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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1939-08-31

Runtime: 72 mins

Director: Norman Foster

Writer: John Larkin

Spoken language: English, Italiano

Genres: Mystery, Thriller

Original title: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Production Countries: United States of America

Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

Charlie Chan in Honolulu
3.2

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

1938-12-30

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his fathe

Charlie Chan in Reno
3.1

Charlie Chan in Reno

1939-06-16

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murde

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
3.3

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939-08-31

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a wor

City in Darkness
3.2

City in Darkness

1939-11-15

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the mu

Charlie Chan in Panama
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Charlie Chan in Panama

1940-03-01

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destro

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
3.4

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1940-05-02

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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
3.9

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

1940-09-06

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and

Murder Over New York
3

Murder Over New York

1940-12-13

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New

Dead Men Tell
3.1

Dead Men Tell

1941-03-28

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan in Rio
3.1

Charlie Chan in Rio

1941-09-05

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan beco

Castle in the Desert
3.5

Castle in the Desert

1942-02-02

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
3

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

1944-02-14

Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investi

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
3.2

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1944-05-20

To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings

Black Magic
3.5

Black Magic

1944-08-19

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

The Jade Mask
3

The Jade Mask

1945-01-26

The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and

The Scarlet Clue
3

The Scarlet Clue

1945-05-11

Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investi

The Red Dragon
3.3

The Red Dragon

1945-08-01

Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets

The Shanghai Cobra
2.9

The Shanghai Cobra

1945-09-29

Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of mu

Shadows Over Chinatown
3

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1946-06-27

In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives

Dangerous Money
2.9

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1946-10-12

A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie

The Trap
3.4

The Trap

1946-11-30

When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort,

Dark Alibi
3.1

Dark Alibi

1946-05-25

After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigati

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
The more effective pairing of "Charlie" (Sidney Toler) and No 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) are embroiled in an investigation into an apparent suicide of his friend "Paul" (Louis Heydt) on a plane to San Francisco. It soon starts to look like there is much more too it to - the last page of a manuscript he was working on has gone missing - and investigations lead them to the door of the mysterious "Dr. Zodiak" who claims enormous psychic powers. What ensues now is quite a cleverly constructed mystery with loads of mystic hokum, some blackmail and a good supporting cast from the likes of Pauline Moore ("Eve") and Cesar Romero as rival mind reader "Rhadini". The tension for this entertaining drama is really helped by spooky scenarios and the somewhat menacing costume of the enigmatic "Zodiak" - indeed quite a bit of effort has gone into the production culminating in quite a surprising conclusion involving an old iron maiden. One of the best of the series.
2022-06-22

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