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Calling Philo Vance( 1940)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      James Stephenson

      Philo Vance

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      Margot Stevenson

      Hilda Lake

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      Henry O'Neill

      Markham

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      Edward Brophy

      Ryan

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      Sheila Bromley

      Doris Delafield

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      Ralph Forbes

      Tom McDonald

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      Donald Douglas

      Philip Wrede

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      Martin Kosleck

      Gamble

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      Jimmy Conlin

      Dr. Doremus - Coroner

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      Edward Raquello

      Eduardo Grassi

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      Creighton Hale

      Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

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      Harry Strang

      Hennessey - Markham's Assistant

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      Richard Kipling

      Archer Coe

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      Wedgwood Nowell

      Brisbane Coe

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      Bo Ling

      Ling Toy

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      Terry

      MacTavish (uncredited)

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      Herbert Anderson

      First Reporter (uncredited)

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      Henry Blair

      Hans Snauble (uncredited)

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      Egon Brecher

      Austrian Judge (uncredited)

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      Harry Burns

      Capt. Lugo (uncredited)

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      Yakima Canutt

      Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)

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      Nat Carr

      2nd Photographer (uncredited)

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      Glen Cavender

      Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)

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      Loia Cheaney

      Markham's Secretary (uncredited)

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      Frederick Giermann

      Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)

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      Eddie Graham

      Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)

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      John Harron

      Third Reporter (uncredited)

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      Stuart Holmes

      Hertz (uncredited)

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      William Hopper

      Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)

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      Olaf Hytten

      Charles (uncredited)

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      George Irving

      Avery (uncredited)

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      Marion Lessing

      Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)

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      Rolf Lindau

      Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)

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      Frank Mayo

      Doorman (uncredited)

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      George Reeves

      Steamship Clerk (uncredited)

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      John J. Richardson

      4h Reporter (uncredited)

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      Cliff Saum

      Investigator Snitken (uncredited)

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      Hans Schumm

      Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)

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      Frank Wilcox

      2nd Reporter (uncredited)

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      Jack Wise

      1st Photographer (uncredited)

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      Maris Wrixon

      Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)

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      Henry Zynda

      Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Apr 01 2023
    This is an adequate afternoon B-feature that probably served more as a warning against fifth-columnists than it actually entertained anyone. It all centres around attempts by the Axis powers to obtain access to the designs of "Archer Coe" (the briefest of appearances from Richard Kipling). Now he has an exclusive arrangement with the Americans so when he is found murdered, it falls to the wily, suspicions and tenacious "Vance" (James Stephenson) to find out who the killers were and on whose malevolent behalf they were working? Did they manage to steal his secret plans? Now this is just a substa...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • philo vance