Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) is a murder mystery film starring Warner Oland

Warner Oland

Warner Oland was a Swedish American actor most remembered for his screen role as the detective Charlie Chan.-Biography:He was born Johan Verner Ölund in the village of Nyby, Bjurholm Municipality,...

 as the Oriental detective Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan

Charlie Chan is a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1919. Loosely based on Honolulu detective Chang Apana, Biggers conceived of the benevolent and heroic Chan as an alternative to Yellow Peril stereotypes, such as villains like Fu Manchu...

. It was based on the Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.-Biography:...

 novel The House Without a Key.

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

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

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Reception

The New York Times

The New York Times

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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."

Cast

• Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
• Heather Angel
  Heather Angel (actress)
  Heather Grace Angel was an English actress.-Life and career:Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, she was brought up on a farm near Banbury....
  
   as Carlotta Eagan
• Roger Imhof
  Roger Imhof
  Roger Imhof was a film actor, vaudeville, burlesque and circus performer, sketch writer, and songwriter.-Career:...
  
   as The Beachcomber
• John Warburton
  John Warburton (actor)
  John Warburton was a British-born American actor that appeared in numerous Hollywood movies in the 1930s to 1960s, starting with RKO's Secrets of the French Police , who also guest starred in television series such as Perry Mason and the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror".Warburton was born in...
  
   as John Quincy Winterslip
• Walter Byron as Henry Jennison
• Ivan F. Simpson as Brade
• Virginia Cherrill
  Virginia Cherrill
  Virginia Cherrill was an American actress best known for her role as the blind flower girl in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights...
  
   as Barbara Winterslip
• Francis Ford
  Francis Ford (actor)
  Francis Ford was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the older brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.He starred in the 1912 two-reeler The Deserter by Thomas H. Ince and acted in over 400...
  
   as Captain Hallett
• Robert Warwick as Dan Winterslip
• Frank McGlynn Sr. as Amos Winterslip
• Clara Blandick
  Clara Blandick
  Clara Blandick was an American actress. Her many film appearances include the role of Auntie Em in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.-Early life:She was born Clara Dickey, the daughter of Isaac B...
  
  as Minerva Winterslip
• Claude King as Capt. Arthur Cope
• William Stack as James Eagan
• Gloria Roy as Arlene Compton
• Cornelius Keefe as Steve Letherbee