The House Without a Key
1926, English. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
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.'
- Runtime
- 3h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Spencer Gordon BennetDirector
- Allene RayCarry Egan
- Walter MillerJohn Quincy Winterclip
- E.H. CalvertDan Winterclip
- Betty CaldwellBarbara Winterclip
- John Webb DillionAmos Winterslip
- Natalie WarfieldMinerva Winterclip
- Jack PrattJames Egan
- William BaileyHarry Jennison
- Frank LackteenKaohla
- George KuwaCharlie Chan
- Harry SemelsSaladine
- Charles WestBowker
Details
- Released
- 21 November 1926
- Country
- United States of America
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The House Without a Key runs 210 minutes (3h 30m).
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The House Without a Key isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 November 1926. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The House Without a Key?
The House Without a Key (1926) was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and stars Allene Ray, Walter Miller, E.H. Calvert.