The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman FosterDirector
- John LarkinWriter
Cast
- Sidney TolerCharlie Chan
- Victor Sen YungJimmy Chan
- Cesar RomeroFred Rhadini
- Douglas FowleyPeter Lewis
- Pauline MooreEve Cairo
- Donald MacBrideDeputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
- Douglass DumbrilleStewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
- Trevor BardetteDr. Zodiac's Servant
- Gerald MohrDr. Zodiac (in disguise)
- Wally VernonElmer
- June GaleMyra Rhadini
- Billie SewardMrs. Bessie Sibley
Stills
Themes
suicideblackmailnightclubmagic showchallengemind readingpolice detectiveknife throwingdisguisenewspaper reporterséanceextrasensory perception