Calling Philo Vance (1940)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1940-02-03
Director: William Clemens
Writers: Tom Reed , S.S. Van Dine
Language: English | German
Stars: James Stephenson , Margot Stevenson , Henry O’Neill (I) (1891–1961) , Edward Brophy , Sheila Bromley , Ralph Forbes , Donald Douglas , Martin Kosleck , Jimmy Conlin , Edward Raquello
Runtime: 62 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Philo Vance Returns (United States of America) , Três Horas Trágicas (Brazil) , Calling Philo Vance (United States of America) , Tres horas trágicas (Mexico) , Philo Vance Comes Back (United States of America) , Calling Philo Vance , Calling Philo Vance (United Kingdom)
Plot: Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe.
IMDB:tt0032299