Calling Philo Vance
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Calling Philo Vance

19401h 2mCrimeMystery
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Story Line

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.

Top Cast

James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Philo Vance

Margot Stevenson

Margot Stevenson

Hilda Lake

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

Markham

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Ryan

Sheila Bromley

Sheila Bromley

Doris Delafield

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

Tom McDonald

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Rating

6.0/ 10

Release Date

1940-02-03

Runtime

1h 2m

Genres

CrimeMystery
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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/10
4/1/2023
This is an adequate afternoon B-feature that probably served more as a warning against fifth-columnists than it actually entertained anyone. It all centres around attempts by the Axis powers to obtain access to the designs of "Archer Coe" (the briefe...