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.

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.

A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.

"Shady Business do not make for sunny life." - Charlie Chan Plot: Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists. 陈查理是上世纪初著名的华人侦探，名声之胜直赶福尔摩斯。据说，“陈查理”的原型是一名活跃在檀香山的华人侦探，其故事被美国作家别格斯写成书出版。“陈查理”在一定程度上算是“正面形象”。身为侦探，陈查理是正义和法律的象征，他总能成功地协助美国警察将罪犯捉拿归案。但就因为陈查理在影片中是个华人，所以该片对其刻画时处心积虑地加进了很多“想象”和“加工”。影片中的陈查理”举止缓慢，外表谦卑，说话吞吞吐吐，常犯语法错误，还故意带着怪腔怪调的中国口音。更离奇的是，前后历经50多年、近50部系列电影中的陈查理竟全是由美国白人演员扮演的。 甚至到1981年，当时最新一集的陈查理探案系列影片《龙之后》仍然由白人演员尤斯 蒂诺夫（Peter Ustinov）饰演陈查理。其他一些配角倒是起用过亚洲演员，比如《功夫》一片的演员陆 锡麒就曾经出演过陈查理大儿子。这几点颇涉及种族歧视问题，因此该系列影片在近些年一直很少上映。 国内广东天人影音传播有限公司推出 华人侦探陈查理推理专辑套装（DVD）包括： 1 杰德的面具 ISRC CN-G03-05-0087-0/V.J9 文像进字：（2005）320号 2 秘密的服务 ISRC CN-G03-05-0084-0/V.J9 文像进字：（2005）317号 3 腥红的线索 ISRC CN-G03-05-0086-0/V.J9 文像进字：（2005）319号 4 中国猫 ISRC CN-G03-05-0083-0/V.J9 文像进字：（2005）316号 5 上海眼镜蛇 ISRC CN-G03-05-0085-0/V.J9 文像进字：（2005）318号 6 午夜幽会 ISRC CN-G03-05-0088-0/V.J9 文像进字：（2005）321号

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

A scientist working on an important new invention which will protect Allied shipping from U-boat torpedoes has been assigned Secret Service security protection. Amazingly, despite the fact that his laboratory and experiments are located on the upper floor of his Washington mansion, he decides to host a cocktail party for friends on the first floor. Even though several of his guests are foreign nationals with shadowy pasts, he refuses to allow his bodyguards to attend because their presence might offend them. When he is killed by unknown means before joining them, the resultant summary investigation includes Honolulu detective Charlie Chan and children Tommy and Iris, later joined by Birmingham Brown, the chauffeur of one of the guests. When a preliminary autopsy reveals the scientist was electrocuted, Charlie and his associates must decide which of the suspects and red herrings is the guilty party.

Thomas P. Manning, businessman and chess expert, mysteriously shot in a locked room, dies clutching some chess pieces. Police are baffled, and finally abandon the case. Six months later, victim's daughter Leah Manning, stung by a scurrilous book about the case, enlists the aid of Charlie Chan and Number 3 Son. Additional murders follow, leading to a climactic confrontation in a seemingly deserted "Fun House."

故事的主角是汉斯，他是个心地善良但不太聪明的年轻人。在父亲的农场里，汉斯感到十分无聊。他渴望去看看外面的世界，还想找个女人结婚。于是，他踏上了旅程，同时打算去看望祖母。他所走的路线会让他穿越格林兄弟笔下的童话之地，在那里，他遇见了童话中的好几个角色，有灰姑娘、睡美人、侏儒怪、霍勒夫人、勇敢的小裁缝、穿靴子的猫、莱兹纳大师，最后还碰到了死神。当时死神有点不知所措，毫无防备的汉斯帮他恢复了正常。

After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy.

黑人查理感到手足无措。在他遥远的王国里，白人法律的干涉令他感到生活变得更加困难了。于是查理下定决定，要按照古老的方式生活，但是他这样的做法给他和周围的人带来了一系列意想不到的后果。