Dead Men Tell

3/28/19411h 1m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead! ~

Overview:

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

Director:

Harry Lachman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

charlie chan

Cast

Sidney Toler

~ as ~

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

~ as ~

Jimmy Chan

Robert Weldon

~ as ~

Steve Daniels

Sheila Ryan

~ as ~

Kate Ransome

Truman Bradley

~ as ~

Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

Donald Douglas

~ as ~

Jed Thomasson

Kay Aldridge

~ as ~

(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Paul McGrath

~ as ~

Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

Lenita Lane

~ as ~

Dr. Anne Bonney

Milton Parsons

~ as ~

Gene LaFarge

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Definately one of Sidney Toler's livelier outings as our super sleuth. This one sees him and best sidekick - No 2. son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) embroiled in some treasure hunting aboard a ship (that doesn't actually go anywhere). "Patience Nodbury" (Ethel Griffies) is the distant descendant of the infamous pirate "Black Hook" and she has a map! Someone is trying to pinch that from her, so she cunningly divides it into four sections and shares it amongst her fellow passengers. Just in time, too - for the apparition of a "Long John Silver" peg-legged character causes the old girl to keel over and the race is now on to find the missing pieces of the map and the murderous culprit before anyone else gets sent to Davy Jones' locker. This is fun to watch: plenty of action, daft distractions, hopeless cops and a well paced script make sure we whistle through the hour. Oh, and there's a "Captain Flint' flapping about, too!