The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 74% of the 93 1930s crime movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert N. LeeScreenplay
- Michael CurtizDirector
- Peter MilneScreenplay
- S.S. Van DineWriter
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- William PowellPhilo Vance
- Mary AstorHilda Lake
- Eugene PalletteDetective Heath
- Ralph MorganRaymond Wrede
- Robert McWadeDistrict Attorney Markham
- Robert BarratArcher Coe
- Frank ConroyBrisbane Coe
- Etienne GirardotDr. Doremus
- James LeeLiang
- Paul CavanaghThomas MacDonald
- Arthur HohlGamble the Butler
- Helen VinsonDoris Delafield
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