"A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago."
Warner Oland
as Charlie Chan
Boris Karloff
as Gravelle
Keye Luke
as Lee Chan
William Demarest
as Sergeant Kelly
Guy Usher
as Inspector Regan
Margaret Irving
as Mme. Lilli Rochelle
Gregory Gaye
as Enrico Borelli
Nedda Harrigan
as Mme. Lucretia Borelli
Frank Conroy
as Mr. Whitely
Charlotte Henry
as Mlle. Kitty
Thomas Beck
as Phil Childers
Maurice Cass
as Mr. Arnold
Tom McGuire
as Pop Morris - Stage Doorman
Marc Lawrence
as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Joan Woodbury
as Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
William Bailey
as Detective (uncredited)
Charles Bancroft
as Soldier in Opera (uncredited)
John Bleifer
as Murdered Orderly (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
as Backstage Cop Who Shoots Gravelle (uncredited)
Myrta Bonillas
as Villager in Opera (uncredited)
Raymond Brown
as Guard (uncredited)
Carita Crawford
Patrick Cunning
Zari Elmassian
as Mme. Rochelle (singing voice) (uncredited)
Frank Fanning
as Cop (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Adolph Faylauer
as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Larry Fisher
Benson Fong
as Opera Supernumerary (uncredited)
J. C. Fowler
Otto Fries
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Milton Gowman
Herschel Graham
Harrison Greene
Julia Griffith
H. Bruce Humberstone
Director
Charles Belden
Writer
Earl Derr Biggers
Characters
Sol M. Wurtzel
Executive Producer
Oscar Levant
Music
Lucien N. Andriot
Director of Photography
Alex Troffey
Editor
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design