The Black Camel (film)

The Black Camel
Directed byHamilton MacFadden
Written byHugh Stanislaus Stange (adaptation)
Screenplay byBarry Conners
Philip Klein
Dudley Nichols (uncredited)
Based onThe Black Camel
by Earl Derr Biggers
Produced byHamilton MacFadden
StarringWarner Oland
Sally Eilers
Bela Lugosi
Dorothy Revier
CinematographyJoseph August
Daniel B. Clark
Edited byAlfred DeGaetano
Production
companies
Fox Film Corporation
Hamilton MacFadden
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • June 21, 1931 (1931-06-21)
Running time
67 or 71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Warner Oland and Béla Lugosi
Oland on the production set of The Black Camel at Kailua Beach, with Chang Apana, the Honolulu detective who inspired the character of Charlie Chan

The Black Camel is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, and Dorothy Revier. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers.[1] It is the second film to star Oland as detective Charlie Chan, and the sole surviving title of the first five Chan films starring Oland. The Black Camel marked the film debut of Robert Young.

  1. ^ "THE SCREEN". The New York Times. July 4, 1931.