Philo Vance Returns
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“"EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"”
Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend, Philo Vance, to help find the killer.
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Cast
16 people
William Wright
Philo Vance
Known for
Impact
Vivian Austin
Lorena Blendon Simms
Also in
Destiny
Cobra Woman
Leon Belasco
Alexis Karnoff
Known for
Love Happy
The Mummy's Hand
Clara Blandick
Stella Blendon
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
A Stolen Life
Ramsay Ames
Virginia Berneaux
Known for
The Mummy's Ghost
Damian O'Flynn
Larry Blendon
Known for
A Foreign Affair
Marked Woman
Frank Wilcox
George Hullman
Known for
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
The Untouchables
Iris Adrian
Maggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine
Known for
The Odd Couple
The Love Bug
Ann Staunton
Helen Varney Blendon
Known for
Hollow Triumph
Tim Murdock
The Policeman
Known for
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Mary Scott
Mary
Also in
Law of the Lash
Kings Row
Wade Crosby
Choo-Choo's Bodyguard (Uncredited)
Known for
The Hitch-Hiker
The Paleface
William Beaudine Director · Robert E. Kent Screenplay Albert Glasser Composer
United States release April 14, 1947 · Produced in United States
Production
PRC
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 14, 1947
Theatrical
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