---
title: 'The Black Camel (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hamilton MacFadden'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 71
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-camel-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021668/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Black Camel (1931)

1931 · 71 min · Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

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. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hamilton MacFadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamilton-macfadden)
- **Producer:** [Hamilton MacFadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamilton-macfadden)
- **Screenplay:** [Dudley Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-nichols)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Samuel Kaylin](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-kaylin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph H. August](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-h-august)
- **Editor:** [Alfred DeGaetano](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-degaetano)

## Cast

- [Victor Varconi](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-varconi)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [J. M. Kerrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-m-kerrigan)
- [Richard Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tucker-2)
- [Bela Lugosi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bela-lugosi)
- [Dwight Frye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-frye)
- [Warner Oland](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-oland)
- [Robert Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-young-2)
- [Sally Eilers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-eilers)
- [Murray Kinnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-kinnell)
- [Dorothy Revier](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-revier)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-black-camel-1931
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3010079); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.