
Calling Philo Vance
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.
Calling Philo Vance
Rating
5.8/10
Release Date
1940-02-03
Runtime
62 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

James Stephenson
Philo Vance

Margot Stevenson
Hilda Lake

Henry O'Neill
Markham

Edward Brophy
Ryan

Sheila Bromley
Doris Delafield

Ralph Forbes
Tom McDonald

Donald Douglas
Philip Wrede

Martin Kosleck
Gamble

Jimmy Conlin
Dr. Doremus - Coroner

Edward Raquello
Eduardo Grassi

Creighton Hale
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

Harry Strang
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures