The Bishop Murder Case (film)

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.

Contents

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• Plot summary
• Cast
• Trivia
• References

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.

Cast

Basil Rathbone as Philo Vance

Leila Hyams as Belle Dillard

Roland Young as Sigurd Arnesson

Alec B. Francis as Professor Bertrand Dillard

George F. Marion as Adolph Drukker

Zelda Sears as Mrs. Otto Drukker

Bodil Rosing as Grete Menzel

Carroll Nye as John E. Sprigg

Charles Quatermaine as John Pardee

James Donlan as Ernest Heath

Sidney Bracey as Robin Pyne

Clarence Geldart as John F.-X. Markham

Delmer Daves as Raymond Sperling

Nellie Bly Baker as Beedle

Trivia

Roland Young jokingly refers to Basil Rathbone's character as Sherlock Holmes, nine years before Rathbone would first play the famous detective.