Charlie Chan's Secret
San Francisco is the scene of Chan's newest and most baffling mystery!
1936 · 1h 12m · APPROVED
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Gordon Wiles
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Gordon Wiles Director
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Henrietta Crosman as Mrs. Henrietta Lowell
- Arthur Edmund Carewe as Professor Bowen
- Astrid Allwyn as Janice Lowell Gage
- Rosina Lawrence as Alice Lowell
- Charles Quigley as Dick Williams
- Herbert Mundin as Baxter
- Gloria Roy as Madame Carlotta Bowen
- Egon Brecher as Ulrich
- Jonathan Hale as Warren T. Phelps
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