Charlie Chan's Chance

{{short description|1932 film}}

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{{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

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See also

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