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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

  • 19391939
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.8K
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Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore, Sidney Toler, and Wally Vernon in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
  • Action
  • Crime
  • Mystery
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Norman Foster
  • Writers
    • John Francis Larkin(original story)
    • Earl Derr Biggers(based on the character "Charlie Chan" created by)
  • Stars
    • Sidney Toler
    • Cesar Romero
    • Pauline Moore
Top credits
  • Director
    • Norman Foster
  • Writers
    • John Francis Larkin(original story)
    • Earl Derr Biggers(based on the character "Charlie Chan" created by)
  • Stars
    • Sidney Toler
    • Cesar Romero
    • Pauline Moore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 34User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, Pauline Moore, Billie Seward, and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
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    Cesar Romero, Sidney Toler, and Wally Vernon in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
    Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
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    Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, Pauline Moore, and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
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    Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore, and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

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    Sidney Toler
    Sidney Toler
    • Charlie Chanas Charlie Chan
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Rhadinias Rhadini
    Pauline Moore
    Pauline Moore
    • Eve Cairoas Eve Cairo
    Victor Sen Yung
    Victor Sen Yung
    • Jimmy Chanas Jimmy Chan
    • (as Sen Yung)
    Douglas Fowley
    Douglas Fowley
    • Pete Lewisas Pete Lewis
    June Gale
    June Gale
    • Myra Rhadinias Myra Rhadini
    Douglass Dumbrille
    Douglass Dumbrille
    • Thomas Gregoryas Thomas Gregory
    • (as Douglas Dumbrille)
    Sally Blane
    Sally Blane
    • Stella Essexas Stella Essex
    Billie Seward
    Billie Seward
    • Bessie Sibleyas Bessie Sibley
    Wally Vernon
    Wally Vernon
    • Elmer Kelneras Elmer Kelner
    Donald MacBride
    Donald MacBride
    • Chief J.J. Kilvaineas Chief J.J. Kilvaine
    Charles Halton
    Charles Halton
    • Redleyas Redley
    Trevor Bardette
    Trevor Bardette
    • Abdulas Abdul
    Louis Jean Heydt
    Louis Jean Heydt
    • Paul Essexas Paul Essex
    Arthur Berkeley
    • Audience Memberas Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    William A. Boardway
    William A. Boardway
    • Audience Memberas Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • Audience Memberas Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • First Taxicab Driveras First Taxicab Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Norman Foster
    • Writers
      • John Francis Larkin(original story) (screenplay)
      • Earl Derr Biggers(based on the character "Charlie Chan" created by)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • 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. After the fair closed the U.S. Navy used the site for many years. Since the 1980s the site has been used by many film and television production companies with aircraft hangars #2 and #3 converted to sound stages.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Charlie Chan: We are destroying web of spider. Now let us find spider.

    • Connections
      Edited into Who Dunit Theater: Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (2021)

    User reviews34

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    Top review
    EERIE TRIVIA
    The infamous Zodiac Killer might have been inspired by this film. The most probable suspect, who has since passed away, used to love this movie and became obsessed with it. If you watch the film and then read about the Zodiac case, you'll see eerie patterns in the writings of the Zodiac Killer and the character of Dr Zodiac in the film. I can easily see how a young kid could be influenced by the creepy Dr Zodiac and the way he taunted authorities..just like the Zodiac Killer would do decades later with similar phrases. Anyway, the film is easily one of the best in the series and still manages to entertain and frighten a bit. I urge you to view this one!
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    • random_ax
    • Jun 6, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Charlie Chan auf der Schatzinsel
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $120,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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