6.5
“Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!”
Dead Men Tell (1941)
March 28, 19411h 1mEN
6.3
17 votes
Overview
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
Director
Harry LachmanWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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7.0Definately one of Sidney Toler's livelier outings as our super sleuth. This one sees him and best sidekick - No 2. son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) embroiled in some treasure hunting aboard a ship (that doesn't actually go anywhere). "Patience Nodbury" (Ethel Griffies) is the distant descendant of the infamous pirate "Black Hook" and she has a map! Someone is trying to pinch that from her, so she cunningly divides it into four sections and shares it amongst her fellow passengers. Just in time, too - for the apparition of a "Long John Silver" peg-legged character causes the old girl to keel over a…
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