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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Directed byHamilton MacFadden
Written byEarl Derr Biggers (novel)
Lester Cole
Marion Orth
StarringWarner Oland
Heather Angel
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 15, 1933 (1933-09-15)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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).

Oland made a series of Charlie Chan films; along with three others, this one is considered to be a lost film.[citation needed]

Plot

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In Honolulu's Waikiki, two brothers, Dan (Robert Warwick) and Amos (Frank McGlynn) Winterslip have had a decades-long feud which worsens when Dan announces his engagement to a scandalous, younger woman. When Dan is found murdered in his beachside home, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is called on to investigate. As the list of suspects grows, the case becomes increasingly dangerous for both Charlie Chan and Dan’s nephew, John Quincy (John Warburton), who seeks to find his uncle’s killer.[1]

Cast

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Reception

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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."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Charlie Chan in London". The Charlie Chan Family Home. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)". The New York Times. October 7, 1933.
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