Murder Over New York directed by Harry Lachman in 1940, starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Shemp Howard plays “Shorty McCoy” in an uncredited appearance.
On a flight to New York for an annual police convention, Chan encounters an old friend, Hugh Drake, now a member of military intelligence trying to track down a sabotage ringbehind the crash of a bomber and its pilots the day before, led by a Paul Narvo.