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