| Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) | |
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| Directed By | Norman Foster |
| Written By | John Larkin |
| Cast | Sidney Toler Cesar Romero |
| Produced By | Edward Kaufman |
| Cinematography By | Virgil Miller |
| Film Editing By | Norman Colbert |
| Music By | Samuel Kaylin |
| Studio | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Distributed By | Twentieth Century Fox |
| Franchise | Charlie Chan Franchise |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | August 31, 1939 |
| Runtime | 74 Minutes |
Overview[]
Charlie Chan investigates a phony psychic during the 1939 World exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island. This leads him to expose a suicide as murder.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
- Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Ainsley
- Phyllis Brooks as Vivian Wells
- Slim Summerville as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
- Kane Richmond as Curtis Whitman
- Pauline Moore as Mary Whitman
- Cesar Romero as Rhadini
- Iris Wong as Choy Wong
- Eddie Collins as Cab Driver
- Robert Lowery as Walter Burke
- Charles D. Brown as Chief of Police King
- Louise Henry as Jeanne Bently
- Morgan Conway as George Bently
Production[]
Reception[]
Taglines[]
- The strange case of murder by magic!
- A new kind of crime riddle...a climax with a punch!
Trivia[]
- The Treasure Island referred to in the title is a man-made island in San Francisco Bay that was built in 1936-37 in anticipation of it hosting the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-40.
- During one scene, "Fox" contract actor John Carradine is visible in a photo on the wall.