Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance (1940)


  • Genre: Crime, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1940-02-03
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 2min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: William Clemens
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Summary

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

    as Philo Vance
  • Margot Stevenson

    as Hilda Lake
  • Henry O'Neill

    as Markham
  • Edward Brophy

    as Ryan
  • Sheila Bromley

    as Doris Delafield
  • Ralph Forbes

    as Tom McDonald
  • Donald Douglas

    as Philip Wrede
  • Martin Kosleck

    as Gamble
  • Jimmy Conlin

    as Dr. Doremus - Coroner
  • Edward Raquello

    as Eduardo Grassi
  • Creighton Hale

    as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
  • Harry Strang

    as Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
  • Richard Kipling

    as Archer Coe
  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Brisbane Coe
  • Bo Ling

    as Ling Toy
  • Terry

    as MacTavish (uncredited)
  • Herbert Anderson

    as First Reporter (uncredited)
  • Henry Blair

    as Hans Snauble (uncredited)
  • Egon Brecher

    as Austrian Judge (uncredited)
  • Harry Burns

    as Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
  • Yakima Canutt

    as Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
  • Nat Carr

    as 2nd Photographer (uncredited)
  • Glen Cavender

    as Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
  • Loia Cheaney

    as Markham's Secretary (uncredited)
  • Frederick Giermann

    as Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Eddie Graham

    as Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)
  • John Harron

    as Third Reporter (uncredited)
  • Stuart Holmes

    as Hertz (uncredited)
  • William Hopper

    as Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
  • Olaf Hytten

    as Charles (uncredited)
  • George Irving

    as Avery (uncredited)
  • Marion Lessing

    as Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)
  • Rolf Lindau

    as Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)
  • Frank Mayo

    as Doorman (uncredited)
  • George Reeves

    as Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
  • John J. Richardson

    as 4h Reporter (uncredited)
  • Cliff Saum

    as Investigator Snitken (uncredited)
  • Hans Schumm

    as Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)
  • Frank Wilcox

    as 2nd Reporter (uncredited)
  • Jack Wise

    as 1st Photographer (uncredited)
  • Maris Wrixon

    as Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)
  • Henry Zynda

    as Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)
Editing Louis Lindsay Editor
Art Ted Smith Art Direction
Editing Ben G. Liss Editor
Costume & Make-Up Howard Shoup Costume Design
Camera L. William O'Connell Director of Photography
Sound Charles Lang Sound
Writing S.S. Van Dine Novel
Writing Tom Reed Screenplay
Directing William Clemens Director

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