Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)

Directed by Gordon Wiles
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, 20th Century Fox)

Static Chan entry that takes place almost entirely in one room and closely follows the "old dark house" formula. An heir long believed dead suddenly shows up to claim his inheritance. However, he is soon murdered. The suspects resort to kitschy seances in order to reveal the murderer. Maybe I've seen too many of these Charlie Chan movies, but I guessed both the murderer and the other big surprise fairly early in the proceedings (I mean Charlie Chan make a mistake, no way!). However, the ending was quite good and made up for many deficiencies.