Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

31/08/1939
Mystery, Thriller
1h 12m

The strange case of murder by magic!

Overview

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

  • Norman FosterDirector
  • John LarkinWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • suicide
  • blackmail
  • nightclub
  • magic show
  • challenge
  • mind reading
  • police detective
  • knife throwing
  • disguise
  • newspaper reporter
  • séance
  • extrasensory perception
  • spiritualism
  • propeller airplane
  • world's fair
  • magician
  • mysticism
  • magician assistant
  • comical sidekick
  • charlie chan
  • phoney spiritualist
  • pygmy darts
  • driven to suicide
  • airplane in storm

Top Billed Cast

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Cesar Romero

Cesar Romero

Fred Rhadini

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Peter Lewis

Pauline Moore

Pauline Moore

Eve Cairo

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Dr. Zodiac's Servant

Gerald Mohr

Gerald Mohr

Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)

Wally Vernon

Wally Vernon

Elmer

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