1935年的一部电影。陈查理是30年代家喻户晓的一名虚造人物 - 精明的美国华侨侦探。他出生在美国，移民到夏威夷。他的侦探功夫无人能比。30年代的时候，X光机算是很先进的仪器。那时候，陈查理在埃及查案。一部X光机照到埃及古迹中有一具尸体，但是这不是埃及皇族的尸体，是一名考古学家Arnold被杀过后的尸体。其中被怀疑谋杀考古学家的包括另外一名考古学家Thurston，Thurston非法贩卖国宝。考古学家Arnold的死只是个开始，被杀的人陆陆续续增加。陈查理必须揭开谜底和找出真凶！

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.

Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.