Charlie Chan's Chance

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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 byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 1932 (1932-01)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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Plot

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

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References

  1. 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.