The Feathered Serpent (1948 film)

The Feathered Serpent (also titled Charlie Chan in the Feathered Serpent) is a 1948 mystery film, the fifth of six in which Roland Winters portrayed Charlie Chan. It is the only Chan film which featured both Keye Luke and Victor Sen Yung together. Luke had been cast in the later Warner Oland Chan films while Yung appeared primarily in the Sidney Toler Chan movies. This was Yung's last Chan movie. Luke appeared in one more with Roland Winters, the last of the Chan films, Sky Dragon (1949).

The Feathered Serpent
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	Oliver Drake (story and adaptation) Earl Derr Biggers (character) Hal Collins (uncredited)
Produced by	James S. Burkett
Starring	Roland Winters
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Monogram Productions
Distributed by	Monogram Distributing Corp.
Release date	December 19, 1948 (1948-12-19)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

In Mexico, an expedition prepares to look for two missing archeologists, Professors Scott (Erville Alderson) and Farnsworth (Leslie Dennison), who had been searching for a lost Aztec temple, but have been missing for two months. Charlie Chan (Roland Winters), is on his way to Mexico City for a vacation with sons one and two, Lee (Keye Luke) and Tommy (Victor Sen Yung), along with chauffeur and assistant, Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland). As they near the town of San Pablo, they sight Professor Scott who is delirious and collapsed near the road. Later, in town, the revived Scott explains that he and Farnsworth had found the lost temple, but they were held hostage and forced to assist with the looting of priceless Aztec artifacts from the temple. However, before Scott can reveal the name his captor, he is murdered. Chan, his sons, and Birmingham join the search party that has been organized to find Farnsworth and the lost temple.

Cast

• Roland Winters as Charlie Chan
• Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
• Keye Luke as Lee Chan
• Victor Sen Yung as Tommy Chan
• Carol Forman as Sonia Cabot
• Robert Livingston as John Stanley
• Nils Asther as Professor Paul Evans
• Beverly Jons as Joan Farnsworth
• Martin Garralaga as Pedro Lopez
• George J. Lewis as Captain Juan Gonzalez
• Leslie Denison as Professor Henry Farnsworth

External links

• The Feathered Serpent at IMDb
• The Feathered Serpent at the TCM Movie Database
• The Feathered Serpent film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home