Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
James Stephenson
Philo Vance
Margot Stevenson
Hilda Lake
Henry O'Neill
Markham
Edward Brophy
Ryan
Sheila Bromley
Doris
Ralph Forbes
Tom McDonald
Donald Douglas
Philip Wrede
Martin Kosleck
Gamble
Jimmy Conlin
Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Creighton Hale
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Edward Raquello
Eduardo Grassi
William Clemens
Director
Harry Strang
Hennessey - Markham's Assistant
Tom Reed
Writer
Richard Kipling
Archer Coe
Wedgwood Nowell
Brisbane Coe
S.S. Van Dine
Writer
Bo Ling
Ling Toy
L. William O'Connell
Cinematographer
Louis Lindsay
Editor
Terry
MacTavish (uncredited)
Herbert Anderson
First Reporter (uncredited)
Ben G. Liss
Editor
Henry Blair
Hans Snauble (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Austrian Judge (uncredited)
Harry Burns
Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt
Sorrento Sailor (uncredited)
Nat Carr
2nd Photographer (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
Loia Cheaney
Markham's Secretary (uncredited)
Frederick Giermann
Austrian Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddie Graham
Coroner's Assistant (uncredited)
John Harron
Third Reporter (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Hertz (uncredited)
William Hopper
Clerk at Hotel Nino in Chicago (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Charles (uncredited)
George Irving
Avery (uncredited)
Marion Lessing
Mrs. Fritz Snauble (uncredited)
Rolf Lindau
Aeronautics Department Sentry (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Doorman (uncredited)
George Reeves
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
John J. Richardson
4h Reporter (uncredited)
Cliff Saum
Investigator Snitken (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Nazi Officer at Dock (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
2nd Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Wise
1st Photographer (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon
Long-Distance Operator (uncredited)
Henry Zynda
Austrian Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Calling Philo Vance is a 1940 American mystery/comedy film released by Warner Bros. and starring James Stephenson as the dilettante detective Philo Vance, his only appearance as the character; Margot Stevenson co-stars. The film also features Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy, Sheila Bromley and Ralph Forbes. It was directed by William Clemens from a screenplay by Tom Reed, based on the 1933 novel The Kennel Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine, which had been made into a film in 1933, starring William Powell and Mary Astor.
For this adaptation of the story, Vance is on international assignment from the United States government to investigate traffic in wartime aircraft designs. The original story dealt with art world double-dealing, but the solution to the mystery is the same in both films. Oddly, Sgt. Heath, Vance's usual police irritant, has been renamed Ryan.