Aug 30, 1947
58 min
Full-HD

Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)

Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are about to be brought out into the open a murder takes place.

Category

Mystery Crime

Country

United States of America

Companies

Alan Curtis

Philo Vance

Sheila Ryan

Mona Bannister

Tala Birell

Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips

Frank Jenks

Ernie Clark

James Bell

Sheriff Harry Madison

Frank Fenton

Paul Morgan

Paul Maxey

Martin Jamison

Kenneth Farrell

Joe, the photographer

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