Philo Vance Returns (1947)
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.
Director:
William Beaudine
Writer:
Robert E. Kent
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William Wright as Philo Vance |
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Vivian Austin as Lorena Blendon Simms |
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Leon Belasco as Alexis Karnoff |
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Clara Blandick as Stella Blendon |
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Ramsay Ames as Virginia Berneaux |
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Damian O'Flynn as Larry Blendon |
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Frank Wilcox as George Hullman |
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Iris Adrian as Maggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine |
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Ann Staunton as Helen Varney Blendon |
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Tim Murdock as The Policeman |
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Mary Scott as Mary |
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Wade Crosby as Choo-Choo's Bodyguard (Uncredited) |
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Eddie Dunn as Police Lieutenant Mullard (Uncredited) |
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Broderick O'Farrell as Dr. Campbell (Uncredited) |
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Phyllis Planchard as Agatha Cowle (Uncredited) |
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Cy Stevens as Greg Simms (Uncredited) |
| Directing | William Beaudine | Director |
| Sound | William Kernell | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eunice King | Hairstylist |
| Directing | William Beaudine Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | George J. Teague | Special Effects |
| Camera | Jackson Rose | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Percy Townsend | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Emmett Emerson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Irving Friedman | Music Director |
| Sound | J.N.A. Hawkins | Sound Director |
| Editing | Gene Fowler Jr. | Editor |
| Art | Armor Marlowe | Set Decoration |
| Writing | S.S. Van Dine | Characters |
| Art | Perry Smith | Art Direction |
| Writing | Robert E. Kent | Screenplay |
| Production | Howard Welsch | Producer |
| Editing | Alfred DeGaetano | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Albert Glasser | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Drake | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Directing | Howard W. Koch | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Department Head |
