--- title: 'The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)' type: 'film' director: 'William Castle' released: '1943-01-01' genres: - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-chance-of-a-lifetime-1943' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035726/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Chance of a Lifetime (1943) 1943 · Crime · United States ## Synopsis The Chance of a Lifetime is a 1943 crime drama starring Chester Morris, Erik Rolf and Jeanne Bates. It is one of 14 films made by Columbia Pictures involving detective Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-crime solver. This was the sixth in the series and one of three that did not have his name in the title. The film is also William Castle's directorial debut. As with many of the films of the period, this was a flag waver to support America's efforts during World War II. ## Credits - **Director:** [William Castle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-castle) - **Producer:** [Wallace MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-macdonald) ## Cast - [Pierre Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-watkin) - [Richard Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alexander) - [Chester Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-morris) - [Eddy Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddy-chandler) - [George E. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-e-stone) - [John Harmon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-harmon) - [Frank O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-o-connor) - [Minta Durfee](https://cinepixo.com/people/minta-durfee) - [George Magrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-magrill) - [Lloyd Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-corrigan) - [Douglas Fowley](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fowley) - [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande) - [Trevor Bardette](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-bardette) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-chance-of-a-lifetime-1943 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7722064); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.