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.
Cast
Gracie Allen
Gracie Allen
Warren William
Philo Vance
Ellen Drew
Ann Wilson
Kent Taylor
Bill Brown
Jed Prouty
Uncle Ambrose
Jerome Cowan
Daniel Mirche
Donald MacBride
Dist. Atty. John, Markham
H.B. Warner
Richard Lawrence
William Demarest
Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
Judith Barrett
Dixie Del Marr
Sam Lee
Thug
Al Shaw
Thug
Richard Denning
Fred
Irving Bacon
Hotel Clerk
Jack Baxley
Reporter #2
Don Brodie
Reporter #1
James B. Carson
Hotel Manager
Monte Collins
Picnic Master of Ceremonies
Edgar Dearing
Motorcycle Officer Corrigan
Rube Demarest
Reporter
James Flavin
Turnkey
Willie Fung
Houseboy
William Haade
Hotel Doorman
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Thug
George Hickman
Elevator Boy #1
Esther Howard
Florist
Jim Kelso
Photographer
Colin Kenny
Nightclub Patron
Helen MacKellar
Secretary
Horace McMahon
Gus
Max Mellenger
Thug
Frank Meredith
Motorcycle Cop
Lee Moore
Benny 'The Buzzard' Nelson
Paul Newlan
Fred
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter
Ted Oliver
Motorcycle Cop
Norman Phillips Jr.
Elevator Boy #3
Addison Richards
Detective
Henry Roquemore
Hotel Guest
Walter Soderling
Dr. Doremus
Robert St. Angelo
Thug
Ben Taggart
Policeman
Harry Tenbrook
Harry
Harry Tyler
Police Photographer
Max Wagner
Thug
Janet Waldo
Cigarette Girl
Phil Warren
Chauffeur
Harry Wilson
Thug
Florence Wix
Nightclub Patron
Lillian Yarbo
Maid
Sam Harris
Nightclub Patron
Crew
Alfred E. Green
Director, Producer
Eddie Welch
Screenplay
Nat Perrin
Screenplay
C. Gardner Sullivan
Screenplay
S.S. Van Dine
Story
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Charles Lang
Director of Photography
William LeBaron
Executive Producer
George M. Arthur
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Gerard Carbonara
Original Music Composer
Leo Shuken
Original Music Composer
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
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