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It’s just common sense: when you want to cast Sherlock Holmes, you scope out the actors in London’s West End. And when you want to cast a famous Chinese detective, you get a guy from Missouri. Sidney Toler stars as Charlie Chan in a performance that Mickey Rooney called “way too subtle.” Dispensing Eastern wisdom that’s as authentically ancient as a Calgon ad, he’s called into