Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) is an American pre-Code murder mystery film starring Warner Oland as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan. It was based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel The House Without a Key (1925).
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Directed by | Hamilton MacFadden |
Written by | Earl Derr Biggers (novel) Lester Cole Marion Orth |
Starring | Warner Oland Heather Angel |
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Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Oland made a series of Charlie Chan films; along with three others, this one is considered to be a lost film.[citation needed]
This article needs a plot summary. (December 2023) |
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Heather Angel as Carlotta Eagan
- Roger Imhof as The Beachcomber
- John Warburton as John Quincy Winterslip
- Walter Byron as Henry Jennison
- Ivan F. Simpson as Brade
- Virginia Cherrill as Barbara Winterslip
- Francis Ford as Captain Hallett
- Robert Warwick as Dan Winterslip
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Amos Winterslip
- Clara Blandick as Minerva Winterslip
- Claude King as Capt. Arthur Cope
- William Stack as James Eagan
- Gloria Roy as Arlene Compton
- Cornelius Keefe as Steve Letherbee
- Frances Chan as Youngest Chan Daughter
The New York Times reviewer wrote, "As far as the mystery of these particular murders is concerned it is not difficult for the audience to decide on the identity of the slayer, but the manner in which Chan makes his deductions is always interesting."[1]
- "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)". The New York Times. October 7, 1933.
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case at IMDb
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case at the TCM Movie Database
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case at AllMovie
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