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Release dateJanuary 10, 1936 (1936-01-10) WriterRobert Ellis (screenplay), Helen Logan (screenplay), Joseph Hoffman (in collaboration with), Robert Ellis (original story), Helen Logan (original story), Earl Derr Biggers (based on: the character "Charlie Chan" created by) Film seriesThe House Without a Key Film Series ScreenplayRobert Ellis, Helen Logan, Joseph Hoffman CastWarner Oland (Charlie Chan), Henrietta Crosman (Mrs. Henrietta Lowell), Arthur Edmund Carewe (Professor Bowen), Astrid Allwyn (Janice Lowell Gage), Rosina Lawrence (Alice Lowell), Charles Quigley (Dick Williams) Similar moviesMurder by Death, Black Magic, Charlie Chan in Reno, Charlie Chan in Paris, The Feathered Serpent, Charlie Chan: Behind That Curtain TaglineSan Francisco is the scene of Chan's newest and most baffling mystery!
Charlie Chan's Secret is the tenth Fox-produced film in the Charlie Chan series with Warner Oland as the detective.
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, the caretaker who had a longstanding grudge against Alan Colby
Henrietta Lowell, the aunt of Alan Colby who wants to continue psychic research.
Charlie Chan is called to investigate Alan Colby's murder where clues include: