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About
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she attempts to clear the name of a friend accused of the killing, her wacky, scatterbrained ways constantly impede the investigation.
Theatrical
Jun 2, 1939
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 18, 2025
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Full credits →G
Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen
W
Warren William
Philo Vance
E
Ellen Drew
Ann Wilson
K
Kent Taylor
Bill Brown
J
Jed Prouty
Uncle Ambrose
J
Jerome Cowan
Daniel Mirche
D
Donald MacBride
Dist. Atty. John, Markham
H
H.B. Warner
Richard Lawrence
W
William Demarest
Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
J
Judith Barrett
Dixie Del Marr
S
Sam Lee
Thug
A
Al Shaw
Thug
R
Richard Denning
Fred
I
Irving Bacon
Hotel Clerk
J
Jack Baxley
Reporter #2
D
Don Brodie
Reporter #1
J
James B. Carson
Hotel Manager
M
Monte Collins
Picnic Master of Ceremonies
E
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
R
Rube Demarest
Reporter
Philo Vance Collection
The movie adaptions of the S. S. Van Dine novels featuring the detective Philo Vance, starring various actors in the lead role.
