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The House Without a Key
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The House Without a Key

1926-11-21 · 210 min · ★ 8.0

Action · Adventure · Crime · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

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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Directors
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Production companies
Pathé Exchange
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Allene RayAllene RayCarry Egan
Walter MillerWalter MillerJohn Quincy Winterclip
E.H. CalvertE.H. CalvertDan Winterclip
Betty CaldwellBarbara Winterclip
John Webb DillionAmos Winterslip
Natalie WarfieldMinerva Winterclip
Jack PrattJack PrattJames Egan
William BaileyWilliam BaileyHarry Jennison
Frank LackteenFrank LackteenKaohla
George KuwaGeorge KuwaCharlie Chan
Harry SemelsHarry SemelsSaladine
Charles WestCharles WestBowker
John CossarJohn CossarDistrict Attorney
Scott SeatonScott SeatonDetective Hallett
Cliff SaumKennedy
Toshia MoriToshia MoriThe Young Chinese Girl (uncredited)

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