Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret

72 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Jan. 10, 1936

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.

Charlie Chan's Secret

72 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Jan. 10, 1936

Charlie Chan's Secret
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Charlie Chan's Secret
Directors Gordon Wiles
Writers Earl Derr Biggers, Joseph Hoffman, Helen Logan, Robert Ellis

Cast

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

Arthur Edmund Carewe

as Professor Bowen

Jonathan Hale

as Warren T. Phelps

Jerry Miley

as Allen Colby

William Bailey

as Det. Harris

Francis Ford

as Captain of salvage ship

Bud Geary

as Policeman

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman

Brick Sullivan

as Policeman

James T. Mack

as Fingerprint man

Landers Stevens

as Coroner