Charlie Chan's Secret
San Francisco is the scene of Chan's newest and most baffling mystery!
1936 · 1h 12m · APPROVED
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Gordon Wiles
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Gordon Wiles Director
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Rosina Lawrence as Alice Lowell
- Charles Quigley as Dick Williams
- Henrietta Crosman as Mrs. Henrietta Lowell
- Edward Trevor as Fred Gage
- Astrid Allwyn as Janice Lowell Gage
- Herbert Mundin as Baxter
- Egon Brecher as Ulrich
- Gloria Roy as Madame Carlotta Bowen
- Ivan Miller as Morton of Homicide
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