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Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Directed by William Clemens
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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.
Length 62 minutes
Actors
James Stephenson | Margot Stevenson | Henry O'Neill | Edward Brophy | Sheila Bromley | Ralph Forbes | Donald Douglas | Martin Kosleck | Jimmy Conlin | Edward Raquello | Creighton Hale | Harry Strang | Richard Kipling | Wedgwood Nowell | Bo Ling | Terry | Herbert Anderson | Henry Blair | Egon Brecher | Harry Burns | Yakima Canutt | Nat Carr | Glen Cavender | Loia Cheaney | Frederick Giermann | Eddie Graham | John Harron | Stuart Holmes | William Hopper | Olaf Hytten | George Irving | Marion Lessing | Rolf Lindau | Frank Mayo | George Reeves | John J. Richardson | Cliff Saum | Hans Schumm | Frank Wilcox | Jack Wise | Maris Wrixon | Henry Zynda
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/08/2022 | TV | DVD | Library | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Sixth and final film in this Philo Vance set. Also yet another actor stepping into the shoes of this detective: James Stephenson. This amuses me.
Whoa they use the same murder mystery as Kennel Murder Case! Just read the description that this is a remake of that movie! That’s crazy. Dug this movie but knocked it down a half point for using the exact same murder.
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