Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

6.6/10 26 votes 1h 12m HD

Overview

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

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Cast

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Cesar Romero

Cesar Romero

Fred Rhadini

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Peter Lewis

Pauline Moore

Pauline Moore

Eve Cairo

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory

Trevor Bardette

Trevor Bardette

Dr. Zodiac's Servant

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7/10

The more effective pairing of "Charlie" (Sidney Toler) and No 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) are embroiled in an investigation into an apparent suicide of his friend "Paul" (Louis Heydt) on a plane to San Francisco. It soon starts to look like there is much more too it to - the last page of a manuscript he was working on has gone missing - and investigations lead them to the door of the mysterious "Dr. Zodiak" who claims enormous psychic powers. What ensues now is quite a cleverly constructed mystery with loads of mystic hokum, some blackmail and a good supporting cast from the likes of Pauline Moore ("Eve") and Cesar Romero as rival mind reader "Rhadini". The tension for this entertaining drama is really helped by spooky scenarios and the somewhat menacing costume of the enigmatic "Zodiak" - indeed quite a bit of effort has gone into the production culminating in quite a surprising conclusion involving an old iron maiden. One of the best of the series.

June 22, 2022