Charlie Chan's Secret

1936 CrimeMystery 72 minutes Directed by Gordon Wiles

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About Charlie Chan's Secret

Allen Colby, heir to a fortune, is presumed drowned after a liner sinks off Honolulu. He reappears at his mansion and is murdered. The body turns up during a seance, everyone in the room is a suspect, and Charlie Chan is called in to find the killer.

Cast & crew

More about Charlie Chan's Secret

Gordon Wiles directed Warner Oland as Chan. Wikipedia calls this the tenth film in Fox's Oland Chan series. Wikidata names the company 20th Century Studios, lists Robert Ellis as writer, John Stone as producer, and 72 minutes.

Themes

  • a drowned heir who returns
  • a seance
  • a house full of suspects
  • Charlie Chan
  • Allen Colby
  • Honolulu
  • seance

Look

Rudolph Maté photographed Charlie Chan's Secret.

Music

Samuel Kaylin is the composer credit on Wikidata.

Notes

  • Henrietta Crosman and Rosina Lawrence are billed with Oland.
  • The Wikidata cast also includes Egon Brecher, William Bailey, Francis Ford, Arthur Edmund Carewe, and Astrid Allwyn.
  • Rudolph Maté photographed the mystery.
  • Samuel Kaylin is the composer on Wikidata.

Scenes

  • Colby's body is discovered while a seance is underway.

Influenced by

  • the Charlie Chan character

Also available

  • Internet Archive (CharlieChansSecret1936)
  • Wikimedia Commons (Charlie Chan's Secret - 1936.webm)