The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Gordon WilesDirector
- Helen LoganScreenplay
- Robert EllisScreenplay
Cast
- Warner OlandCharlie Chan
- Rosina LawrenceAlice Lowell
- Charles QuigleyDick Williams
- Henrietta CrosmanMrs. Henrietta Lowell
- Edward TrevorFred Gage
- Astrid AllwynJanice Lowell Gage
- Herbert MundinBaxter
- Egon BrecherUlrich
- Gloria RoyMadame Carlotta Bowen
- Ivan MillerMorton of Homicide
- Arthur Edmund CareweProfessor Bowen
- Jonathan HaleWarren T. Phelps