Movie: Calling Philo Vance

Top 10 Billed Cast

James Stephenson
James Stephenson

Philo Vance

Margot Stevenson
Margot Stevenson

Hilda Lake

Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill

Markham

Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy

Ryan

Sheila Bromley
Sheila Bromley

Doris Delafield

Ralph Forbes
Ralph Forbes

Tom McDonald

Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas

Philip Wrede

Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck

Gamble

Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin

Dr. Doremus - Coroner

Edward Raquello
Edward Raquello

Eduardo Grassi

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1940-02-03

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    English
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