Movies and TvShows featuring "phoney-spiritualist" theme.
When a newspaper reporter gets mistaken for a telephone operator, he gets pulled into a con game involving stolen bonds and a phoney spiritualist. Hilarity ensues as he tries to navigate his way out of the mess.
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Charlie Chan visits Treasure Island in San Francisco to investigate a phoney spiritualist who is using mind-reading tricks during seances to obtain blackmail evidence. Along the way, Chan uncovers a hidden secret room and must solve a series of mysterious crimes.
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