Dead Men Tell

Name: Dead Men Tell
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1941-03-28
Duration: 1 h 1 min
Cast: Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Robert Weldon, Sheila Ryan

1941 · 1h 1m · Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States of America

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

Written by

John Larkin

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Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Robert Weldon, Sheila Ryan

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