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Word: supersleuth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long film career as a supersleuth, Charlie was portrayed by six actors, none of them Chinese.* Best remembered are Warner Oland, a Swede, who appeared in 16 features, and Sidney Toler, a Missourian, who lumbered woodenly through 22 pictures portraying Charlie as the still life of the party. Made on B-picture budgets, the Chan films show their age with simple-minded mysteries solvable in the second reel by any post-Bond youngster of eight. They also rely heavily on antique comic relief as subtle as a pig bladder. Charlie's No. 1 and No. 2 sons incessantly glue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Movies: Sub-Gumshoe | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

87th Precinct (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). PREMIERE of a new bullet series. Wherever the 87th precinct is, it looks familiar. Tonight the precinct's supersleuth finds a female corpse floating in the river with a mysterious tattoo on her hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Sep. 22, 1961 | 9/22/1961 | See Source »

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