The Bishop Murder Case (film)
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Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Mystery Screenplay Lenore Coffee Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 3, 1930 (1930-01-03) Writer S.S. Van Dine (from the book by), Lenore J. Coffee (adaptation) Cast (Philo Vance), (Belle Dillard), (Sigurd 'Erik' Arnesson), (Professor Bertrand Dillard), (Adolph Drukker), (Mrs. Otto Drukker) Similar movies The Benson Murder Case , Philo Vance's Secret Mission , The Gracie Allen Murder Case , Philo Vance's Gamble , The Garden Murder Case , The Casino Murder Case Tagline ALL-TALKING!...ALL-THRILLS! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Bishop Murder Case is a 1930 mystery film directed by Nick Grinde, starring Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Roland Young. Nine years before his role as Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone essayed the character of S.S. Van Dyne's detective Philo Vance. S.S. Van Dyne's novel, The Benson Murder Case in 1926 success spawned 11 subsequent Vance novels.
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Plot summary
"The Bishop" plots his killings in the systematic manner of a chess game, and tips off each of his crimes by sending the police cryptic messages in the form of Mother Goose rhymes.
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Trivia
Roland Young jokingly refers to Basil Rathbone's character as Sherlock Holmes, nine years before Rathbone would first play the famous detective.
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