Charlie Chan's Secret
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| Charlie Chan's Secret | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gordon Wiles |
| Produced by | John Stone |
| Written by | Robert Ellis |
| Starring | Warner Oland |
| Music by | Samuel Kaylin |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Mate |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Preceded by | Charlie Chan in Shanghai |
| Followed by | Charlie Chan at the Circus |
| IMDb profile | |
Charlie Chan's Secret is the tenth Fox-produced film in the Charlie Chan series with Warner Oland as the detective.
[edit] Cast
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Rosina Lawrence as Alice Lowell
- Charles Quigley as Dick Williams, Alice's fiancé
- Henrietta Crosman as Henrietta Lowell, Alan Colby's aunt
- Edward Trevor as Fred Gage, Henrietta's son-in-law
- Astrid Allwyn as Janice Gage, Henrietta's daughter
- Herbert Mundin as Baxter the butler, who provides a comical mystery throughout the film
- Jonathan Hale as Mr. Phelps, the Lowells' lawyer
- Egon Brecher as Ulrich, caretaker
- Jerry Miley as Alan Colby, the murdered heir
- Arthur Edmund Carewe as Prof. Bowen, the Lowells' psychic researcher
[edit] Plot
Alan Colby, heir to a vast fortune, reappears after a seven year absence, only to be murdered after before he can claim his inheritance. The Lowells have been living off the Colby fortune, and now someone is trying to kill Henrietta Lowell, matriarch of the family. Among the suspects are:
- Fred and Janice Gage, who live off the Lowell (Colby) fortune, which would have gone to Alan Colby, the murdered man
- Prof. Bowen, who is paid handsomely by the Lowells for his valuable psychic research
- Mr. Phelps, the executor of the Lowell estate
- Ulrich, who had a longstanding grudge against Alan Colby
- Henrietta Lowell, who wants to continue psychic research
