Philo Vance Returns

Name: Philo Vance Returns
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Action
Released: 1947-04-14
Duration: 1 h 4 min
Cast: William Wright, Vivian Austin, Leon Belasco, Clara Blandick, Ramsay Ames

1947Movie1 h 4 minNR

Crime Mystery

DecentGoodWatch score

5.8

DecentGoodWatch score

5.8

Summary

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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IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 4 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −42 min on the typical 106
typical 10664
Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Released
1947
April 14, 1947
79 years ago
Genres
CrimeMysteryAction
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
16 of 16
Directing · 4
William Beaudine Director
Howard W. Koch Assistant Director
Emmett Emerson Assistant Director
William Beaudine Jr. Second Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Robert E. Kent Screenplay
S.S. Van Dine Characters
Production · 1
Howard Welsch Producer
Camera · 1
Jackson Rose Director of Photography
Editing · 2
Gene Fowler Jr. Editor
Alfred DeGaetano Supervising Editor
Sound · 5
Albert Glasser Original Music Composer
J.N.A. Hawkins Sound Director
Irving Friedman Music Director
William Kernell Dialogue Editor
Percy Townsend Sound Mixer
Art · 2
Armor Marlowe Set Decoration
Perry Smith Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
Dorothy Drake Wardrobe Supervisor
Bud Westmore Makeup Department Head
Eunice King Hairstylist
Other crew · 1
George J. Teague Special Effects