When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

• 20th Century Fox
• Sidney Toler
• Victor Sen Yung
• Robert Weldon
• Sheila Ryan
• Truman Bradley
• Donald Douglas
• Kay Aldridge
• Paul McGrath