Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
Ricardo Cortez
as Dr. Ainsley
Phyllis Brooks
as Vivian Wells
Slim Summerville
as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
Kane Richmond
as Curtis Whitman
Victor Sen Yung
as Jimmy Chan
Pauline Moore
as Mary Whitman
Eddie Collins
as Cab Driver
Kay Linaker
as Mrs. Wayne Russell
Louise Henry
as Jeanne Bentley
Robert Lowery
as Wally Burke
Charles D. Brown
as Police Chief King
