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Director:
Norman Foster
Writer:
John Larkin (writer)
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Release Date:
8 September 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
The strange case of murder by magic!
Plot:
Charlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island leads him to expose a suicide as murder. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Probably the best Toler Chan more (18 total)

Cast

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Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung ... Jimmy Chan

Cesar Romero ... Fred Rhadini
Douglas Fowley ... Peter Lewis
Pauline Moore ... Eve Cairo
Donald MacBride ... Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
Wally Vernon ... Elmer Kelner
Douglass Dumbrille ... Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
Sally Blane ... Stella Essex
Charles Halton ... Uncle Redley
Billie Seward ... Mrs. Bessie Sibley
June Gale ... Myra Rhadini
Trevor Bardette ... Abdul, the Turkish servant
Louis Jean Heydt ... Paul Essex
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Runtime:
72 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
It is believed that this film may have partially inspired the "Zodiac Killer" in San Francisco during the late 1960s. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Just before the plane from Hawai'i to San Francisco lands, Chan and the other passengers are told they have to go through customs. Though not yet a state, Hawai'i was already under U.S. jurisdiction and therefore passengers flying from there to the U.S. mainland would not have had to go through customs. more
Quotes:
Charlie Chan: Father who depend on son is happy or foolish, depending on son. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Black Magic (1944) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Probably the best Toler Chan, 19 February 2002
Author: Inthegoodlife from Jacksonville, FL

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is one of the better Chan movies with a creepy atmosphere, fine performances and a fun plot. The plot centers around a mystic who blackmails his clients after he finds out information on them. The background is the 1939 World's fair in San Francisco. The atmosphere is thick and moody and the first seance scene is hokey fun. Sidney Toler as Chan is respectable and fine performances are turned in by Dougles Fowley and Cesar Romero. Pauline Moore gives an often hysterical and frequently irritating performance as the psychic Eve Cairo. She fits the role as Eve is supposed to be high strung. Sen Yung is back as Jimmy Chan and provides the usual comic relief. A smooth and entertaining plot keeps the movie interesting and the ending is satisfying and surprising.

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