Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) is the third Twentieth-Century Fox film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Enspektè Chan ak Jimmy Chan, jwe pa Victor Sen Yung, ap vole nan San Francisco World Exposition nan 1939 kòm fim nan ouvè.

The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Epitou sou vòl la se zanmi Charlie a Paul Essex, played by Louis Jean Heydt. He is finishing a novel for his publisher, lè li mouri. Essex te fè chantaj pa misterye Zodiac la, a supposed mystic and psychic, epi li te chwazi pran lavi l olye ke yo te ekspoze yon sekrè.

Charlie kòmanse mennen ankèt sou Zodiac, ki moun li sispèk fè chantaj lòt. Charlies se patikilyèman enkyete pou rezoud krim lan apre li te pwomèt vèv Essex la ke li pral trape Zodiac la..

Charlie is aided in his investigation by Jimmy, repòtè ankèt Pete Lewis, played by Douglas Fowley, and the magician Rhadini, played by Cesar Romero. Rhadini, yon majisyen ki konsantre sou ekspoze fo nan biznis li, te ap eseye ekspoze Zodiac pou plizyè mwa.

Douglas Dumbrille plays an insurance investigator, who may or may not be more than he appears. Li vin yon sispèk posib, lè li vòlè maniskri Essex a pandan konfizyon sou plan an apre yo fin jwenn Essex mouri.

Fim nan runs 75 minit. Fim Twentieth-Century Fox yo te anjeneral byen fèt paske franchiz la te kenbe Twentieth-Century Fox sòlvan pou plizyè ane..

Cesar Romero, who plays Rhadini, te fèt sou fevriye 15, 1907 in New York City to an Italian father and Cuban mother. He spent most of his career playing Latin lovers, playboys and villains. He is best remembered today for playing the Joker in the 1960s “Batman” TV show starring Adam West as Batman.

Romero’s parents suffered severe financial setbacks due to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Romero supported his large extended family with his film earnings. Li te souvan wè ak bèl fanm men rete yon selibatè. Romero pa t janm gen pitit.

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