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The Casino Murder Case(1935)
Status: Released
Date: 1935-03-15
68%
11 Votes
Time: 1h 22m
S.S. Van Dine's Greatest Philo Vance Mystery!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Casino Murder Case
Top 10 Billed Cast
Paul Lukas
Philo Vance
Alison Skipworth
Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn
Donald Cook
Lynn Llewellyn
Rosalind Russell
Doris Reed
Arthur Byron
Richard Kinkaid
Ted Healy
Police Sergeant Ernest Heath
Eric Blore
Currie
Isabel Jewell
Amelia Llewellyn
Louise Fazenda
Becky
Purnell Pratt
District Attorney John Markham (as Purnell B. Pratt)
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