The House Without a Key (1926)

The House Without a Key (1926)

1926-11-21 United States of America 210 Min. PG-13
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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.'

Cast

Allene Ray is Carry Egan
Carry Egan
Walter Miller is John Quincy Winterclip
John Quincy Winterclip
E.H. Calvert is Dan Winterclip
Dan Winterclip
Betty Caldwell is Barbara Winterclip
Barbara Winterclip
Natalie Warfield is Minerva Winterclip
Minerva Winterclip
Jack Pratt is James Egan
James Egan
William Bailey is Harry Jennison
Harry Jennison
George Kuwa is Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan
Harry Semels is Saladine
Saladine
Charles West is Bowker
John Cossar is District Attorney
District Attorney