Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
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Directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Written by Earl Derr Biggers (novel)
Lester Cole
Marion Orth
Starring Warner Oland
Heather Angel
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 15, 1933 (1933-09-15)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) is an American pre-Code murder mystery film starring Warner Oland as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan. It was based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel The House Without a Key (1925).

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Oland made a series of Charlie Chan films; along with three others, this one is considered to be a lost film.[ citation needed ]

Plot

Cast

Reception

The New York Times reviewer wrote, "As far as the mystery of these particular murders is concerned it is not difficult for the audience to decide on the identity of the slayer, but the manner in which Chan makes his deductions is always interesting." [1]

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References

  1. "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)". The New York Times. October 7, 1933.