Charlie Chan's secret [videorecording (DVD)] / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; screenplay by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan, in collaboratioin with Joseph Hoffman ; story by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan ; directed by Gordon Wiles.
Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Charles Quigley, Henrietta Crosman, Edward Trevor, Astrid Allwyn, Herbert Mundin. Based on the character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Special features: Commentary by film critic Ken Hanke and film historian John Cork; "Charlie Chan and the rise of the modern detective" featurette; "Dr. Henry Lee: the modern day Charlie Chan" featurette; restoration comparison; still gallery.
Summary:
When fearless flatfoot Charlie Chan sets out to locate the missing beneficiary to an immense fortune, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly family feud. But when the long-lost heir turns up alive--just in time to be murdered--Chan hatches an unearthly scheme to catch the killer and lay the whole mystery to rest.
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