Dead Men Tell

Dead Men Tell

Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!

NR 1941 · 61 min · ★ 6.5 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Comedy

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.

Directed by Harry Lachman · Written by John Larkin

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MovieCrimeThriller
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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
★ 6.81940
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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
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Murder Over New YorkMurder Over New York · 1940
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MovieCrimeMystery
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MovieCrimeMystery
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