
The Kennel Murder Case(1933)
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.


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.
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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
Calling Philo Vance is a crime, mystery film released in 1940 exploring themes of philo vance. Directed by William Clemens, it stars James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill. 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.
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