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Film / 1936
Charlie Chan's Secret
Directed by
Gordon Wiles
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
The story
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
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Charlie Chan at the Opera
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Cast
Warner OlandCharlie Chan
Rosina LawrenceAlice Lowell
Charles QuigleyDick Williams
Henrietta CrosmanMrs. Henrietta Lowell
Edward TrevorFred Gage
Astrid AllwynJanice Lowell Gage
Herbert MundinBaxter
Egon BrecherUlrich
Gloria RoyMadame Carlotta Bowen
Ivan MillerMorton of Homicide
Arthur Edmund CareweProfessor Bowen
Jonathan HaleWarren T. Phelps
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