Philo Vance Returns
“"EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"”
Synopsis
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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Edited by Gene Fowler JrShot by Jackson RoseScored by Albert Glasser
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
William Wright
as Philo Vance
Vivian Austin
as Lorena Blendon Simms
Leon Belasco
as Alexis Karnoff
Clara Blandick
as Stella Blendon
Ramsay Ames
as Virginia Berneaux
Damian O Flynn
as Larry Blendon
Frank Wilcox
as George Hullman
Iris Adrian
as Maggie McCarthy Blendon, aka Choo-choo Divine
Ann Staunton
as Helen Varney Blendon
Tim Murdock
as The Policeman
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