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Dead Men Tell

Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!

6.5(18)19411h 1m2

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.

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Released
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Language
English
Part of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection · 22 films
  • ship
  • treasure hunt
  • charlie chan

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR28 Mar 1941
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical(Rated A)26 May 1941

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Dead Men Tell was released on 28 March 1941.

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    3/28/2022

    7/10

    Definately one of Sidney Toler's livelier outings as our super sleuth. This one sees him and best sidekick - No 2. son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) embroiled in some treasure hunting aboard a ship (that doesn't actually go anywhere). "Patience Nodbury" (Ethel Griffies) is the distant descendant of the infamous pirate "Black Hook" and she has a map! Someone is trying to pinch that from her, so she cunningly divides it in…

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