Charlie Chan's Chance

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Charlie Chan's Chance

Directed by	John G. Blystone
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers (novel and suggestions) Barry Conners Philip Klein
Produced by	Joseph H. August
Starring	Warner Oland Alexander Kirkland H. B. Warner
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Edited by	Alex Troffey
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	January 22, 1932 (1932-01-22) or January 24, 1932 (1932-01-24)
Running time	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.^[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.

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
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Illustrated Script
Charlie Chan’s Chance film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home

v t e Charlie Chan by Earl Derr Biggers
Novels	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)
Films	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) Charlie Chan in 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)
Television	The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57) The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
Related	Chang Apana

Films directed by John G. Blystone

A Friendly Husband (1923)
Soft Boiled (1923)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Ladies to Board (1924)
The Last Man on Earth (1924)
Oh, You Tony! (1924)
Teeth (1924)
The Everlasting Whisper (1925)
The Lucky Horseshoe (1925)
Dick Turpin (1925)
The Best Bad Man (1925)
My Own Pal (1926)
The Family Upstairs (1926)
Hard Boiled (1926)
Wings of the Storm (1926)
Ankles Preferred (1927)
Slaves of Beauty (1927)
Pajamas (1927)
Sharp Shooters (1928)
Mother Knows Best (1928)
Captain Lash (1929)
The Sky Hawk (1929)
Thru Different Eyes (1929)
The Big Party (1930)
So This Is London (1930)
Tol'able David (1930)
Men on Call (1931)
Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931)
Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
Amateur Daddy (1932)
Too Busy to Work (1932)
The Painted Woman (1932)
Hot Pepper (1933)
My Lips Betray (1933)
Shanghai Madness (1933)
Coming Out Party (1934)
Change of Heart (1934)
Hell in the Heavens (1934)
Bad Boy (1935)
The County Chairman (1935)
Gentle Julia (1936)
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Little Miss Nobody (1936)
Great Guy (1936)
Music for Madame (1937)
Swiss Miss (1938)
Block-Heads (1938)

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