Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) - film review
Norman Foster
Comedy / Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Summary
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island is an American comedy horror film first released in 1939,
directed by Norman Foster.
The film stars Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley and Pauline Moore.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Norman Foster
- Script: John Larkin
- Photo: Virgil Miller
- Music: Samuel Kaylin
- Cast: Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Victor Sen Yung (Jimmy Chan), Cesar Romero (Fred Rhadini), Douglas Fowley (Peter Lewis), Pauline Moore (Eve Cairo), Donald MacBride (Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine), Wally Vernon (Elmer Kelner), Douglass Dumbrille (Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory), Sally Blane (Stella Essex), Charles Halton (Uncle Redley), Billie Seward (Mrs. Bessie Sibley), June Gale (Myra Rhadini), Trevor Bardette (Abdul, the Turkish servant), Louis Jean Heydt (Paul Essex), Jack Chefe (Audience Member), Heinie Conklin (First Taxicab Driver), Sayre Dearing (Audience Member), John Elliott (Doctor, backstage), Bud Geary (Cop at Station House), Harold Goodwin (Airplane Steward), Edith Hallor (Toots, Stout Woman), Fred Kelsey (Detective – in cab and at theatre), Al Kikume (Waiter at Hawaiian Village), Kay Linaker (Egyptian Princess Ectoplasm), Hank Mann (Second Taxicab Driver), Margaret Mann (Airplane Passenger), Frank Meredith (Second Detective), Harold Miller (Audience Member), Bruce Mitchell (Police Desk Sergeant), Gerald Mohr (Dr. Zodiac), Bert Moorhouse (Audience Member), David Newell (Audience Member), Imboden Parrish (Plane Passenger), Tom Quinn (Man at Landing Gate), Arthur Rankin (Airways Official), Gloria Roy (Plane Passenger), Harry Strang (Taxicab Dispatcher), Charles Tannen (Plane Passenger)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 72 min; B&W
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