Dead Men Tell

Dead Men Tell

Dead Men Tell

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Dead Men Tell

"Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!"

1941

1h 1m

6.5(18 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Crime

Comedy

Overview

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

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20th Century Fox

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Robert Weldon

Steve Daniels

Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan

Kate Ransome

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas

Jed Thomasson

Kay Aldridge

Kay Aldridge

(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath

Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

Lenita Lane

Lenita Lane

Dr. Anne Bonney

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons

Gene LaFarge

Creative team

Directed by: Harry Lachman
Written by: John Larkin

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