Top billed cast

1. 

   William Powell

   Philo Vance

2. 

   Florence Eldridge

   Sibella Greene

3. 

   Ullrich Haupt

   Dr. Von Blon

4. 

   Jean Arthur

   Ada Greene

5. 

   Eugene Pallette

   Sergeant Heath

6. 

   E.H. Calvert

   John F. X. Markham

7. 

   Gertrude Norman

   Mrs. Tobias Greene

8. 

   Lowell Drew

   Chester Greene

9. 

   Morgan Farley

   Rex Greene

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-02

This all starts with a sort of roll-call where a lawyer checks the presence of the "Greene" family at the bedside of their mother. A condition of their late father's will is if they don't all live together for fifteen years after his demise, then they don't get a sou. Not surprisingly, they don't exactly see eye to eye so when one of them is shot, it's hardly a shock. The police - the instantly recognisable Eugene Palette as "Sgt. Heath" - duly arrive and enlist the help of detective "Philo Vance" (William Powell) who quickly discovers that any one of them could have done it. Thing is, the kil...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• paraplegic
• gunshot wound
• snow
• mansion
• secret door
• district attorney
• pre-code
• police investigation
• philo vance
• criminally insane
• murder by gunshot
• wealthy family
• poisoning
• mysterious footprint
• melodrama
• family doctor
• society sleuth
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