Dead Men Tell

Dead Men Tell

61 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | March 28, 1941

A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship.

Dead Men Tell

61 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | March 28, 1941

Dead Men Tell
A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Dead Men Tell
Directors Harry Lachman
Writers Earl Derr Biggers, John Larkin

Cast

Sidney Toler

as Charlie Chan

Sheila Ryan

as Kate Ransome

Robert Weldon

as Steve Daniels

Victor Sen Yung

as Jimmy Chan

Donald Douglas

as Jed Thomasson

Kay Aldridge

as (as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Paul McGrath

as Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

George Reeves

as Bill Lydig

Truman Bradley

as Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

Ethel Griffies

as Miss Patience Nodbury

Lenita Lane

as Dr. Anne Bonney

Milton Parsons

as Gene LaFarge

Stanley Andrews

as Insp. Vessey

John Wallace

as Peg-legged Sailor

Lee Tung Foo

as Wu Mei (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

as English Sailor (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

as Red Eye Bartender (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

as Sailor with Girl (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

as Policeman with Checklist (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Detective (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as Homicide Desk Sergeant (uncredited)