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.
Cast
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
Toni Todd
Louise Roberts aka Mrs. Paul Morgan
David Leonard
Carl Wilson (uncredited)
William Newell
Deputy (uncredited)
Tom Quinn
Haddon Phillips (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Ship's Purser (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Thaddius Carter (uncredited)
Crew
Reginald Le Borg
Director
Lawrence Taylor
Writer
W. Donn Hayes
Editor
Jackson Rose
Director of Photography
Howard W. Koch
Assistant Director
Howard Welsch
Producer
Edward C. Jewell
Production Design
Dorothy Drake
Costume Supervisor
Eunice King
Hairstylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Department Head
J.N.A. Hawkins
Sound Engineer
George J. Teague
Special Effects
Emil Cadkin
Original Music Composer
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer
Clarence Steensen
Set Decoration
Armor Marlowe
Set Decoration
Alfred DeGaetano
Supervising Editor
Perry Smith
Art Direction
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