Charlie Chan's Chance
1932 film
- January 22, 1932 (1932-01-22)
- January 24, 1932 (1932-01-24)
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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
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
- 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.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- 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
- Charlie Chan's Chance at AllMovie
- Illustrated Script
- Charlie Chan’s Chance Film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home
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- The House Without a Key (1925)
- The Chinese Parrot (1926)
- Behind That Curtain (1928)
- The Black Camel (1929)
- Charlie Chan Carries On (1930)
- Keeper of the Keys (1932)
- The House Without a Key (1926)
- The Chinese Parrot (1927)
- Behind That Curtain (1929)
- Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
- The Black Camel (1931)
- There Were Thirteen (1931)
- Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
- Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
- Charlie Chan in London (1934)
- Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
- Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
- Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
- Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
- Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
- Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
- City in Darkness (1939)
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
- Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
- Murder Over New York (1940)
- Dead Men Tell (1941)
- Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
- Castle in the Desert (1942)
- Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
- The Chinese Cat (1944)
- Black Magic (1944)
- The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
- The Red Dragon (1945)
- The Scarlet Clue (1945)
- The Jade Mask (1945)
- Dangerous Money (1946)
- Dark Alibi (1946)
- Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
- The Trap (1946)
- The Chinese Ring (1947)
- Docks of New Orleans (1948)
- Shanghai Chest (1948)
- The Golden Eye (1948)
- The Feathered Serpent (1948)
- Sky Dragon (1949)
- The Return of Charlie Chan (1973)
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
- The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57)
- The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
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