The Cuban Charlie Chan

"La Serpiente Roja" Primera película cubana sonora from Memoria de Cuba on Vimeo.

IMDB tells us: "A detective story which takes place in London, with Chinese investigator Chan Li Po, a very popular character of a Cuban radio series of the 30s and 40s. Written by Félix B. Caignet."

I'd love to see this whole film, based on this campy snippet.

The backstory, in Spanish.

You'll need to run this site through Google Translate.

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Comments

There's no way this is a rip-off of Charlie Chan, is there?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/30/11 at 12:10 PM

What a trip. I wonder if this is considered politically incorrect there now.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/30/11 at 07:00 PM

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