rustlers (1949) Dakota Lil (1950) Rio Grande Patrol (1950) Short Grass (1950) Storm over Wyoming (1950) The Kangaroo Kid (1950) Riders of the Range (1950) Overland Telegraph (1951) Cavalry Scout (1951) I Was an American Spy (1951) Flight to Mars (1951) Pistol Harvest (1951) The Highwayman (1951) Law of the Badlands (1951) Road Agent (1952) The Raiders (1952) Fort Osage (1952) Battle Zone (1952) Flat Top (1952) Trail Guide (1952) Cow Country (1953) Fighter Attack (1953) Fort Algiers (1953) The Royal African Rifles (1953) War Paint (1953) Fort Vengeance (1953) Arrow in the Dust (1954) The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) Dragonfly Squadron (1954) Fort Yuma (1955) Desert Sands (1955) Shotgun (1955) Tall Man Riding (1955) The Lone Ranger (1956) The Broken Star (1956) Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956) Tomahawk Trail (1957) Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957) Outlaw's Son (1957) Taming Sutton's Gal (1957) The Wayward Girl (1957) The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) War Party (1965) Fort Courageous (1965) Convict Stage (1965) Town Tamer (1965) The Texican (1966) Fort Utah (1967) Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)

Films directed by Lesley Selander

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)
Empty Saddles (1936)
Sandflow (1937)
Left-Handed Law (1937)
Smoke Tree Range (1937)
Hopalong Rides Again (1937)
The Barrier (1937)
Partners of the Plains (1938)
Heart of Arizona (1938)
Bar 20 Justice (1938)
Pride of the West (1938)
Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938)
The Mysterious Rider (1938)
The Frontiersmen (1938)
Sunset Trail (1939)
Silver on the Sage (1939)
Heritage of the Desert (1939)
Renegade Trail (1939)
Range War (1939)
Santa Fe Marshal (1940)
Knights of the Range (1940)
Hidden Gold (1940)
Stagecoach War (1940)
Cherokee Strip (1940)
Three Men from Texas (1940)
Doomed Caravan (1941)
The Round Up (1941)
Pirates on Horseback (1941)
Wide Open Town (1941)
Stick to Your Guns (1941)
Riders of the Timberline (1941)
Undercover Man (1942)
Lost Canyon (1942)
Red River Robin Hood (1942)
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
Bandit Ranger (1942)
Border Patrol (1943)
Bar 20 (1943)
Colt Comrades (1943)
Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Riders of the Deadline (1943)
Forty Thieves (1944)
Call of the Rockies (1944)
Bordertown Trail (1944)
Stagecoach to Monterey (1944)
Firebrands of Arizona (1944)
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
Three's a Crowd (1945)
Trail of Kit Carson (1945)
The Fatal Witness (1945)
Jungle Raiders (1945)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
Passkey to Danger (1946)
Traffic in Crime (1946)
Night Train to Memphis (1946)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
Saddle Pals (1947)
Last Frontier Uprising (1947)
Robin Hood of Texas (1947)
The Red Stallion (1947)
Blackmail (1947)
Panhandle (1948)
Guns of Hate (1948)
Strike It Rich (1948)
Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
Stampede (1949)
Sky Dragon (1949)
Rustlers (1949)
Dakota Lil (1950)
Rio Grande Patrol (1950)
Short Grass (1950)
Storm over Wyoming (1950)
The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Riders of the Range (1950)
Overland Telegraph (1951)
Cavalry Scout (1951)
I Was an American Spy (1951)
Flight to Mars (1951)
Pistol Harvest (1951)
The Highwayman (1951)
Law of the Badlands (1951)
Road Agent (1952)
The Raiders (1952)
Fort Osage (1952)
Battle Zone (1952)
Flat Top (1952)
Trail Guide (1952)
Cow Country (1953)
Fighter Attack (1953)
Fort Algiers (1953)
The Royal African Rifles (1953)
War Paint (1953)
Fort Vengeance (1953)
Arrow in the Dust (1954)
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
Dragonfly Squadron (1954)
Fort Yuma (1955)
Desert Sands (1955)
Shotgun (1955)
Tall Man Riding (1955)
The Lone Ranger (1956)
The Broken Star (1956)
Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)
Tomahawk Trail (1957)
Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957)
Outlaw's Son (1957)
Taming Sutton's Gal (1957)
The Wayward Girl (1957)
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
War Party (1965)
Fort Courageous (1965)
Convict Stage (1965)
Town Tamer (1965)
The Texican (1966)
Fort Utah (1967)
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)

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