The House Without a Key

3h 30min

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.'

Cast

Allene Ray

Allene Ray

Carry Egan
Walter Miller

Walter Miller

John Quincy Winterclip
E.H. Calvert

E.H. Calvert

Dan Winterclip
Betty Caldwell

Betty Caldwell

Barbara Winterclip
Natalie Warfield

Natalie Warfield

Minerva Winterclip
Jack Pratt

Jack Pratt

James Egan
William Bailey

William Bailey

Harry Jennison
George Kuwa

George Kuwa

Charlie Chan
Harry Semels

Harry Semels

Saladine
John Cossar

John Cossar

District Attorney
Scott Seaton

Scott Seaton

Detective Hallett
Cliff Saum

Cliff Saum

Kennedy
Shia Jung

Shia Jung

The Young Chinese Girl

Release date

21st Nov 1926

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language