Charlie Chan's Chance
| Charlie Chan's Chance | |
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| Directed by | John G. Blystone |
| Written by | Earl Derr Biggers (novel and suggestions) Barry Conners Philip Klein |
| Produced by | Joseph H. August |
| Starring | Warner Oland Alexander Kirkland H. B. Warner |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | Alex Troffey |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Charlie Chan's Chance is a 1932 American pre-Code murder mystery film, the third to star Warner Oland as detective Charlie Chan. It is based on the 1928 novel Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers, who also contributed to the film. The film is considered to be lost.[1]
Plot
[edit]Charlie Chan is attending a police convention in New York City; he is an intended murder victim here, but avoids death by chance. To find his would-be-killer(s), Charlie must outguess police reps from both Scotland Yard and New York City Police.
Cast
[edit]- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Alexander Kirkland as John R. Douglas
- H.B. Warner as Inspector Fife
- Marian Nixon as Shirley Marlowe
- Linda Watkins as Gloria Garland
- James Kirkwood as Inspector Flannery
- Ralph Morgan as Barry Kirk
- James Todd as Kenneth Dunwood
- Herbert Bunston as Garrick Enderly
- James Wang as Kee-Lin
- Joe Brown as Doctor
- Charles McNaughton as Paradise
- Edward Peil Sr. as Li Gung
Cast notes:
- Thomas A. Curran the early American silent film star plays an uncredited bit part.
Critical reception
[edit]Film critic Mordaunt Hall wrote in The New York Times that Chan "again proves himself to be the king-pin of criminologists," and that although the story is "somewhat confused," it has "some ingenious scenes, particularly one in which a vengeful Oriental hopes to kill Charlie Chan, but is foiled by a cat." Hall further noted that "Oland is the mainstay of this picture."[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hanke, Ken (2004). Charlie Chan at the Movies: History, Filmography, and Criticism. McFarland. p. 21. ISBN 0786486619. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
Another of the infuriatingly 'lost' Chan films, Charlie Chan's Chance nonetheless qualifies as the best title in the series if nothing else.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (January 23, 1932). "Charlie Chan Once More Entertains With His Philos- ophy and Solves Another Murder Mystery". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Charlie Chan's Chance at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Charlie Chan's Chance at IMDb
- Charlie Chan's Chance at the TCM Movie Database
- Illustrated Script
- Charlie Chan’s Chance film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home
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