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Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance

6,0 /10 (13 Votes)
1940 EN 62 min

Overview

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.

Release date

03/02/1940

Votes

13

Popularity

0.9

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

62 min

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

No photo

Richard Kipling

Archer Coe

Wedgwood Nowell

Wedgwood Nowell

Brisbane Coe

No photo

Bo Ling

Ling Toy

Terry

Terry

MacTavish (uncredited)

Herbert Anderson

Herbert Anderson

First Reporter (uncredited)

No photo

Henry Blair

Hans Snauble (uncredited)

Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

Austrian Judge (uncredited)

Harry Burns

Harry Burns

Capt. Lugo (uncredited)

Yakima Canutt

Yakima Canutt

Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Nat Carr

2nd Photographer (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Glen Cavender

Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)

No photo

Loia Cheaney

Markham's Secretary (uncredited)

No photo

Frederick Giermann

Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)

No photo

Eddie Graham

Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)

John Harron

John Harron

Third Reporter (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

Hertz (uncredited)

William Hopper

William Hopper

Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

Charles (uncredited)

George Irving

George Irving

Avery (uncredited)

Marion Lessing

Marion Lessing

Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)

No photo

Rolf Lindau

Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Frank Mayo

Doorman (uncredited)

George Reeves

George Reeves

Steamship Clerk (uncredited)

John J. Richardson

John J. Richardson

4h Reporter (uncredited)

No photo

Cliff Saum

Investigator Snitken (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Hans Schumm

Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

2nd Reporter (uncredited)

No photo

Jack Wise

1st Photographer (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

Maris Wrixon

Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)

No photo

Henry Zynda

Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-04-01

⭐ 6

This is an adequate afternoon B-feature that probably served more as a warning against fifth-columnists than it actually entertained anyone. It all centres around attempts by the Axis powers to obtain access to the designs of "Archer Coe" (the briefest of appearances from Richard Kipling). Now he has an exclusive arrangement with the Americans so when he is found murdered, it falls to the wily, suspicions and tenacious "Vance" (James Stephenson) to find out who the killers were and on whose malevolent behalf they were working? Did they manage to steal his secret plans? Now this is just a subst…

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