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Dead Men Tell(1941)
Status: Released
Date: 1941-03-28
63%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 1m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Dead Men Tell
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
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
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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.
Release Date
1941-03-28
Average
6.3
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Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!
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