Dead Men Tell (1941)

  • NR
  • 03/28/1941 (US)
  • Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Comedy
  • 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.

Harry Lachman

Director

Earl Derr Biggers

Characters

John Larkin

Writer

Cast

Sidney Toler's headshot

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung's headshot

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan
Robert Weldon's headshot

Robert Weldon

Steve Daniels
Sheila Ryan's headshot

Sheila Ryan

Kate Ransome
Truman Bradley's headshot

Truman Bradley

Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Donald Douglas's headshot

Donald Douglas

Jed Thomasson
Kay Aldridge's headshot

Kay Aldridge

(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday
Paul McGrath's headshot

Paul McGrath

Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

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