Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
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Fox Film Corporation | |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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
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
- 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. Simpsonas 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 Kingas Capt. Arthur Cope
- William Stack as James Eagan
- Gloria Royas Arlene Compton
- Cornelius Keefe as Steve Letherbee
- Frances Chan as Youngest Chan Daughter
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."[2]
References
- ^ "Charlie Chan in London". The Charlie Chan Family Home. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)". The New York Times. October 7, 1933.