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"EVERY TIME I TRY TO GET NEXT TO A BLONDE...A KILLER GETS THERE FIRST!"
6.3 / 10 IMDb April 14, 1947 1h 4m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 4m
Release Date
April 14, 1947
Genre
Crime, Mystery, Action
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Writers
Producers
Cast
William Wright
as Philo Vance
Vivian Austin
as Lorena Blendon Simms
Leon Belasco
as Alexis Karnoff
Clara Blandick
as Stella Blendon
Ramsay Ames
as Virginia Berneaux
Damian O'Flynn
as Larry Blendon
Frank Wilcox
as George Hullman
Iris Adrian
as Maggie McCarthy / Choo-Choo Divine
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Ann Staunton
as Helen Varney Blendon
Tim Murdock
as The Policeman
Mary Scott
as Mary
Wade Crosby
as Choo-Choo's Bodyguard (Uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Police Lieutenant Mullard (Uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
as Dr. Campbell (Uncredited)
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Phyllis Planchard
as Agatha Cowle (Uncredited)
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Cy Stevens
as Greg Simms (Uncredited)
Production Companies
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