When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

Charlie Chan

Jimmy Chan

Kate Ransome

Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

Jed Thomasson

(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

Dr. Anne Bonney

Gene LaFarge

Bill Lydig

Miss Patience Nodbury

Ship's Cook

Bartender

Insp. Vessey

Sailor with Girl

Dart Game Sailor

Homicide Desk Sergeant

Policeman with Checklist at Debarking
Definately one of Sidney Toler's livelier outings as our super sleuth. This one sees him and best sidekick - No 2. son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) embroiled in some treasure hunting aboard a ship (that doesn't actually go anywhere). "Patience Nodbury" (Ethel Griffies) is the distant descendant of the infamous pirate "Black Hook" and she has a map! Someone is trying to pinch that from her, so she cunningly divides it into four sections and shares it amongst her fellow passengers. Just in time, too - for the apparition of a "Long John Silver" peg-legged character causes the old girl to keel over and the race is now on to find the missing pieces of the map and the murderous culprit before anyone else gets sent to Davy Jones' locker. This is fun to watch: plenty of action, daft distractions, hopeless cops and a well paced script make sure we whistle through the hour. Oh, and there's a "Captain Flint' flapping about, too!
March 28, 1941

Charlie Chan

Jimmy Chan

Kate Ransome

Capt. Kane of the Suva Star

Jed Thomasson

(as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday

Charles Parks aka Charles Thursday

Dr. Anne Bonney

Gene LaFarge

Bill Lydig

Miss Patience Nodbury

Ship's Cook

Bartender

Insp. Vessey

Sailor with Girl

Dart Game Sailor

Homicide Desk Sergeant

Policeman with Checklist at Debarking
Definately one of Sidney Toler's livelier outings as our super sleuth. This one sees him and best sidekick - No 2. son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) embroiled in some treasure hunting aboard a ship (that doesn't actually go anywhere). "Patience Nodbury" (Ethel Griffies) is the distant descendant of the infamous pirate "Black Hook" and she has a map! Someone is trying to pinch that from her, so she cunningly divides it into four sections and shares it amongst her fellow passengers. Just in time, too - for the apparition of a "Long John Silver" peg-legged character causes the old girl to keel over and the race is now on to find the missing pieces of the map and the murderous culprit before anyone else gets sent to Davy Jones' locker. This is fun to watch: plenty of action, daft distractions, hopeless cops and a well paced script make sure we whistle through the hour. Oh, and there's a "Captain Flint' flapping about, too!

