Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
The strange case of murder by magic!
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A 1939 mystery-thriller that blends detective work with stage magic and spiritualism, balancing genuine suspense with playful misdirection and period charm.
Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Essence
Ensemble
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Cesar Romero
Fred Rhadini
Douglas Fowley
Peter Lewis
Pauline Moore
Eve Cairo
Donald MacBride
Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
Douglass Dumbrille
Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
Trevor Bardette
Dr. Zodiac's Servant
Gerald Mohr
Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)
Wally Vernon
Elmer
June Gale
Myra Rhadini
Billie Seward
Mrs. Bessie Sibley
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