The movie adaptions of the S. S. Van Dine novels featuring the detective Philo Vance, starring various actors in the lead role.
15 films
The Canary Murder Case
1929
The Greene Murder Case
1929
The Bishop Murder Case
1929
The Benson Murder Case
1930
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
Watching
The Casino Murder Case
1935
The Garden Murder Case
1936
The Scarab Murder Case
1936
Night of Mystery
1937
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
Calling Philo Vance
1940
Philo Vance's Gamble
1947
Philo Vance Returns
1947
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
1947
Florence Ryerson (Screenplay) · Edwin L. Marin (Director) · Edgar Allan Woolf (Screenplay)
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)
Edna Bennett
Nurse to Lynn (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)
Eddie Hart
Police Detective (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
Tom Herbert
Reporter (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter (uncredited)
Keye Luke
Taki - Casino Pageboy (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Japanese Casino Waiter (uncredited)
Pinky Parker
Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Dick Rush
Police Detective (uncredited)
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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.
