Crime ·Mystery ·Action · United States of America · 1947 · 1h 4m

Philo Vance Returns

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Director
William Beaudine
Cast
William Wright as Philo Vance Vivian Austin as Lorena Blendon Simms Leon Belasco as Alexis Karnoff Clara Blandick as Stella Blendon Ramsay Ames as Virginia Berneaux Damian O'Flynn as Larry Blendon
Crew
Jackson Rose — Director of Photography Gene Fowler Jr. — Editor Albert Glasser — Original Music Composer Robert E. Kent — Screenplay Howard Welsch — Producer
Tagline

"EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"

Synopsis

Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend, Philo Vance, to help find the killer.

Mood & Themes
investigationmurdersanitariumb movieprivate detectivephilo vancemurder by gunshotpoisoningmultiple marriagespsychiatric patient
Key Collaborators
William Beaudine Director Jackson Rose Director of Photography Gene Fowler Jr. Editor Albert Glasser Original Music Composer Robert E. Kent Screenplay Howard Welsch Producer
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