Charlie Chan's Secret

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
Country	United States

Charlie Chan's Secret is the tenth Fox-produced film in the Charlie Chan series with Warner Oland as the detective.

Plot

Alan Colby, heir to a vast fortune, reappears after a seven year absence, only to be murdered 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

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 comic relief 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

External links

Charlie Chan's Secret at the Internet Movie Database
Charlie Chan's Secret is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
Charlie Chan's Secret at the TCM Movie Database

Charlie Chan

Creator	Earl Derr Biggers

Novels	The House Without a Key (1925) · The Chinese Parrot (1926) · Behind That Curtain (1928) · The Black Camel (1929) · Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) · Keeper of the Keys (1932)

English-language Films	The House Without a Key (1926) • The Chinese Parrot (1927) • Behind That Curtain (1929) • Charlie Chan Carries On (1931) • The Black Camel (1931) • Charlie Chan's Chance (1932) • Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) • Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) • Charlie Chan in London (1934) • Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) • Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) • Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) • Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) • Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) • Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) • Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) • Charlie Chan in Reno (1938) • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) • City in Darkness (1939) • Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) • Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) • Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) • Murder Over New York (1940) • Dead Men Tell (1941) • Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) • Castle in the Desert (1942) • Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) • The Chinese Cat (1944) • Black Magic (1944) • The Shanghai Cobra (1945) • The Red Dragon (1945) • The Scarlet Clue (1945) • The Jade Mask (1945) • Dangerous Money (1946) • Dark Alibi (1946) • Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) • The Trap (1946) • The Chinese Ring (1947) • Docks of New Orleans (1948) • Shanghai Chest (1948) • The Golden Eye (1948) • The Feathered Serpent (1948) • Sky Dragon (1949) • The Return of Charlie Chan (aka Happiness is a Warm Clue) (1973) • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)

Mandarin Chinese-language Films	The Disappearing Corpse (1937) · The Pearl Tunic (1938) · The Radio Station Murder (1939) · Charlie Chan Smashes an Evil Plot (1941) · Charlie Chan Matches Wits with the Prince of Darkness (1948)

Spanish-language Films	Eran Trece (1931) · La Serpiente Roja (1937) · El Monstruo en la Sombra (1955)

Television	The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57) · The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)

Other	Warner Oland · Sidney Toler · Keye Luke · H. Bruce Humberstone