Mystery ·Crime · United States of America · 1947 · 58m

Philo Vance's Secret Mission

Director

Cast

Alan Curtis as Philo Vance Sheila Ryan as Mona Bannister Tala Birell as Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips Frank Jenks as Ernie Clark James Bell as Sheriff Harry Madison Frank Fenton as Paul Morgan

Crew

Jackson Rose — Director of Photography W. Donn Hayes — Editor Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer Emil Cadkin — Original Music Composer Karl Hajos — Original Music Composer Lawrence Taylor — Writer

Tagline

Secret murder... Sinister mission

Synopsis

Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are about to be brought out into the open a murder takes place.

Mood & Themes

philo vance

Key Collaborators

Reginald Le Borg Director Jackson Rose Director of Photography W. Donn Hayes Editor Ernest Gold Original Music Composer Emil Cadkin Original Music Composer Karl Hajos Original Music Composer Lawrence Taylor Writer Howard Welsch Producer Edward C. Jewell Production Design

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