Calling Philo Vance (1940)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- William Clemens
Writing:
- Tom Reed
- S.S. Van Dine
Stars:
Release Date: 1940-02-03
5.8/10
5.8/10
- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 62
2nd Reporter (uncredited)
Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
First Reporter (uncredited)
Philo Vance
Third Reporter (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Hilda Lake
Philip Wrede
Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Markham
Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
Hertz (uncredited)
Ryan
Charles (uncredited)
Brisbane Coe
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Doris Delafield
Avery (uncredited)
Gamble
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
Tom McDonald
MacTavish (uncredited)
2nd Photographer (uncredited)
Eduardo Grassi
Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)
4h Reporter (uncredited)
