Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

gridoon2018 "The Scarlet Clue" is a typically cheap Monogran production in underdressed sets, and it's mostly tedious, but there are some clever bits for mystery fans (even if, once again, the killer seems to be selected at random), and memorable use of a booby-trapped elevator. My favorite Chan line, in response to his son saying that he had an idea but it was gone: "maybe it could not stand solitary confinement!". ** out of 4.

dougdoepke The Chan series was probably the most popular and enduring of the many detective series of the 1930's and 40's. Mainly, I think, because the entries relied on genuinely brain-teasing whodunits, where the suspects were individualized and developed by caring screenplays. Then too, the comedy mix was entertainingly worked in, along with occasional noirish atmospherics. Of course, much of the humor and style is politically incorrect by today's more enlightened standards. But that shouldn't override the sheer entertainment value of the series as a whole.The Scarlet Clue, to me at least, is an average entry, a pretty good whodunit with one real shocker that comes out of nowhere. I like the radio studio setting that should be nostalgic for some and edifying for others. The question is which one of the station employees is the killer and how is it they've murdered two other employees. So, it's not only a question of who did it, but of how they did it. Of course, Toler is Toler, while Moreland gets to do shtick with his long-time partner Ben Carter, which is pretty funny and not demeaning. Unfortunately, except for the one shocker, Rosen's direction is pretty unimaginative.Anyway, it's an entertaining but unexceptional 60-minutes from an exceptional series.

LeonLouisRicci Monogram Studios took on the Charlie Chan Series after Fox. Some are Not Too Bad like this one that has a Bit of a Bounce to it. The Radio/Television Station is Neat to see from 1945 and there is a Science Laboratory with Cool Looking Instruments that Buzz and Emit Squiggly White Lines.There is some Irony that Monogram like other B-Movie Studios were put Out of Business by Television, but that was a Few Years Off and in '45 the Impact of the Boob Tube was Unforeseeable. This Movie is also Highlighted by Mantan Moreland's Verbal Sparring with Partner Ben Carter and His Bug Eyes and Spooky Shenanigans are at a Minimum. Number 3 Son, Tommy is on hand to Pal with Moreland from Scene to Scene and take Charlie's (Sidney Toler looking a bit tired) Verbal Lashings. A Couple of Interesting Side-Suspects and a bit of Cleverness makes this One of the Better of the Monogram Chan Cheapies.

monticellomeadow The Scarlet Clue could have been so much better had the writers written a tighter plot. First, in 1945 why be so indirect as to who the bad guys worked for? They were, obviously, German agents. Yet all we had to go on were some references to name changes of the spies from German to English. And one of the plotters seemed absolutely clueless as to who he was working for and what was going on. The ending lacked punch - why did we see one of the agents fall to his death in the trick elevator, but not the Dark Mistress who was behind it all, at the conclusion? Audiences always want to see the "Most Evil One" get his/hers, even in 1945! Not just, "Oh, yes, she's the one. Here's her body. She fell down the elevator shaft." And the "cigarette + gas" thing had me going "huh?" Now Foster and Moreland were excellent, reprising their vaudeville routine. And Sidney Toler did a decent Chan. But overall this plot and writing left much to be desired, even for a Charlie Chan picture.