Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

blanche-2 With performers like Carmen Miranda and Cesar Romero on its roster, and with Don Ameche, Linda Darnell, and Tyrone Power looking as if they could be from South America, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, etc., Fox did lots of films purportedly set in these exotic locales. "Charlie Chan in Rio" from 1941 is one of these, though a lot of stock footage is used to give the illusion of actually being in Rio.Charlie and son Jimmy are in Rio and go to a nightclub with the police chief to arrest a nightclub singer, Lola Dean. Dean is suspected of killing her married lover in Honolulu. Charlie decides it would be better to arrest her at home. However, she is found dead, and her jewels have been stolen.As usual, there are too many suspects, among them a man (Victor Jory) who does prognostics, a sort of mystical mind-reading, Lola's wealthy fiancée, a woman in love with said fiancée, a no-nonsense friend (Mary Beth Hughes) and her boyfriend, Lola's ex-husband, and a butler.It falls to Charlie to sort all this out, but along the way he and the police chief have a little fun with Jimmy, questioning under the mystic's potion, which puts his subject under hypnosis. Why did he fail math? It was too early to get up in the morning for class.It seems not only Lola had a secret in her past -- there's plenty else to be learned.Good fun, with a cute ending.

Michael O'Keefe Oriental sleuth Charlie Chan(Sidney Toler)travels to Brazil with #2 son Jimmy(Sen Yung). On the trail of a singer, who killed her lover in Honolulu, Chan finds her working in a Rio night club. The attractive singer is planning to elope with a rich playboy; but before she can leave and before Chan and the local police can make an arrest, she is found stabbed to death. While the body is found in her upstairs bedroom, a group of friends gather downstairs for a going away party. Chan will not be fooled by planted clues. Son Jimmy is actually helpful in solving this second murder. The cast includes: Cobina Wright Jr., Truman Bradley, Mary Beth Hughes, Victor Jory and Kay Linaker.

MartinHafer Despite my summary, I DID like this film. It's just that despite its title, the film looked like they stuck in some stock footage and everyone in the film spoke English. Plus, oddly, the Brazilian police inspector spoke MUCH better English than Charlie--he remembered to use all his definite articles (such as 'the')! This isn't a major problem about the film, but it is kind of funny.The plot involves the murder of a woman who is already wanted for murder. The rest of the film is just about what you'd expect from a Charlie Chan film made by FOX--Charlie's son (in this case #2) is a bumbling and obnoxious assistant, there are twists and turns and many different suspects, and in the end, Chan catches the murderer. No major surprises, but it was a bit odd seeing the wonderful magic potion developed by the psychic--just smoke one of his special cigarettes, drink a bit of coffee and you almost instantly fall asleep and tell the truth! If only this were true--imagine the fun you could have with your friends! This is a completely average outing for the series--not bad, nor especially compelling. For fans, it is pretty much what they'd expect and for the non-Chan fans out there, probably not enough to make them love the series.

Jim Tritten Sidney Toler as Chan is in Rio to arrest Lola Dean for murder. Before he can do it, she is stabbed in the back, but why and by whom? Sen Yung playing his No. 2 son Jimmy and a straight Harold Huber as the `Delgado' or Chief of Police of Rio aid Chan.The action in this who-done-it comes at a fast but steady pace without a lot of character development. There are plenty of misleading clues left by the real murderer and the writers. Unfortunately this is one of those films that the detective knows much more than the viewer thus denying us the ability to solve the full mystery along with Chan. `Long experience teach until murderer found, suspect everybody…'As in some other Chan films, the names of the characters do not match their on-screen roles. Ted North clearly plays the part of Clark Denton yet is credited at the end with having played Carlos Dantas. We leave Charlie in Rio having just opened a communication from his wife telling Jimmy that he has been drafted in the military. `Good policy to have murderer consider detective dope.' Fair and just barely recommended.