MysteryThrillerCrimeComedy
Dead Men Tell
“Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!”
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.
Directed by Harry Lachman
65
User score
18 votes
Status
Released
Released
March 28, 1941
Runtime
1h 1m
Language
English
Top cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Robert Weldon
Steve Daniels
Sheila Ryan
Kate Ransome
Truman Bradley
Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Donald Douglas
Jed Thomasson
Kay Aldridge
(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday
Paul McGrath
Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday
Lenita Lane
Dr. Anne Bonney
Milton Parsons
Gene LaFarge
George Reeves
Bill Lydig
Ethel Griffies
Miss Patience Nodbury
Lee Tung Foo
Ship's Cook (Uncredited)
Tim Ryan
Bartender (Uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
Insp. Vessey (Uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Sailor with Girl (Uncredited)
John Wallace
Peg-legged Sailor (Uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
Dart Game Sailor (Uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Homicide Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Policeman with Checklist at Debarking (Uncredited)
