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
The Casino Murder Case
1935
The Garden Murder Case
1936
The Scarab Murder Case
1936
Night of Mystery
1937
Watching
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
Alfred E. Green (Director) · Nat Perrin (Screenplay) · S.S. Van Dine (Story) · C. Gardner Sullivan (Screenplay) · Eddie Welch (Screenplay)
Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen
Warren William
Philo Vance
Ellen Drew
Ann Wilson
Kent Taylor
Bill Brown
Jed Prouty
Uncle Ambrose
Jerome Cowan
Daniel Mirche
Donald MacBride
Dist. Atty. John, Markham
H.B. Warner
Richard Lawrence
William Demarest
Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
Judith Barrett
Dixie Del Marr
Sam Lee
Thug
Al Shaw
Thug
Richard Denning
Fred
Irving Bacon
Hotel Clerk
Jack Baxley
Reporter #2
Don Brodie
Reporter #1
James B. Carson
Hotel Manager
Monte Collins
Picnic Master of Ceremonies
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Rube Demarest
Reporter
James Flavin
Turnkey
Willie Fung
Houseboy
William Haade
Hotel Doorman
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Thug
George Hickman
Elevator Boy #1
Esther Howard
Florist
Jim Kelso
Photographer
Colin Kenny
Nightclub Patron
Helen MacKellar
Secretary
Horace McMahon
Gus
Max Mellenger
Thug
Frank Meredith
Motorcycle Cop
Lee Moore
Benny 'The Buzzard' Nelson
Paul Newlan
Fred
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter
Ted Oliver
Motorcycle Cop
Norman Phillips Jr.
Elevator Boy #3
Addison Richards
Detective
Henry Roquemore
Hotel Guest
Walter Soderling
Dr. Doremus
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Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she attempts to clear the name of a friend accused of the killing, her wacky, scatterbrained ways constantly impede the investigation.
