Movie: Dead Men Tell

Top 10 Billed Cast

Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Robert Weldon
Robert Weldon

Steve Daniels

Sheila Ryan
Sheila Ryan

Kate Ransome

Truman Bradley
Truman Bradley

Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas

Jed Thomasson

Kay Aldridge
Kay Aldridge

(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Paul McGrath
Paul McGrath

Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

Lenita Lane
Lenita Lane

Dr. Anne Bonney

Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons

Gene LaFarge

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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

    1941-03-28

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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