Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Aug 31, 1939

1h 12m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Charlie Chan

Sidney Toler

Jimmy Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Fred Rhadini

Cesar Romero

Peter Lewis

Douglas Fowley

Eve Cairo

Pauline Moore

Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine

Donald MacBride

Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory

Douglass Dumbrille

Dr. Zodiac's Servant

Trevor Bardette

Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)

Gerald Mohr

Elmer

Wally Vernon

Myra Rhadini

June Gale

Mrs. Bessie Sibley

Billie Seward

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