Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Seen it?1939 | 72 min | Mystery, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for armchair detectives and anyone who loves a world with magic in it. The investigation drives everything, one lead at a time. Same wavelength as Family Plot or The Lady Vanishes. Its magic has rules, and the story plays by them.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Moves at a clip, at 1 hr 12 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1939: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you want something to relax to.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Norman Foster
- Sidney TolerCharlie Chan
- Victor Sen YungJimmy Chan
- Cesar RomeroFred Rhadini
- Douglas FowleyPeter Lewis
- Pauline MooreEve Cairo
- Donald MacBrideDeputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
- Douglass DumbrilleStewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
- Trevor BardetteDr. Zodiac's Servant
- Gerald MohrDr. Zodiac (in disguise)
- Wally VernonElmer