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Philo Vance Returns (1947)

Philo Vance Returns

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1h 4m

Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance

April 11th, 1947

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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.

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Cast

William Wright
Philo Vance
Vivian Austin
Lorena Blendon Simms
Leon Belasco
Alexis Karnoff
Clara Blandick
Stella Blendon
Ramsay Ames
Virginia Berneaux
Damian O'Flynn
Larry Blendon
Frank Wilcox
George Hullman
Iris Adrian
Maggie McCarthy Blendon, aka Choo-choo Divine
Ann Staunton
Helen Varney Blendon
Tim Murdock
The policeman
Full cast & crew

Directors

William Beaudine
Full cast & crew

Producers

Howard Welsch
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

S.S. Van Dine
character
Robert E. Kent
original screenplay
Full cast & crew

Taglines

It's his biggest "Beauties and Bullets" adventure!
LADY KILLER PHILO VANCE SOLVES THE CASE OF THE KILLER LADY! (original Card A poster-all caps)
THERE'S A KISS FOR EVERY KILLING...AND A BLONDE FOR EVERY BULLET IN THE ACE SLEUTH'S TOP ADVENTURE! (original poster -all caps)
All Taglines

Keywords

held at gunpoint
murder
husband wife relationship
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

July 27th, 1948 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
November 1st, 1948 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
April 11th, 1947 (United States of America) (Ainsworth, NE)
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Alternative Titles

Philo Vance Returns (original title)
Philo Vance Returns (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Philo Vance Returns (United States of America)
All Alternative Titles

Running Times

64 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (as P.R.C. Pictures Inc.) / (as PRC Pictures Inc.)
PRC

Distribution Companies

Pathé Pictures Ltd. (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (United States of America)
Films Around the World (I) (Worldwide)

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