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Producer:
Rudolph Flothow Executive
Producer: Leon Fromkess Writer:
Robert Leslie Bellem Original
Story: Herb Purdum Associate
Producer: Herman Blaser Production
Manager: Aida Young Director
of Photography: Kenneth Talbot Film Editor:
Ann Chedwidden Assistant
Director: David Tomblin Story Editor:
Jerry Sackheim Art Director:
Harry White Make-up:
Colin Garde Sound Supervisor:
Fred Turtle
LOCATION: Germany
DATE:
1957 (Title reads: "Germany - 1957")
DURATION:
3 days
SUMMARY:
In 1940, German Colonel Kurt Schmidt calls on the Marquis Francois Remy demands
to be allowed to purchase a first folio of Shakespeare's Hamlet for a small fraction of its true value of $200,000.
Forcing the Marquis to sign a bill of sale dated 1937 in order to save himself from execution, he agrees, asking the colonel
if he is sure he wants to use that date for the sale. After the Marquis leaves, Colonel Schmidt signs the order for
the immediate execution of the Marquis. In 1957, Charlie Chan and Number One Son, Barry are in The next morning, Chan and Barry visit Inspector Steiner. Barry states that
something about the burglar reminded him of Baron Schmidt. Barry suggests that Schmidt may have been trying to steal
the folio in order to collect on the insurance, and that the Baron and Pierre Lebec may have been working together.
At the Baron's castle, Arthur Fitzroy of the Shakespeare Historical Society in In the morning, back at the shop, an angry Zeigler blames Barry for the loss
of the folio in the fire. Speaking with Chan and Inspector Streiner, Zeigler is told by the detective that the fire
was the work of arsonist. Zeigler suggests that Barry may at least be partly to blame for the crime as he may have left
the shop's door unlocked when he hurried out. Barry asserts his idea that Schmidt was possibly in that act of stealing
the folio and then died as a result of the fire he started to cover his tracks. Zeigler, denounces the notion that Schmidt
could have somehow been involved. Instead he notes his suspicion of the Frenchman Lebec. Steiner informs Chan
that the autopsy report indicates that Schmidt was shot dead before the fire started. At a local restaurant with Inspector Steiner and Barry,
Chan receives a report from CONCLUSION: Back at the book store, Chan
meets with Zeigler and Weiss as Inspector Steiner arrives with Lebec and Fitzroy in tow.
Seeing them, Weiss identifies Lebec as the one who was present during the first robbery attempt at the book store.
Chan informs Weiss and Zeigler of the fact that Lebec and Fitzroy have committed no crime.
The solution to the murder of Schmidt, Chan tells all present, lies in the false telephone call made that took Barry
from the book store. Whoever made that call had to know of Chan's presence at
police headquarters. Besides Barry, only two persons were aware of this fact:
Baron Schmidt and one other person…Conrad Weiss. A search of Weiss' house
has turned up the missing Hamlet folio. It was he who made the phone call to
Barry, and it was he who set the shop on fire and killed Baron Schmidt. Weiss
tells of his great love for rare books, and, knowing that it was Schmidt who had tried to steal it earlier, kept that fact
a secret, planning to take the Hamlet for himself. Weiss had set the fire in
the shop to cover his own theft, and when Schmidt unexpectedly arrived in a second attempt to steal the folio, Weiss pulled
a gun and accidentally shot Schmidt. Later, Chan learns that Weiss will not stand
trial because he has had a debilitating heart attack and is near death.
OF NOTE: Schmidt (to Charlie
Chan): "And now, why am I favored with a visit from such a famous detective?" (The Baron attests to Charlie Chan’s fame world wide.) Barry Chan (to Baron Schmidt): "I figured if you let me take pictures of the Hamlet, you know, page
by page, I could present it to my college library." (Barry Chan is currently attending college.) Charlie Chan (to Barry): "Ex Chinese policeman not born yesterday."
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