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31/08/1939 Mystery, Thriller 1h 12m
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The strange case of murder by magic!

Overview

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.

  1. John Larkin

    Writer

  2. Norman Foster

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Sidney Toler

    Charlie Chan

  2. Victor Sen Yung

    Jimmy Chan

  3. Cesar Romero

    Fred Rhadini

  4. Douglas Fowley

    Peter Lewis

  5. Pauline Moore

    Eve Cairo

  6. Donald MacBride

    Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine

  7. Douglass Dumbrille

    Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory

  8. Trevor Bardette

    Dr. Zodiac's Servant

  9. Gerald Mohr

    Dr. Zodiac (in disguise)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22
The more effective pairing of "Charlie" (Sidney Toler) and No 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) are embroiled in an investigation into an apparent suicide of his friend "Paul" (Louis Heydt) on a plane to San Francisco. It soon starts to look like there is much more too it to - the last page of a manuscript he was working on has gone missing - and investigations lead them to the door of the mysterious "Dr. Zodiak" who claims enormous psychic powers. What ensues now is quite a cleverly constructed mystery with loads of mystic hokum, some blackmail and a good supporting cast from the likes of Pauli...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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