Dead Men Tell 83 years old

Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!

Dead Men Tell

A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship.

Credits

Dead Men Tell Cast

Name Character
Sidney Toler He was 66, 72 years old when he died as Charlie Chan
Donald Douglas He was 8, 12 years old when he died as Jed Thomasson
Ralph Dunn He was 40, 67 years old when he died as Homicide Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Truman Bradley He was 36, 69 years old when he died as Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Charles Tannen He was 25, 65 years old when he died as Sailor with Girl (uncredited)
Victor Sen Yung He was 25, 65 years old when he died as Jimmy Chan
Milton Parsons He was 36, 75 years old when he died as Gene LaFarge
Stanley Andrews He was 49, 77 years old when he died as Insp. Vessey
Tim Ryan He was 32, 16 years old when he died as Red Eye Bartender (uncredited)
George Reeves He was 27, 45 years old when he died as Bill Lydig
Lee Tung Foo He was 65, 91 years old when he died as Wu Mei (uncredited)
Lee Phelps He was 47, 59 years old when he died as Detective (uncredited)
Lenita Lane She was 39, 93 years old when she died as Dr. Anne Bonney
Robert Weldon as Steve Daniels
Sheila Ryan She was 19, 54 years old when she died as Kate Ransome
Ethel Griffies She was 62, 97 years old when she died as Miss Patience Nodbury
Pat Flaherty He was 15, 76 years old when he died as Policeman with Checklist (uncredited)
Paul McGrath He was 18, 18 years old when he died as Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday
Jimmy Aubrey He was 53, 95 years old when he died as English Sailor (uncredited)
John Wallace He was 21, 15 years old when he died as Peg-legged Sailor
Kay Aldridge She was 23, 77 years old when she died as (as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Dead Men Tell Crew

Name Department
John Larkin as Writer. He was 28 (52) years old when He died Writing
Earl Derr Biggers as Characters. He was 56 (48) years old when He died Writing
Harry Lachman as Director. He was 54 (88) years old when He died Directing
Dead Men Tell poster
Dead Men Tell (83 years)

Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!

  • Release day: Friday, March 28, 1941
  • Runtime: 61 minutes