Calling Philo Vance (1940)

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

1940-02-03 United States of America 62 Min. PG-13
5.8 11 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

James Stephenson is Philo Vance
Philo Vance
Margot Stevenson is Hilda Lake
Henry O'Neill is Markham
Sheila Bromley is Doris Delafield
Doris Delafield
Ralph Forbes is Tom McDonald
Tom McDonald
Donald Douglas is Philip Wrede
Philip Wrede
Jimmy Conlin is Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Edward Raquello is Eduardo Grassi
Eduardo Grassi
Creighton Hale is Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Harry Strang is Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant