''Charlie Chan's Chance'' is a 1932 American

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murder mystery film, the third to star

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as detective

Charlie Chan Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alt ...

. It is based on the 1928 novel '' Behind That Curtain'' by

Earl Derr Biggers Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China. Biog ...

, who also contributed to the film. The film is considered to be lost.

Plot

Charlie Chan is attending a police convention in

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; 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

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Cast

as Charlie Chan *

Alexander Kirkland William Alexander Kirkland (September 15, 1901, Mexico City, Mexico – 1986) was a leading man in Hollywood during the early sound era as well as a stage actor who starred in productions of the Group Theatre in New York. Biography Kirkland w ...

as John R. Douglas *

H.B. Warner Henry Byron Warner (born Henry Byron Lickfold, 26 October 1876 – 21 December 1958) was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in ''The King of Kings''. In later years, he successful ...

as Inspector Fife *

Marian Nixon Marian Nixon (born Marja Nissinen; October 20, 1904 – February 13, 1983) was an American film actress. Sometimes credited as Marion Nixon, she appeared in more than 70 films. Career Born in Superior, Wisconsin, to parents of Finnish descent, N ...

as Shirley Marlowe *

Linda Watkins Linda Mathews Watkins (May 23, 1908 – October 31, 1976) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Early years Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Watkins was the daughter of Gardiner and Elizabeth R. (née Mathews) Watkins. Her fat ...

as Gloria Garland * James Kirkwood as Inspector Flannery *

Ralph Morgan Raphael Kuhner Wuppermann (July 6, 1883 – June 11, 1956), known professionally as Ralph Morgan, was a Hollywood stage and film character actor, and the older brother of Frank Morgan. Early life Morgan was born in New York City, the ei ...

as Barry Kirk *James Todd as Kenneth Dunwood *

Herbert Bunston Herbert Bunston (15 April 1874 – 27 February 1935) was an English stage and screen actor. He is remembered for his role as Dr. John Seward in the Broadway and film versions of ''Dracula''. Bunston was born in Charmouth and briefly attended ...

as Garrick Enderly *James Wang as Kee-Lin * Joe Brown as Doctor *Charles McNaughton as Paradise *

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as Li Gung Cast notes: * Thomas A. Curran the early American silent film star plays an uncredited

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* * * * 1932 films American black-and-white films Charlie Chan films American detective films Films based on American novels Films directed by John G. Blystone Lost American films Fox Film films American mystery films 1930s mystery films 1932 lost films 1930s American films {{mystery-film-stub

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