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Calling Philo Vance
Calling Philo Vance
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  2. Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance

1940
1h 2m
Crime
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

1940

Runtime

1h 2m

Where to Watch

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Streaming

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Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 2m
Feb 3, 1940
Languages
English
Director
William Clemens
William Clemens
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

42 Cast Members

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

Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas

Philip Wrede

Martin Kosleck

Martin Kosleck

Gamble

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Dr. Doremus - Coroner

Edward Raquello

Edward Raquello

Eduardo Grassi

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

Harry Strang

Harry Strang

Hennessey - Markham's Assistant

Richard Kipling

Archer Coe

Wedgwood Nowell

Wedgwood Nowell

Brisbane Coe

Bo Ling

Ling Toy

Terry

Terry

MacTavish (uncredited)

Herbert Anderson

Herbert Anderson

First Reporter (uncredited)

Henry Blair

Hans Snauble (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

Austrian Judge (uncredited)

Harry Burns

Harry Burns

Capt. Lugo (uncredited)

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