Philo Vance Returns

""EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!""

1947 1h 4m EN

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6.3

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5.7

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★6.3TMDB · 3★5.7IMDB · 203

CrimeMysteryAction

Synopsis

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Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. 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, to help find the killer.

“"EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"”

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Cast

William Wright
Philo Vance
Vivian Austin
Lorena Blendon Simms
Leon Belasco
Alexis Karnoff
Clara Blandick
Stella Blendon
Ramsay Ames
Virginia Berneaux
Damian O'Flynn
Larry Blendon
Frank Wilcox
George Hullman
Iris Adrian
Maggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Robert E. Kent
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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79 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Philo Vance Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by William Beaudine, shot by Jackson Rose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Albert Glasser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Gene Fowler Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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William Wright and Vivian Austin and Leon Belasco carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: ""EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"".

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The take

William Beaudine directs. Jackson Rose behind the camera. Albert Glasser scores. Gene Fowler Jr. cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
279 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Philo Vance Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by William Beaudine, shot by Jackson Rose. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Albert Glasser. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Gene Fowler Jr. shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7William Wright and Vivian Austin and Leon Belasco carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: ""EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"".
9IMDB entry: tt0039701 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "investigation", "murder", "sanitarium", "b movie".