The House Without a Key (1926)
Overview
A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, sister to the estranged brothers, comes from Boston to try to reconcile the two men. John Quincy Winterslip, Dan's nephew, receives a letter instructing him to retrieve a box from an attic in San Francisco and dump the contents into the ocean. He is on board a ship bound for Hawaii in which other passengers are also after the box. Dan Winterslip is murdered. Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective, offers to help solve the killing and the mysteries surround the box. Chan is looking for the person whose wristwatch is missing the number 'three.'
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.8 |
Directed By
Spencer Gordon Bennet
TOP CAST
Allene Ray
Carry Egan
Walter Miller
John Quincy Winterclip
E.H. Calvert
Dan Winterclip
Betty Caldwell
Barbara Winterclip
Natalie Warfield
Minerva Winterclip
Jack Pratt
James Egan
William Bailey
Harry Jennison
Frank Lackteen
Kaohla
George Kuwa
Charlie Chan
Harry Semels
Saladine
Charles West
Bowker
John Cossar
District Attorney
Scott Seaton
Detective Hallett
Cliff Saum
Kennedy
Shia Jung
The Young Chinese Girl
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