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Charlie Chan At Treasure Island (1939)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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10.31.09
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 A novelist friend of Charlie's appears to have committed suicide. At the international Exposition held on San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island Charlie shows that Zodiac, a phony mystic who blackmails clients, is the culprit.
Movie Tagline:
The strange case of murder by magic!
Title: Charlie Chan At Treasure Island
Release Date: August 31, 1939
Runtime: 72 mins
Genre: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 7.7
Buried.com Rating: 8.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With C
Director(s):
Norman Foster
Cast:
Sidney Toler ...Charlie Chan
Victor Sen yung ...Jimmy Chan
Cesar Romero ...Fred Rhadini
Douglas Fowley ...Peter Lewis
Pauline Moore ...Eve Cairo
Donald MacBride ...Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
Wally Vernon ...Elmer Kelner
Douglass Dumbrille ...Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
Sally Blane ...Stella Essex
Charles Halton ...Uncle Redley
Billie Seward ...Mrs. Bessie Sibley
June Gale ...Myra Rhadini
Trevor Bardette ...Abdul, the Turkish servant
Louis Jean Heydt ...Paul Essex
Jack Chefe ...Audience Member
Heinie Conklin ...First Taxicab Driver
Sayre Dearing ...Audience Member
John Elliott ...Doctor, backstage
Bud Geary ...Cop at Station House
Harold Goodwin ...Airplane Steward
Edith Hallor ...Toots, Stout Woman
Fred Kelsey ...Detective - in cab and at theatre
Al Kikume ...Waiter at Hawaiian Village
Kay Linaker ...Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm
Hank Mann ...Second Taxicab Driver
Margaret Mann ...Airplane Passenger
Frank Meredith ...Second Detective
Harold Miller ...Audience Member
Bruce Mitchell ...Police Desk Sergeant
Gerald Mohr ...Dr. Zodiac
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Edward Kaufman
Writer(s):
John Larkin
Composer(s):
Samuel Kaylin
More Movie Taglines:
- The strange case of murder by magic!
Movie Quote(s):
- Charlie Chan: Dr. Zodiac is a native of San Francisco? Doctor Zodiac: Dr. Zodiac is a native of the Universe. He knows all people.
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Charlie Chan: If befriend donkey, expect to be kicked.
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Charlie Chan: Favorite pastime of man is fooling himself.
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Charlie Chan: We are destroying web of spider. Now let us find spider.
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Charlie Chan: Father who depend on son is happy or foolish, depending on son.
Movie Trivia:
- During one scene, Fox contract actor John Carradine is visible in a photo on the wall.
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The book Charlie Chan is reading in the opening scene on the plane is "Romantic Moon" by Michael Shawn.
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It is believed that this film may have partially inspired the "Zodiac Killer" in San Francisco during the late 1960s.
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The twenty-second of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
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Keywords:
San Francisco Bay, Zodiac, Novelist, Murder, Psychic ...[more]
Keywords All:
Suspect, China Clipper, Levitation, Victim, Telepathy, Charlatan, Chinese Hero, Poison Dart, Asian Detective, San Francisco California, Red Herring, Magic, Sequel, Arrow In Chest, Detective Series, Black Cat, Insurance Actuary, Detective, Hypnotism, Asian Hero, Magician, Asian Stereotype, Briefcase, Asian Comedian, Charlie Chan, Beautiful Woman, Hawaiian Hero, Father Son Relationship, Radiogram, Yogi, Extreme Close Up, Racial Role Playing, Character Name In Title
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Rating: 8.7 out of 10.0 - 59 votes cast total
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