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Charlie Chan's Chance is a american film of genre Crime directed by John G. Blystone released in USA on 24 january 1932 with Warner Oland
Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 january 1932
Length 1h13
Directed by John G. Blystone
OriginUSA
Genres Crime
Themes Children's films
Rating68%
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 novel Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers, who also contributed to the film. The film is considered to be lost.
Synopsis
Charlie Chan is in New York City attending a police convention when he is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find his would-be-killer (or would-be-killers), Charlie must outguess police reps from both Scotland Yard and New York City police.Actors
Warner Oland
(Charlie Chan)
Alexander Kirkland
(John R. Douglas)
H. B. Warner
(Inspector Fife)
Marian Nixon
(Shirley Marlowe)
James Kirkwood Sr.
(Inspector Flannery)
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