Movie Description
Calling Philo Vance
(1940)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : William Clemens
- Editor : Louis Lindsay,Ben G. Liss
- Cast : James Stephenson,Margot Stevenson,Henry O'Neill,Edward Brophy,Sheila Bromley,Ralph Forbes,Donald Douglas,Martin Kosleck,Jimmy Conlin,Edward Raquello,Creighton Hale,Harry Strang,Richard Kipling,Wedgwood Nowell,Bo Ling,Terry,Herbert Anderson,Henry Blair,Egon Brecher,Harry Burns,Yakima Canutt,Nat Carr,Glen Cavender,Loia Cheaney,Frederick Giermann,Eddie Graham,John Harron,Stuart Holmes,William Hopper,Olaf Hytten,George Irving,Marion Lessing,Rolf Lindau,Frank Mayo,George Reeves,John J. Richardson,Cliff Saum,Hans Schumm,Frank Wilcox,Jack Wise,Maris Wrixon,Henry Zynda
Cast
Philo Vance
Hilda Lake
Markham
Ryan
Doris Delafield
Tom McDonald
Philip Wrede
Gamble
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Eduardo Grassi
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Archer Coe
Brisbane Coe
Ling Toy
MacTavish (uncredited)
First Reporter (uncredited)
Hans Snauble (uncredited)
Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
2nd Photographer (uncredited)
Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
Markham's Secretary (uncredited)
Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)
Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)
Third Reporter (uncredited)
Hertz (uncredited)
Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
Charles (uncredited)
Avery (uncredited)
Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)
Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
4h Reporter (uncredited)
Investigator Snitken (uncredited)
Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)
2nd Reporter (uncredited)
1st Photographer (uncredited)
Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)
Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleCalling Philo Vance
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-02-03
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 02m
Production CompaniesWarner Bros. Pictures
Genres
- Crime
- Mystery