Dead Men Tell.

Duration: 5 383 ft.

Genre: charlie chan

Year Published: 1941

Creator: 20th Century Fox presents ; [producers] Walter Morosco and Ralph Dietrich ; original screenplay by John Larkin, based on the character "Charlie Chan" created by Earl Derr Biggers ; directed by Harry Lachman.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Lachman, Harry, 1886-1975.; Morosco, Walter.; Dietrich, Ralph, 1903-1961.; Larkin, John Francis, -1965.; Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933.; Clarke, Charles G., 1899-1983.; Day, Richard, 1894-1972.; Creber, Lewis.; Newman, Emil.; Reynolds, Harry, 1901-1971.; Toler, Sidney, 1874-1947.; Ryan, Sheila, 1921-1975.; Weldon, Robert.; Yung, Victor Sen, 1915-1980.; Douglas, Donald, 1905-1945.; Aldridge, Kay, 1917-1995.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Cast: Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan

Description: Production date and credits taken from print and Internet Movie Database.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Director of photography, Charles Clarke ; art direction, Richard Day, Lewis Creber ; film editor, Harry Reynolds ; musical direction, Emil Newman.; Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan, Robert Weldon, Sen Yung, Don Douglas, Katherine Aldridge.; A Charlie Chan murder mystery aboard a schooner outfitted for a treasure hunt.; PFA 1616-01-4179. D0436; PFA 1616-01-4179. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: June 8, 2002, condition fair.

Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is engaged by an heir to solve a mystery on a boat. Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) seeks a pirate treasure on Cocos Island. The ship she uses is an old sailing ship used in the recent past as a museum of pirate lore by one of her relatives.

Complete Record: DEAD MEN TELL. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1941. 5,383 ft., sd. Based on the character "Charlie Chan" created by Earl Derr Biggers. Credits: Director, Harry Lachman; original screenplay, John Larkin; music director, Emil Newman. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 28Mar41; LP10394.

Wikipedia: Wikipedia article ↗

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE