Calling Philo Vance
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Screenplay Tom Reed Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller Story by S. S. Van Dine Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 3, 1940 (US) Writer Tom Reed (screenplay), S.S. Van Dine (novel) Cast James Stephenson (Philo Vance), (Hilda Lake), (Ryan), (Doris Delafield), Henry O'Neill (Markham), (Tom McDonald)Similar movies The Dragon Murder Case , The Bishop Murder Case , , Philo Vance's Secret Mission , The Canary Murder Case , The Greene Murder Case |
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Calling Philo Vance is a 1940 American mystery/comedy 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 screeenplay by Tom Reed, based on the 1933 novel The Kennel Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine, which had previously been made into a film in 1933, starring William Powell and Mary Astor.
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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 each film.

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Production
Calling Philo Vance had the working titles "Philo Vance Comes Back" and "Philo Vance Returns".
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