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Status
Released
Release
1935
Runtime
1h 22m
"S.S. Van Dine's Greatest Philo Vance Mystery!"
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
34 Cast Members
Paul Lukas
Philo Vance
Alison Skipworth
Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn
Donald Cook
Lynn Llewellyn
Rosalind Russell
Doris Reed
Arthur Byron
Richard Kinkaid
Ted Healy
Police Sergeant Ernest Heath
Eric Blore
Currie
Isabel Jewell
Amelia Llewellyn
Louise Fazenda
Becky
Purnell Pratt
District Attorney John Markham (as Purnell B. Pratt)
Leslie Fenton
Dr. Kane
Louise Henry
Virginia Llewellyn
Leo G. Carroll
Smith (as Leo Carroll)
Charles Sellon
Dr. Doremus
Ernie Adams
Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Edna Bennett
Nurse to Lynn (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Waiter (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Dr. Elton (uncredited)
William Demarest
Auctioneer (uncredited)