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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Philo Vance Collection
S.S. Van Dine's Greatest Philo Vance Mystery!
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
Paul Lukas
Philo Vance
Alison Skipworth
Priscilla Kinkaid Llewellyn
Donald Cook
Lynn Llewellyn
Rosalind Russell
Doris Reed
Arthur Byron
Richard Kinkaid
Ted Healy
Police Sergeant Ernest Heath
Eric Blore
Currie
Isabel Jewell
Amelia Llewellyn
Louise Fazenda
Becky
Purnell Pratt
District Attorney John Markham (as Purnell B. Pratt)
Leslie Fenton
Dr. Kane
Louise Henry
Virginia Llewellyn
Leo G. Carroll
Smith (as Leo Carroll)
Charles Sellon
Dr. Doremus
Ernie Adams
Husband of Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Waiter (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Dr. Elton (uncredited)
William Demarest
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Auction Floorman (uncredited)
Lillian Elliott
Mrs. Marting (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Watchman (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter (uncredited)
Keye Luke
Taki - Casino Pageboy (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Japanese Casino Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Assistant Art Director
Charles G. Clarke
Director of Photography
Edwin L. Marin
Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
S.S. Van Dine
Novel
Edgar Allan Woolf
Screenplay
Florence Ryerson
Screenplay
Night of Mystery
The Scarab Murder Case
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Philo Vance Returns
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Philo Vance's Gamble
The Kennel Murder Case
Calling Philo Vance
The Greene Murder Case
The Benson Murder Case
The Dragon Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case
The Bishop Murder Case
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Figa.Ro
Koli O Arjun
The Bear and the Squirrel
Another Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man
Hostile Takeover
The Black Book
Trap House
Shaft
Flypaper
Eenie Meanie
Desert Dawn
Accident Man
The International
Bulletproof 2
Shade
Overdrive
Absolution
Until Death
Breathless
Brake
Sheroes
How to Rob a Bank
Mar 15, 1935
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