Dead Men Tell
Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!
1941 | 61m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Harry Lachman |
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| Writer: | John Larkin |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 28, 1941 |
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| Director: | Harry Lachman |
| Writer: | John Larkin |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
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| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Sidney Toler | Charlie Chan |
| Victor Sen Yung | Jimmy Chan |
| Robert Weldon | Steve Daniels |
| Sheila Ryan | Kate Ransome |
| Truman Bradley | Capt. Kane of the Suva Star |
| Donald Douglas | Jed Thomasson |
| Kay Aldridge | (as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday |
| Paul McGrath | Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday |
| Lenita Lane | Dr. Anne Bonney |
| Milton Parsons | Gene LaFarge |
| George Reeves | Bill Lydig |
| Ethel Griffies | Miss Patience Nodbury |
| Lee Tung Foo | Ship's Cook |
| Tim Ryan | Bartender |
| Stanley Andrews | Insp. Vessey |
| Charles Tannen | Sailor with Girl |
| John Wallace | Peg-legged Sailor |
| Jimmy Aubrey | Dart Game Sailor |
| Ralph Dunn | Homicide Desk Sergeant |
| Pat Flaherty | Policeman with Checklist at Debarking |
| Lee Phelps | Detective (unconfirmed) |
| Name | Job |
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| Harry Lachman | Director |
| Earl Derr Biggers | Characters |
| John Larkin | Writer |
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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!