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Calling Philo Vance

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Calorie Rating: 87
Released: 1940-02-03
Running Time: 62 Minutes
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

James Stephenson
Character: Philo Vance
Margot Stevenson
Character: Hilda Lake
Henry O'Neill
Character: Markham

Edward Brophy
Character: Ryan
Sheila Bromley
Character: Doris Delafield
Ralph Forbes
Character: Tom McDonald

Donald Douglas
Character: Philip Wrede
Martin Kosleck
Character: Gamble
Jimmy Conlin
Character: Dr. Doremus - Coroner

Edward Raquello
Character: Eduardo Grassi
Creighton Hale
Character: Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Harry Strang
Character: Hennessey - Markham's Assistant

Richard Kipling
Character: Archer Coe
Wedgwood Nowell
Character: Brisbane Coe
Bo Ling
Character: Ling Toy

Terry
Character: MacTavish (uncredited)
Herbert Anderson
Character: First Reporter (uncredited)
Henry Blair
Character: Hans Snauble (uncredited)

Egon Brecher
Character: Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Harry Burns
Character: Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt
Character: Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)

Nat Carr
Character: 2nd Photographer (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Character: Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
Loia Cheaney
Character: Markham's Secretary (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann
Character: Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Character: Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)
John Harron
Character: Third Reporter (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Character: Hertz (uncredited)
William Hopper
Character: Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Character: Charles (uncredited)

George Irving
Character: Avery (uncredited)
Marion Lessing
Character: Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)
Rolf Lindau
Character: Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)

Frank Mayo
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
George Reeves
Character: Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
Character: 4h Reporter (uncredited)

Cliff Saum
Character: Investigator Snitken (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Character: Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Character: 2nd Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Wise
Character: 1st Photographer (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon
Character: Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)
Henry Zynda
Character: Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)


Production and Crew

L. William O'Connell
Director of Photography

Ted Smith
Art Direction
Howard Shoup
Costume Design

Tom Reed
Screenplay