The Scarlet Clue (1945)
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.

Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets married first. Angelica, in turn, finds every man she knows too dull and predictable, and for this reason prefers to stay single. Jeff then tries to make Angelica interested in the mild-mannered and timid Reggie Irving passing him off as a notorious playboy to intrigue her. He asks his friend Polly to teach Reggie “how to treat a woman right”, but he turns to be a disastrous learner.

Dramatizes the "violent narcotic's ... soul destroying" effects on unwary teens, and their hedonistic exploits enroute to the bottom.

The Raindance Kid has a policy of always shooting a sheriff on his birthday. And Raindance's birthday comes on the very day he arrives in Snagglepuss town. The regular sheriff, who knows of Raindance's quaint custom, picks this day to leave the country. The badge of office then is given to Snagglepuss.

Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
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