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One missing Boston Blackie title is 1943's THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, best remembered as the directorial debut of William Castle. Chester Morris himself thought he did 36 overall, when it was just 14.

Thatcher Colt (and his talent for lip reading) was played by Adolphe Menjou in a pair of Columbia titles, 1932's THE NIGHT CLUB LADY and 1933's THE CIRCUS QUEEN MURDER, then was revived in a single PRC film, 1942's THE PANTHER'S CLAW, with Sidney Blackmer in the role. Frank Sinatra played private eye Tony Rome in both 1967's TONY ROME and 1968's LADY IN CEMENT, and played a different character in between in '68's THE DETECTIVE (no TV revival). PRC's final 3 Philo Vance titles in production order- PHILO VANCE'S SECRET MISSION (last to be issued), PHILO VANCE'S GAMBLE (first to be issued), and PHILO VANCE RETURNS, making William Wright the last actor to play the role. Jim Bannon as Jack Packard and Barton Yarborough as Doc Long appeared in all 3 entries in the Columbia series adapted from the radio show- I LOVE A MYSTERY, THE DEVIL'S MASK, and THE UNKNOWN (they have their own thread in this category). 1932's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE featured Leon Ames as medical student Pierre Dupin, while the 1954 remake PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE cast Steve Forrest as Professor Paul Dupin. In 1942's MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET, another Poe adaptation, Patric Knowles essayed the part of Paul Dupin, solving a different case in collaboration with the Surete (apparently, Poe played a part in inventing the fictional detective).

How could I forget the two sequels to 1971's SHAFT, 1972's SHAFT'S BIG SCORE and 1973's SHAFT IN AFRICA (featuring the theme song "Are You Man Enough" by The Four Tops), followed quickly by a short-lived TV series, all starring Richard Roundtree, whose character deserved more features.

Charlie Chan silents- THE HOUSE WITHOUT A KEY (1926, lost 10 chapter serial, George K. Kuwa as Chan) THE CHINESE PARROT (1928 lost feature, Kamiyama Sojin as Chan) 1929 sound feature- BEHIND THAT CURTAIN (E. L. Park as Chan, Boris Karloff) Feature series with Warner Oland, Sidney Toler, Roland Winters 1931- CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON (lost, Spanish version ERAN TRECE available, Manuel Arbo as Chan) THE BLACK CAMEL (Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye) 1932- CHARLIE CHAN'S CHANCE (lost) 1933- CHARLIE CHAN'S GREATEST CASE (lost) 1934- CHARLIE CHAN'S COURAGE (lost) CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON 1935- CHARLIE CHAN IN PARIS (introduced Keye Luke), CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT, CHARLIE CHAN IN SHANGHAI, CHARLIE CHAN'S SECRET 1936- CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS, CHARLIE CHAN AT THE RACE TRACK, CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA (Boris Karloff) 1937- CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS, CHARLIE CHAN ON BROADWAY, CHARLIE CHAN AT MONTE CARLO (last of 16 with Warner Oland, 8th with Keye Luke, completed October 1937) 1938- CHARLIE CHAN IN HONOLULU (first of 22 with Sidney Toler, completed November 1938, introduced Sen Yung) 1939- CHARLIE CHAN IN RENO, CHARLIE CHAN AT TREASURE ISLAND, CHARLIE CHAN IN CITY IN DARKNESS 1940- CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA, CHARLIE CHAN'S MURDER CRUISE, CHARLIE CHAN AT THE WAX MUSEUM, MURDER IN NEW YORK 1941- DEAD MEN TELL, CHARLIE CHAN IN RIO, CASTLE IN THE DESERT (last of 27 Chans for 20th Century-Fox, completed October 1941) 1944- CHARLIE CHAN IN THE SECRET SERVICE (Monogram debut with Toler, Benson Fong and Mantan Moreland, completed September 1943), THE CHINESE CAT, BLACK MAGIC (aka MEETING AT MIDNIGHT), THE JADE MASK 1945- THE SCARLET CLUE, THE SHANGHAI COBRA, THE RED DRAGON 1946- DARK ALIBI (last of 6 with Benson Fong), SHADOWS OVER CHINATOWN (Sen Yung returns), DANGEROUS MONEY, THE TRAP (last of 22 with Sidney Toler, completed August 1946) 1947- THE CHINESE RING (first of final six with Roland Winters, completed September 1947) 1948- DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS, SHANGHAI CHEST, THE GOLDEN EYE, THE FEATHERED SERPENT (Keye Luke returns, last of 18 with Sen Yung) 1949- THE SKY DRAGON (last of 44 entries, completed December 1948, 15 for Mantan Moreland, 10 for Keye Luke) 1957 TV series THE NEW ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE CHAN (J. Carrol Naish, 39 episodes) 1970- THE RETURN OF CHARLIE CHAN (aka HAPPINESS IS A WARM CLUE, TV movie with Ross Martin) 1980- CHARLIE CHAN AND THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON QUEEN (Peter Ustinov as Chan, Angie Dickinson as The Dragon Queen)

The Falcon (George Sanders, Tom Conway, John Calvert) in production order 1941- THE GAY FALCON (Turhan Bey), A DATE WITH THE FALCON 1942- THE FALCON TAKES OVER (Turhan Bey, Ward Bond), THE FALCON'S BROTHER (Keye Luke, completed July 1942, last of 4 with Sanders as Gay Lawrence, first of 10 with Conway as Tom Lawrence) 1943- THE FALCON STRIKES BACK, THE FALCON IN DANGER, THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS 1944- THE FALCON OUT WEST (Barbara Hale, Lyle Talbot), THE FALCON IN MEXICO, THE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD (Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg, Sheldon Leonard) 1945- THE FALCON IN SAN FRANCISCO (Fay Helm, Robert Armstrong) 1946- THE FALCON'S ALIBI (Elisha Cook), THE FALCON'S ADVENTURE (last with Conway, completed April 1946) 1948- DEVIL'S CARGO (first of 3 with John Calvert, completed December 1947, Rochelle Hudson, Lyle Talbot, Michael Mark), APPOINTMENT WITH MURDER (Lyle Talbot, Michael Mark) 1949- SEARCH FOR DANGER (Albert Dekker, Douglas Fowley, Michael Mark, last feature film) 1954 TV series THE ADVENTURES OF FALCON (Charles McGraw, 39 episodes)