Calling Philo Vance
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Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.
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Cast
42 people
James Stephenson
Philo Vance
Known for
The Letter
The Sea Hawk
Margot Stevenson
Hilda Lake
Also in
Smashing the Money Ring
Invisible Stripes
Henry O'Neill
Markham
Known for
The Reckless Moment
Jezebel
Edward Brophy
Ryan
Known for
The Thin Man
Mad Love
Sheila Bromley
Doris Delafield
Known for
There's Always Tomorrow
Ralph Forbes
Tom McDonald
Known for
Twentieth Century
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Donald Douglas
Philip Wrede
Known for
Gilda
Murder, My Sweet
Martin Kosleck
Gamble
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
The Mummy's Curse
Jimmy Conlin
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Known for
Anatomy of a Murder
The Palm Beach Story
Edward Raquello
Eduardo Grassi
Also in
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
The Girl from Mexico
Creighton Hale
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Known for
The Cat and the Canary
Orphans of the Storm
Harry Strang
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Known for
Buck Privates
William Clemens Director · Tom Reed Screenplay S.S. Van Dine Author
United States release February 3, 1940 · Produced in United States
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 27, 1940
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · February 3, 1940
Theatrical
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