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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island( 1939)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sidney Toler

      Charlie Chan

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      Victor Sen Yung

      Jimmy Chan

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      Cesar Romero

      Fred Rhadini

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      Douglas Fowley

      Peter Lewis

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      Pauline Moore

      Eve Cairo

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      Donald MacBride

      Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine

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      Douglass Dumbrille

      Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory

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      Trevor Bardette

      Dr. Zodiac's Servant

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      Gerald Mohr

      Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)

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      Wally Vernon

      Elmer

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      June Gale

      Myra Rhadini

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      Billie Seward

      Mrs. Bessie Sibley

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      Sally Blane

      Stella Essex

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      Charles Halton

      Uncle Redley

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      Louis Jean Heydt

      Paul Essex

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      Jack Chefe

      Audience Member

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      Heinie Conklin

      First Taxicab Driver

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      Sayre Dearing

      Audience Member

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      Bud Geary

      Cop at Station House

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      Harold Goodwin

      Airplane Steward

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      Edith Hallor

      Toots - Stout Woman

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      Fred Kelsey

      Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

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      Al Kikume

      Waiter at Hawaiian Village

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      Kay Linaker

      Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm

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      Hank Mann

      Second Taxicab Driver

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      Margaret Mann

      Airplane Passenger

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      Frank Meredith

      Second Detective

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      Harold Miller

      Audience Member

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      Bruce Mitchell

      Police Desk Sergeant

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      Hans Moebus

      Audience Member

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      Bert Moorhouse

      Audience Member

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      David Newell

      Audience Member

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      Imboden Parrish

      Plane Passenger

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      Tom Quinn

      Man at Landing Gate

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      Arthur Rankin

      Airways Official

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      Fred Rapport

      Audience Member

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      Gloria Roy

      Plane Passenger

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Man at Landing Gate

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      Harry Strang

      Taxicab Dispatcher

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      Charles Tannen

      Plane Passenger

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      Edwin Tuttle

      Audience Member

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      John Elliott

      Doctor - Backstage

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
    The more effective pairing of "Charlie" (Sidney Toler) and No 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) are embroiled in an investigation into an apparent suicide of his friend "Paul" (Louis Heydt) on a plane to San Francisco. It soon starts to look like there is much more too it to - the last page of a manuscript he was working on has gone missing - and investigations lead them to the door of the mysterious "Dr. Zodiak" who claims enormous psychic powers. What ensues now is quite a cleverly constructed mystery with loads of mystic hokum, some blackmail and a good supporting cast from the likes of Paulin...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    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