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
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Philo Vance
Hilda Lake
Ryan
Doris Delafield
Markham
Tom McDonald
Philip Wrede
Gamble
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Eduardo Grassi
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Brisbane Coe
First Reporter (uncredited)
Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
2nd Photographer (uncredited)
Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
Third Reporter (uncredited)
Hertz (uncredited)
Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
Charles (uncredited)
Avery (uncredited)
Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)
Doorman (uncredited)
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
4h Reporter (uncredited)
2nd Reporter (uncredited)
Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)
