Calling Philo Vance

Calling Philo Vance is a 1940 American mystery/comedy film released by

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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.

Plot

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Cast

• James Stephenson as Philo Vance
• Margot Stevenson as Hilda Lake
• Henry O'Neill as J.P. Markham
• Edward Brophy as Ryan
• Sheila Bromley as Doris Delafield
• Ralph Forbes as Taylor McDonald
• Don Douglas
  as Philip Wrede
• Martin Kosleck as Gamble
• Jimmy Conlin as Dr. Doremus (misspelled in the credits as Conlon)
• Edward Raquello as Eduardo Grassi
• Creighton Hale as Du Bois
• Harry Strang as Markham's assistant
• Richard Kipling as Archer Coe
• Wedgwood Nowell as Brisbane Coe
• Bo Ling as Ling Toy
• Olaf Hytten as Charles (uncredited)
• George Irving as Avery (uncredited)
• Frank Mayo as Doorman (uncredited)

Cast notes: Warner Bros. intended to revitalize the Philo Vance series with British stage actor James Stephenson, but Stephenson never played the part again – he died of a heart attack in 1941.

Calling Philo Vance had the working titles Philo Vance Comes Back and Philo Vance Returns.[3]

References

Notes

External links

• Calling Philo Vance at
  IMDb
• Calling Philo Vance at the TCM Movie Database
• Calling Philo Vance at AllMovie
• Calling Philo Vance at the American Film Institute Catalog

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