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Charlie Chan's Secret

1936 · 72 min

A creaky, cosy parlour mystery that ambles through seances and suspects, more charming than chilling.

Directed by
Gordon Wiles
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley
Tagline
San Francisco is the scene of Chan's newest and most baffling mystery!
Overview
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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Directed by
Gordon Wiles
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • mystery
    • deception
    • greed
    • family
    • death
    Places
    • big city
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • twist ending
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight3

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    Genres
    crime, mystery, thriller
    Directed by
    Gordon Wiles
    Written by
    Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
    Starring
    Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman, Edward Trevor, Astrid Allwyn, Herbert Mundin, Egon Brecher
    Cinematography
    Rudolph Maté
    Runtime
    72 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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