Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

The strange case of murder by magic!

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Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

Released: Aug 31, 1939

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Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Cesar Romero

Fred Rhadini

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