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Philo Vance Returns

19475.0 / 1064 min
Crime, Mystery, Action

Overview

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

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.

Cast

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)

Crew

William Beaudine

William Beaudine

Director

William Kernell

William Kernell

Dialogue Editor

Eunice King

Eunice King

Hairstylist

William Beaudine Jr.

William Beaudine Jr.

Second Assistant Director

George J. Teague

George J. Teague

Special Effects

Jackson Rose

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Percy Townsend

Percy Townsend

Sound Mixer

Emmett Emerson

Emmett Emerson

Assistant Director

Irving Friedman

Irving Friedman

Music Director

J.N.A. Hawkins

J.N.A. Hawkins

Sound Director

Gene Fowler Jr.

Gene Fowler Jr.

Editor

Armor Marlowe

Armor Marlowe

Set Decoration

S.S. Van Dine

S.S. Van Dine

Characters

Perry Smith

Perry Smith

Art Direction

Robert E. Kent

Robert E. Kent

Screenplay

Howard Welsch

Howard Welsch

Producer

Alfred DeGaetano

Alfred DeGaetano

Supervising Editor

Albert Glasser

Albert Glasser

Original Music Composer

Dorothy Drake

Dorothy Drake

Wardrobe Supervisor

Howard W. Koch

Howard W. Koch

Assistant Director

Bud Westmore

Bud Westmore

Makeup Department Head