Philo Vance's Gamble

1947 American film
  • Eugene Conrad
  • Arthur St. Claire
  • Lawrence Taylor
Based onthe character created
by S.S. Van DineProduced byHoward WelschStarring
  • Alan Curtis
  • Vivian Austin
  • Tala Birell
CinematographyJackson RoseEdited byW. Donn HayesMusic byAlvin Levin
Production
company
Producers Releasing Corporation
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • April 12, 1947 (1947-04-12)
Running time
62 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Philo Vance's Gamble is a 1947 American mystery film directed by Basil Wrangell and starring Alan Curtis, Vivian Austin and Tala Birell. It was the first of three films featuring the detective Philo Vance made by the Producers Releasing Corporation, as part of a loose series of Vance films stretching back to 1929.[1]

Plot

Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the United States.

Cast

  • Alan Curtis as Philo Vance
  • Vivian Austin as Laurian March
  • Frank Jenks as Ernie Clark
  • Tala Birell as Mrs. Tina Cromwell
  • Gavin Gordon as Oliver Tennant
  • Cliff Clark as Inspector Walsh
  • James Burke as Lt. Burke
  • Toni Todd as Geegee Desmond
  • Francis Pierlot as Roberts the Butler
  • Joseph Crehan as Dist. Atty. Ellis Mason
  • Garnett Marks as Charles O'Mara
  • Grady Sutton as Mr. Willetts
  • Charles Mitchell as Guy Harkness
  • Joanne Frank as Norma Harkness
  • Dan Seymour as Jeffrey Connor
  • Karolyn Grimes as Pat Roberts

References

  1. ^ Backer p.34

Bibliography

  • Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.

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