Dead Men Tell (1941)
Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!
ジャンル : 謎, スリラー, 犯罪, コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 1分
演出 : Harry Lachman
シノプシス
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
億万長者トウェインから招待状を受け取った5人の探偵は、霧の立ちこめるビクトリア調の豪邸に続々と到着した。しかしホストから“時計の針が真夜中の零時を告げる時、このダイニング・ルームで誰かが殺されるだろう。この殺人事件を解いた者には世界一の名探偵の名誉が与えられる”と告げられるや、邸の出入口と窓には全てロックがされてしまった。一体犯人の目的は……? 豪華キャストで描くミステリー・コメディの快作。
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