| Charlie Chan's Greatest Case | |
| Director: | Hamilton MacFadden |
| Starring: | Warner Oland Heather Angel |
| Studio: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 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.
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]
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]