Charlie Chan’s Secret
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10 Jan 1936
Description
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it’s up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
Classification
CategoryClassic Movies & Vintage Films to Stream(videos)
SubcategoryClassic Movies: Silent, Noir, Horror & Comedy Films(movies)
GenresCrime Movies(crime-movies-spg-c211) Mystery Film(mystery-film-spg-c211)
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Cast
- Warner Oland Charlie Chan
- Rosina Lawrence Alice Lowell
- Charles Quigley Dick Williams, Alice's fiancé
- Henrietta Crosman Henrietta Lowell, Alan Colby's aunt
- Edward Trevor Fred Gage, Henrietta's son-in-law
- Astrid Allwyn Janice Gage, Henrietta's daughter
- Herbert Mundin Baxter the butler, who provides comic relief throughout the film
- Jonathan Hale Warren Phelps, the Lowells' lawyer
- Egon Brecher Ulrich, caretaker
- Jerry Miley Allen Colby, the murdered heir
- Arthur Edmund Carewe Prof. Bowen, the Lowells' psychic researcher
- Gloria Roy Carlotta, medium, Mrs. Bowen
- Ivan Miller Morton, police inspector
- William Bailey Det. Harris
- Francis Ford Captain of salvage ship
- Bud Geary Policeman
- Chuck Hamilton Policeman
- Brick Sullivan Policeman
- James T. Mack Fingerprint man
- Landers Stevens Coroner
Director
- Gordon Wiles
Screenwriter
- Helen Logan
- Robert Ellis
- Joseph Hoffman
- Earl Derr Biggers
Director of Photography
- Rudolph Maté
Composer
- Samuel Kaylin
Producer
- John Stone
- Sol M. Wurtzel
- 20th Century Fox
