Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

"The strange case of murder by magic!"

Sep 8 1939 Approved 1h 14m

Comedy, Crime, Horror

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

John Francis Larkin, Earl Derr Biggers

Directed by

Norman Foster

Cast

Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores

# of Votes

1,926

Average Rating

7.2 out of 10

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