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Charlie Chan's Chance
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; or; January 24, 1932;
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.