Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance

Release date : February 3, 1940
Runtime : 1h 2m
Countries of origin : United States of America /
Original Language : English /
Director : William Clemens /
Writers : Tom Reed / S.S. Van Dine /
Production companies : Warner Bros. Pictures /
February 3, 1940 1h 2m United States of America Crime English More
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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.
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James Stephenson
Philo Vance
Margot Stevenson
Hilda Lake
Sheila Bromley
Doris Delafield
Ralph Forbes
Tom McDonald
Donald Douglas
Philip Wrede
Jimmy Conlin
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Edward Raquello
Eduardo Grassi
Creighton Hale
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Harry Strang
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Richard Kipling
Archer Coe
Wedgwood Nowell
Brisbane Coe
Bo Ling
Ling Toy
Terry
MacTavish (uncredited)
Herbert Anderson
First Reporter (uncredited)
Henry Blair
Hans Snauble (uncredited)

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  • title:Calling Philo Vance
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1940
  • Runtime:1h 2m
  • Genres: Crime · Mystery ·
  • Countries of origin: United States of America ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: William Clemens /
  • Writers: Tom Reed · S.S. Van Dine ·
  • Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures ·
  • 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.
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