A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, sister to the estranged brothers, comes from Boston to try to reconcile the two men. John Quincy Winterslip, Dan's nephew, receives a letter instructing him to retrieve a box from an attic in San Francisco and dump the contents into the ocean. He is on board a ship bound for Hawaii in which other passengers are also after the box. Dan Winterslip is murdered. Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective, offers to help solve the killing and the mysteries surround the box. Chan is looking for the person whose wristwatch is missing the number 'three.'
Credits
The House Without a Key Cast
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Character |
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John Cossar
He was 68, 77 years old when he died
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as District Attorney |
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Harry Semels
He was 39, 58 years old when he died
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as Saladine |
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Frank Lackteen
He was 29, 70 years old when he died
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as Kaohla |
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E.H. Calvert
He was 63, 78 years old when he died
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as Dan Winterclip |
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John Webb Dillion
He was 49, 72 years old when he died
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Shia Jung
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as The Young Chinese Girl |
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George Kuwa
He was 41, 46 years old when he died
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as Charlie Chan |
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Walter Miller
He was 34, 48 years old when he died
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as John Quincy Winterclip |
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Charles West
He was 40, 57 years old when he died
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as Bowker |
The House Without a Key Crew
