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6.3/10 • 17

1941-03-281h 1m

MysteryThrillerCrimeComedy

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.

Directors
Harry Lachman
Writters
John Larkin
Characters
Earl Derr Biggers

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  1. Sidney Toler

    Sidney Toler

    Charlie Chan

  2. Victor Sen Yung

    Victor Sen Yung

    Jimmy Chan

  3. Robert Weldon

    Robert Weldon

    Steve Daniels

  4. Sheila Ryan

    Sheila Ryan

    Kate Ransome

  5. Truman Bradley

    Truman Bradley

    Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

  6. Donald Douglas

    Donald Douglas

    Jed Thomasson

  7. Kay Aldridge

    Kay Aldridge

    (as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

  8. Paul McGrath

    Paul McGrath

    Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

  9. Lenita Lane

    Lenita Lane

    Dr. Anne Bonney

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CinemaSerf

Mar 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 into four sections and shares it amongst her fellow passengers. Just in time, too - for the apparition of a "Long John Silver" peg-legged character causes the old girl to keel over and the race is now on to find the missing pieces of the map and the murderous culprit before anyone else gets sent to Davy Jones' locker. This is fun to watch: plenty of action, daft distractions, hopeless cops and a well paced script make sure we whistle through the hour. Oh, and there's a "Captain Flint' flapping about, too!

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Original Language
English
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