Charlie Chan's Secret

January. 10,1936      NR
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Warner Oland as  Charlie Chan
Rosina Lawrence as  Alice Lowell
Charles Quigley as  Dick Williams
Henrietta Crosman as  Mrs. Henrietta Lowell
Edward Trevor as  Fred Gage
Astrid Allwyn as  Janice Lowell Gage
Herbert Mundin as  Baxter
Egon Brecher as  Ulrich
Ivan Miller as  Morton of Homicide
Arthur Edmund Carewe as  Professor Bowen

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