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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).
Oland made a series of Charlie Chan films; along with three others, this one is considered to be a lost film.
Original Release
09/15/1933
US Release
09/15/1933
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Warner Oland | Charlie Chan |
| Heather Angel | Carlotte Eagan |
| Roger Imhof | The Beachcomber |
| John Warburton | John Quincy Winterslip |
| Walter Byron | Henry Jennison |
| Ivan F. Simpson | Brade |
| Virginia Cherrill | Barbara Winterslip |
| Francis Ford | Captain Hallett |
| Robert Warwick | Dan Winterslip |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Amos Winterslip |
Directors
Writers
Earl Derr Biggers, Lester Cole, Marion Orth
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Warner Oland | Charlie Chan |
| Heather Angel | Carlotte Eagan |
| Roger Imhof | The Beachcomber |
| John Warburton | John Quincy Winterslip |
| Walter Byron | Henry Jennison |
| Ivan F. Simpson | Brade |
| Virginia Cherrill | Barbara Winterslip |
| Francis Ford | Captain Hallett |
| Robert Warwick | Dan Winterslip |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Amos Winterslip |
| Clara Blandick | Minerva Winterslip |
| Claude King | Capt. Arthur Cope |
| William Stack | James Eagan |
| Gloria Roy | Arlene Compton |
| Cornelius Keefe | Steve Letherbee |
| Frances Chan | Youngest Chan Daughter |
| Alan Dong | Chan Son |
| David Dong | Chan Son |
| Frank Dong | Chan Son |
| Dorothy Hoo | Chan daughter |
