Philo Vance Returns

Philo Vance Returns(1947)

NR

04/14/1947 (US)Crime, Mystery, Action1h 4m

5.0

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

Overview

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.

William Beaudine

Director

S.S. Van Dine

Characters

Robert E. Kent

Screenplay

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William Wright

William Wright

Philo Vance

Vivian Austin

Vivian Austin

Lorena Blendon Simms

Leon Belasco

Leon Belasco

Alexis Karnoff

Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick

Stella Blendon

Ramsay Ames

Ramsay Ames

Virginia Berneaux

Damian O'Flynn

Damian O'Flynn

Larry Blendon

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

George Hullman

Iris Adrian

Iris Adrian

Maggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine

Ann Staunton

Ann Staunton

Helen Varney Blendon

Tim Murdock

Tim Murdock

The Policeman

Mary Scott

Mary Scott

Mary

Wade Crosby

Wade Crosby

Choo-Choo's Bodyguard (Uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn

Police Lieutenant Mullard (Uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell

Broderick O'Farrell

Dr. Campbell (Uncredited)

Phyllis Planchard

Phyllis Planchard

Agatha Cowle (Uncredited)

Cy Stevens

Cy Stevens

Greg Simms (Uncredited)

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Part of the Philo Vance Collection

The movie adaptions of the S. S. Van Dine novels featuring the detective Philo Vance, starring various actors in the lead role.

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