The Chinese Puzzle (1932 film)

{{Short description|1932 British film by Guy Newall}}

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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Chinese Puzzle

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| director =Guy Newall

| producer =Julius Hagen

|based_on = The Chinese Puzzle by Frances Barclay and Leon M. Lion

| writer = H. Fowler Mear

| starring = Leon M. Lion
Austin Trevor
Lilian Braithwaite
Elizabeth Allan

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| studio = Julius Hagen Productions

| distributor = Woolf and Freedman Film Service

| released = {{Film date|1932|03|21|df=yes}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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The Chinese Puzzle is a 1932 British crime film directed by Guy Newall and starring Leon M. Lion, Austin Trevor, Lilian Braithwaite, Elizabeth Allan and Francis L. Sullivan.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114021028/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/60759 BFI Database entry]

It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London, controlled by the independent producer Julius Hagen.Wood p.74 The film is based on the play The Chinese Puzzle by Frances Barclay and Leon M. Lion which had previously been made into a film The Chinese Puzzle in 1919.