- Country: USA
- Genres: Mystery
- Release: 1941-03-28
- Director: Harry Lachman
- Writers: John Francis Larkin , Earl Derr Biggers
- Language: English
- Stars: Sidney Toler , Sheila Ryan , Robert Weldon , Victor Sen Yung
- Runtime: 61 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Muertos que matan (Argentina) , Мёртвые рассказывают (Russian Federation) , Рассказ мертвецов (Russian Federation) , Muertos que matan (Mexico) , Рассказ мертвецов , Charlie Chan auf dem Schatzsucherschiff (Germany) , Charlie Chan e i morti che parlano (Italy) , Charlie Chan in Dead Men Tell (United States of America) , Dead Men Tell (United States of America) , Mortos que Matam (Brazil) , Dead Men Tell
- Plot: Eccentic, elderly matron Patience Nodbury has a treasure map she's inherited from Black Hook, her pirate ancestor. To foil a mysterious thief who has tried to steal it, she divides it into four pieces, three of which she gives to fellow passengers booked to sail on the Suva Star, an old wooden sailing ship chartered for a treasure hunt on an offshore island. She is convinced that, according to family tradition, Black Hook will visit her before she dies. When the peg-legged "ghost" does just that, and she suffers a fatal heart attack, Charlie and Jimmy are faced with a boatload of red herrings including Bill Lydig, an escaped convict, Gene LaFarge, a certifiable neurotic accompanied by a personal psychiatrist, and the embittered Captain Kane, who was marooned on a deserted island by his ex-partner and vows revenge.
- IMDB:tt0033519
Dead Men Tell Cast · · · ALL
Harry Lachman
Director
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Sheila Ryan
Kate Ransome
Truman Bradley
Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
Donald Douglas
Jed Thomasson
Kay Aldridge
(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday
Paul McGrath
Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday
Lenita Lane
Dr. Anne Bonney
Milton Parsons
Gene LaFarge
George Reeves
Bill Lydig
Ethel Griffies
Miss Patience Nodbury
Lee Tung Foo
Ship's Cook
Tim Ryan
(I)
(1899–1956)
Bartender
Stanley Andrews
Insp. Vessey
Charles Tannen
Sailor with Girl
John Wallace
Peg-legged Sailor
Jimmy Aubrey
Dart Game Sailor
Ralph Dunn
Homicide Desk Sergeant
Pat Flaherty
Policeman with Checklist at Debarking
Lee Phelps
Detective (unconfirmed)