Charlie Chan's Chance is a 1932 American pre-Code murder mystery film, the third to star Warner Oland as detective Charlie Chan. It is based on the 1928 novel Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers, who also contributed to the film. The film is considered to be lost. Plot Charlie Chan is attending a police convention in New York City; he is an intended murder victim here, but avoids death by chance. To find his would-be-killer(s), Charlie must outguess police reps from both Scotland Yard and New York City Police. Cast Warner Oland as Charlie Chan Alexander Kirkland as John R. Douglas H.B. Warner as Inspector Fife Marian Nixon as Shirley Marlowe Linda Watkins as Gloria Garland James Kirkwood as Inspector Flannery Ralph Morgan as Barry Kirk James Todd as Kenneth Dunwood Herbert Bunston as Garrick Enderly James Wang as Kee-Lin Joe Brown as Doctor Charles McNaughton as Paradise Edward Peil Sr. as Li Gung Cast notes: Thomas A. Curran the early American silent film star plays an uncredited bit part. See also List of lost films 1937 Fox vault fire References External links 1932 films American black-and-white films Charlie Chan films American detective films Films based on American novels Films directed by John G. Blystone Lost American films Fox Film films American mystery films 1930s mystery films 1932 lost films 1930s American films