The read
It runs a compact 1h 4m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- William BeaudineDirector
- Robert E. KentScreenplay
- Albert GlasserOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- William WrightPhilo Vance
- Vivian AustinLorena Blendon Simms
- Leon BelascoAlexis Karnoff
- Clara BlandickStella Blendon
- Ramsay AmesVirginia Berneaux
- Damian O'FlynnLarry Blendon
- Frank WilcoxGeorge Hullman
- Iris AdrianMaggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine
- Ann StauntonHelen Varney Blendon
- Tim MurdockThe Policeman
- Mary ScottMary
- Wade CrosbyChoo-Choo's Bodyguard (Uncredited)
Stills
Themes
investigationmurdersanitariumb movieprivate detectivephilo vancemurder by gunshotpoisoningmultiple marriagespsychiatric patient