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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).

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Directed by	Hamilton MacFadden
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers (novel) Lester Cole Marion Orth
Starring	Warner Oland Heather Angel
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	September 15, 1933 (1933-09-15)
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]}

Reception

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]

Cast

• 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

References

External links

• 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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