Movie: The Casino Murder Case

Top 10 Billed Cast

Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas

Philo Vance

Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth

Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn

Donald Cook
Donald Cook

Lynn Llewellyn

Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell

Doris Reed

Arthur Byron
Arthur Byron

Richard Kinkaid

Ted Healy
Ted Healy

Police Sergeant Ernest Heath

Eric Blore
Eric Blore

Currie

Isabel Jewell
Isabel Jewell

Amelia Llewellyn

Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda

Becky

Purnell Pratt
Purnell Pratt

District Attorney John Markham (as Purnell B. Pratt)

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  • Overview

    After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.

  • Release Date

    1935-03-15

  • Average

    6.818

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
  • Tagline

    S.S. Van Dine's Greatest Philo Vance Mystery!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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