Philo Vance Returns
"EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"
1947 · 1h 4m · Approved
Action, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
William Beaudine
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.
Director and cast
- William Beaudine Director
- William Wright as Philo Vance
- Vivian Austin as Lorena Blendon Simms (as Terry Austin)
- Leon Belasco as Alexis Karnoff
- Clara Blandick as Stella Blendon
- Ramsay Ames as Virginia Berneaux
- Damian O'Flynn as Larry Blendon
- Frank Wilcox as George Hullman
- Iris Adrian as Maggie McCarthy Blendon, aka Choo-choo Divine
- Ann Staunton Cast
- Tim Murdock Cast
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