Calling Philo Vance (1940)
- Starring:
- James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, (more)
- Director(s):
- William B. Clemens
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Synopsis of Calling Philo Vance
Calling Philo Vance is a perfunctory remake of 1933's The Kennel Murder Case, which many aficionados consider the best of the "Vance" films. James Stephenson plays the titular gentleman sleuth, who must solve the murder of the inventor of a revolutionary new bombsight (the original film concerned a championship dog race). The principal suspect is the victim's brother, who is taken out of the running when he, too, is bumped off. The actual killer is in the employ of an unnamed foreign government-and, in the tradition of Kennel Murder Case, is also the least suspicious and most cooperative of the suspects. With Calling Philo Vance, mystery novelist S. S. Van Dine's dilettante detective bade farewell to the screen for seven years, returning in 1947 through the facilities of low-budget PRC Pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Calling Philo Vance
- James Stephenson - Philo Vance
- Henry O'Neill - Markham
- Ralph Forbes - Taylor McDonald
- Martin Kosleck - Gamble
- Edward Raquello - Grassi
- Harry Strang - Hennessey
- Wedgewood Nowell - Brisbane Coe
- George Reeves - Steamship clerk
- George Irving - Avery
- Jimmy Conlin - Dr. Doremus
- Margot Stevenson - Hilda Lake
- Edward S. Brophy - Ryan
- Donald Douglas - Philip Wrede
- Sheila Bromley - Doris
- Creighton Hale - Du Bois
- Richard Kipling - Archer Coe
- Herbert Anderson - Reporter
- Yakima Canutt - Sailor
- William Hopper - Hotel clerk
- Director(s):
- William B. Clemens
- Writer(s):
- Tom Reed
- Producer(s):
- Bryan Foy
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