Charlie Chan's Chance
{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Charlie Chan's Chance
| image = Charlie Chan's Chance FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = John G. Blystone
| producer = Joseph H. August
| writer = Earl Derr Biggers (novel and suggestions)
Barry Conners
Philip Klein
| narrator =
| starring = Warner Oland
Alexander Kirkland
H. B. Warner
| music =
| cinematography = Joseph H. August
| editing = Alex Troffey
| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1932|01}}
| runtime = 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.{{cite book |title=Charlie Chan at the Movies: History, Filmography, and Criticism |last=Hanke |first=Ken |year=2004 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786486619 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtpi_b0k5jkC&q=Charlie+Chan%27s+Chance&pg=PA21 |access-date=February 25, 2013 |quote=Another of the infuriatingly 'lost' Chan films, Charlie Chan's Chance nonetheless qualifies as the best title in the series if nothing else.}}
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
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External links
- {{AFI film|918|Charlie Chan's Chance}}
- {{IMDb title|0022755}}
- {{tcmdb title|70680}}
- [https://charliechan.org/aa-illustrated-script-reconstruction-charlie-chans-chance/ Illustrated Script]
- [https://charliechan.org/the-films-charlie-chans-chance/ Charlie Chan’s Chance film details] at [https://charliechan.org// The Charlie Chan Family Home]
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American detective films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films directed by John G. Blystone
Category:Lost American mystery films
Category:1930s English-language films
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