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Calling Philo Vance

Crime | Mystery

5.8

Release Date

February 3, 1940

Duration

62 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

James Stephenson

Philo Vance

James Stephenson

Margot Stevenson

Hilda Lake

Margot Stevenson

Henry O'Neill

Markham

Henry O'Neill

Edward Brophy

Ryan

Edward Brophy

Sheila Bromley

Doris Delafield

Sheila Bromley

Ralph Forbes

Tom McDonald

Ralph Forbes

Donald Douglas

Philip Wrede

Donald Douglas

Martin Kosleck

Gamble

Martin Kosleck

Jimmy Conlin

Dr. Doremus - Coroner

Jimmy Conlin

Edward Raquello

Eduardo Grassi

Edward Raquello

Creighton Hale

Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

Creighton Hale

Harry Strang

Hennessey - Markham's Assistant

Harry Strang

Richard Kipling

Archer Coe

Richard Kipling

Wedgwood Nowell

Brisbane Coe

Wedgwood Nowell

Bo Ling

Ling Toy

Bo Ling

Terry

MacTavish (uncredited)

Terry

Herbert Anderson

First Reporter (uncredited)

Herbert Anderson

Henry Blair

Hans Snauble (uncredited)

Henry Blair

Egon Brecher

Austrian Judge (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

Harry Burns

Capt. Lugo (uncredited)

Harry Burns

Yakima Canutt

Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)

Yakima Canutt

Nat Carr

2nd Photographer (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Glen Cavender

Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Loia Cheaney

Markham's Secretary (uncredited)

Loia Cheaney

Frederick Giermann

Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

Eddie Graham

Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

John Harron

Third Reporter (uncredited)

John Harron

Stuart Holmes

Hertz (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

William Hopper

Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)

William Hopper

Olaf Hytten

Charles (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

George Irving

Avery (uncredited)

George Irving

Marion Lessing

Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)

Marion Lessing

Rolf Lindau

Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)

Rolf Lindau

Frank Mayo

Doorman (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

George Reeves

Steamship Clerk (uncredited)

George Reeves

John J. Richardson

4h Reporter (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

Cliff Saum

Investigator Snitken (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Hans Schumm

Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Frank Wilcox

2nd Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Jack Wise

1st Photographer (uncredited)

Jack Wise

Maris Wrixon

Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

Henry Zynda

Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)

Henry Zynda

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