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Dead Men Tell
Dead Men Tell

6.3

Dead Men Tell

NR·1941·61m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Harry Lachman

Characters

Earl Derr Biggers

Writer

John Larkin

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

March 28, 2022

7

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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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

charlie chan