Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaDespite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.
Jimmy Conlin
- Dr. Doremus - Coroner
- (as Jimmy Conlon)
Herbert Anderson
- First Reporter
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Henry Blair
- Hans Snauble
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Egon Brecher
- Austrian Judge
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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- QuizAll the scenes involving the two murdered men are taken directly from the earlier mystery called Il pugnale cinese (1933), in which William Powell played Philo Vance. In both movies, most of the dialog in the scenes pertaining to the murders and the investigation is exactly the same, word-for-word, which clearly indicates that the script from the 1933 film was adapted to the story for this film, which focuses on the theft of secret aircraft plans. However, in "The Kennel Murder Case", the plot concerns stolen Chinese art objects.
- BlooperRalph Forbes is credited onscreen as "Tom MacDonald," but throughout the film, he is called Taylor MacDonald.
- Citazioni
Dr. Doremus - Coroner: [about the dead Archer Coe] There couldn't have been much of a struggle. His hair isn't even mussed.
Ryan: [Sardonically] Somebody must have blackjacked him and then combed his hair.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Inside the Dream Factory (1995)
- Colonne sonoreI'm Happy About the Whole Thing
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played when Vance and Ryan meet Grassi in the bar
Recensione in evidenza
This is an adequate afternoon B-feature that probably served more as a warning against fifth-columnists than it actually entertained anyone. It all centres around attempts by the Axis powers to obtain access to the designs of "Archer Coe" (the briefest of appearances from Richard Kipling). Now he has an exclusive arrangement with the Americans so when he is found murdered, it falls to the wily, suspicions and tenacious "Vance" (James Stephenson) to find out who the killers were and on whose malevolent behalf they were working? Did they manage to steal his secret plans? Now this is just a substantial reworking of "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933) - even down to whopping great chunks of the script being transferred, albeit updated, to allow for it's WWII scenario. Although all pretty lightweight and devoid of any real sense of jeopardy, Stephenson is actually quite engaging and there is a decent supporting effort from Edward Trophy ("Ryan") delivering some fun to this rather dry, procedural, crime drama. It's only an hour, and if you like the genre then there isn't really anything not to like - or memorable - about this.
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- 31 mar 2023
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- Philo Vance Comes Back
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By what name was Calling Philo Vance (1939) officially released in Canada in English?
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