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.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Sidney Toler | ... | Charlie Chan | |
| Cesar Romero | ... | Rhadini | |
| Pauline Moore | ... | Eve Cairo | |
| Victor Sen Yung | ... | Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung) | |
| Douglas Fowley | ... | Pete Lewis | |
| June Gale | ... | Myra Rhadini | |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | Thomas Gregory (as Douglas Dumbrille) | |
| Sally Blane | ... | Stella Essex | |
| Billie Seward | ... | Bessie Sibley | |
| Wally Vernon | ... | Elmer Kelner | |
| Donald MacBride | ... | Chief J.J. Kilvaine | |
| Charles Halton | ... | Redley | |
| Trevor Bardette | ... | Abdul | |
| Louis Jean Heydt | ... | Paul Essex | |
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A novelist friend of Charlie's appears to have committed suicide. At the international Exposition held on San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island Charlie shows that Zodiac, a phony mystic who blackmails clients, is the culprit. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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crystal ball | charlie chan character | 1930s | year 1939 | golden gate international exposition |Taglines:
A new kind of crime riddle...a climax with a punch! (Print Ad- Newburgh News, ((Newburgh, NY)) 5 December 1939) See more »Parents Guide:
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Doctor Zodiac: Dr. Zodiac is a native of the Universe. He knows all people.
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This film was first telecast in Detroit Monday 2 November 1953 on WXYZ (Channel 7), in Philadelphia Thursday 24 December 1953 on WPTZ (Channel 3), in Dayton Tuesday 9 February 1954 on WLW-D (Channel 2), in Portland OR Monday 22 February 1954 on KOIN (Channel 6), in New York City Tuesday 23 February 1954 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Baltimore Wednesday 24 February 1954 on WBAL (Channel 2), in Lubbock TX Saturday 6 March 1954 on KDUB (Channel 13), in Los Angeles Friday 16 April 1954 on KNBH (Channel 4), and in San Francisco Friday 29 April 1955 on KRON (Channel 4). See more »Goofs
As Chan's airplane approaches San Francisco, we briefly see a stock shot of the uncompleted eastern span of the Bay Bridge. The bridge opened more than two years before the Golden Gate International Exposition, the film's setting. See more »Quotes
Charlie Chan: Dr. Zodiac is a native of San Francisco?Doctor Zodiac: Dr. Zodiac is a native of the Universe. He knows all people.
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8 September 1939 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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$120,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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I recently bought this video on Ebay. I'm told it's hard to find in stores. I recall the Dr Zodiac scenes being frightening as a kid and you know, there are still scenes in this that give me the creeps.
The scene where the female psychic keeps sensing evil (evil looking like two eyeballs illuminated in the darkness) and that nasty looking Dr Zodiac gave me nightmares. I wonder why they don't make a Charlie Chan movie today with some Asian actor finally playing Charlie.