Calling Philo Vance

1940
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1h 2min

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Sheila Bromley, Edward Brophy, Jimmy Conlin, Donald Douglas, Ralph Forbes, Henry O'Neill, James Stephenson, and Margot Stevenson in Calling Philo Vance (1940)

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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.

Regia
- William Clemens
Sceneggiatura
- Tom Reed
- S.S. Van Dine
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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

5,8/10

503

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Regia
- William Clemens
Sceneggiatura
- Tom Reed
- S.S. Van Dine
Star

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Regia
- William Clemens
Sceneggiatura
- Tom Reed
- S.S. Van Dine
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All 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.

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Ralph 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.

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Featured in Inside the Dream Factory (1995)

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I'm Happy About the Whole Thing
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Music by Harry Warren
Played when Vance and Ryan meet Grassi in the bar

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remake of earlier P Vance..

Willard Wright had written murder stories from 1929 - 1939, and created the character Philo Vance. Various people played the Vance character in films over the years, and were written under the name S.S. Van Dine. His addictions contributed to his early death at age 51. In our story, Vance (James Stephenson) is traveling around europe under an assumed name, and when they try to keep him in Germany, he escapes and pops back up in America. Keep an eye out for better-known Ed Brophy as his co-worker "Ryan". This one a a remake of Warner Brothers' own very successful Kennel Murder Case from 1933. By this time, europe was getting esconced in spies and a brewing war, so now its all about stolen fighter plane plans. this one has the usual side gags... the bumbling police, and the muttering medical examiner who is called in every time there's another murder. This one has more of a steady plot line, and a smooth plot line, since it is a remake. Pretty good. Directed by William Clemens, who also directed a bunch of the "Falcon" films.