Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case
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Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case is a 1933 mystery film in the Charlie Chan detective series, directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland as the famous Chinese-American sleuth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10401764 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case Context triple: [Hamilton MacFadden, notableWork, Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case]
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A.
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in wartime Paris.
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B.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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C.
Charlie Chan in Panama
"Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
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D.
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous sleuth solving a murder aboard an ocean liner.
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E.
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in Egypt is a 1935 mystery film in the Charlie Chan series, featuring the detective investigating a murder and archaeological intrigue in Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case Target entity description: Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case is a 1933 mystery film in the Charlie Chan detective series, directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland as the famous Chinese-American sleuth.
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A.
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
"Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" is a 1939 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder case in wartime Paris.
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B.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
"Charlie Chan in Honolulu" is a 1938 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan series, featuring the famous Chinese-American detective solving a murder aboard a ship docked in Honolulu.
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C.
Charlie Chan in Panama
"Charlie Chan in Panama" is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous Chinese-American sleuth uncovering a spy plot in the Panama Canal Zone.
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D.
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise is a 1940 mystery film in the long-running Charlie Chan detective series, featuring the famous sleuth solving a murder aboard an ocean liner.
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E.
Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in Egypt is a 1935 mystery film in the Charlie Chan series, featuring the detective investigating a murder and archaeological intrigue in Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan character
ⓘ
linked to:
Charlie Chan
novel Charlie Chan Carries On ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character | Charlie Chan ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Daniel B. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Hamilton MacFadden ⓘ |
| distributor | Fox Film Corporation ⓘ |
| editedBy | Alex Troffey ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Inspector Duff ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| leadActorNationality | Swedish-American ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan
ⓘ
linked to:
Charlie Chan
|
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
pre-Code Hollywood era
ⓘ
linked to:
Pre-Code Hollywood
|
| productionCompany | Fox Film Corporation ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 70 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Barry Conners
ⓘ
Philip Klein ⓘ |
| series | Charlie Chan film series ⓘ |
| setIn |
England
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| starring | Warner Oland ⓘ |
| starsCharacter | Inspector Charlie Chan ⓘ |
| title | Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case Description of subject: Charlie Chan’s Greatest Case is a 1933 mystery film in the Charlie Chan detective series, directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland as the famous Chinese-American sleuth.
Referenced by (2)
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