Series - Philo Vance
List activity
319 views
• 4 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
15 titles
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairFrank TuttleStarsWilliam PowellJean ArthurJames HallNightclub singer 'the Canary' blackmails acquaintances, ends up murdered. Only witness also killed. Detective Philo Vance investigates to uncover her killer among numerous suspects she had exploited.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsWilliam PowellFlorence EldridgeUllrich HauptRich, disdainful Greene family gathers yearly at creepy ancestral castle to discuss will. One by one, they meet untimely demises during current year's gathering under mysterious circumstances.
- DirectorDavid BurtonNick GrindeStarsBasil RathboneLeila HyamsRoland YoungWhen the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsWilliam PowellWilliam 'Stage' BoydEugene PalletteA ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there. He decides to find out who killed him.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellMary AstorEugene PallettePhilo 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.
- DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsWarren WilliamMargaret LindsayLyle TalbotThe Stamm family gives a small party prior to daughter Bernice's marriage to socialite Monty, but all of the guests seem to be against the match.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsPaul LukasAlison SkipworthDonald CookAfter socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsEdmund LoweVirginia BruceBenita HumeTwo people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
- DirectorMichael HankinsonStarsWilfrid Hyde-WhiteWally PatchKathleen KellyPhilo Vance comes to England to investigate the murder of a millionaire.
- DirectorEwald André DupontStarsGrant RichardsRoscoe KarnsHelen BurgessPhilo Vance investigates a series of murders among members of the Greene family, in this remake.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGracie AllenWarren WilliamEllen DrewThe zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night, Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club, she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case, Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help," the two eventually find the real killer.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsJames StephensonMargot StevensonHenry O'NeillDespite 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.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsWilliam WrightVivian AustinLeon BelascoPlayboy Larry Blendon (Damian O'Flynn) introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon (Clara Blandick) to his fiancee, radio singer Virginia Berneaux (Ramsay Ames). 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 (William Wright) to help find the killer. Even as they talk, the killer strikes again and Philo hears Larry fall dead. Philo begins his investigation with Alexis Karnoff (Leon Belasco), Virginia's manager, and the two go to Larry's home, where Stella tells them that the motive for the killing might be Larry's will that names the six women in his life as heirs and if any die before the will is probated, the others will divide the shares. They also learn that Katherine Corbett (Phyllis Planchard), the first of Larry's wives, has been murdered. Suspicion now falls on Lorena Sims (Vivian Austin), a former wife who has been a patient at a sanitarium suffering from a nervous ailment. All of the deaths have been by poison and Lorena had access to it at the sanitarium. Philo uncovers another piece of information that leads him to break into the Blandon home just as Stella is about to give Lorena a glass of warm milk.
- DirectorBasil WrangellStarsAlan CurtisVivian AustinFrank JenksPhilo goes after a gang of murderous jewel thieves.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsAlan CurtisSheila RyanTala BirellPublisher Martin Jamison sends for Philo Vance as he wants to hire him as a technical advisor on the crime stories he publishes. Paul Morgan, Jamison's partner, regards the plan as foolish. Jamison tells his secretary Mona Bannister to bring Vance to his home that night and he will reveal the solution to the seven-year mystery of the killing of Haddon Phillips, former partner in the firm. Phillips ex-wife, now a receptionist for the company, is alarmed when she overhears. As Vance and Mona drive up, two shots are heard and Jamison's body is later found in the trunk of Vance's car.