Philo Vance's Gamble

Philo Vance's Gamble
Directed by	Basil Wrangell
Written by	Eugene Conrad Arthur St. Claire Lawrence Taylor
Based on	the character created by S.S. Van Dine
Produced by	Howard Welsch
Starring	Alan Curtis Vivian Austin Tala Birell
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	W. Donn Hayes
Music by	Alvin Levin
Production company	Producers Releasing Corporation
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	April 12, 1947 (1947-04-12)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Philo Vance's Gamble is a 1947 American mystery film directed by Basil Wrangell and starring Alan Curtis, Vivian Austin and Tala Birell. It was the first of three films featuring the detective Philo Vance made by the Producers Releasing Corporation, as part of a loose series of Vance films stretching back to 1929. ^[1]

Plot

Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the United States.

Cast

• Alan Curtis as Philo Vance
• Vivian Austin as Laurian March
• Frank Jenks as Ernie Clark
• Tala Birell as Mrs. Tina Cromwell
• Gavin Gordon as Oliver Tennant
• Cliff Clark as Inspector Walsh
• James Burke as Lt. Burke
• Toni Todd as Geegee Desmond
• Francis Pierlot as Roberts the Butler
• Joseph Crehan as Dist. Atty. Ellis Mason
• Garnett Marks as Charles O'Mara
• Grady Sutton as Mr. Willetts
• Charles Mitchell as Guy Harkness
• Joanne Frank as Norma Harkness
• Dan Seymour as Jeffrey Connor
• Karolyn Grimes as Pat Roberts

References

1. Backer p.34

Bibliography

• Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• Philo Vance's Gamble at IMDb
• Philo Vance's Gamble at the TCM Movie Database
• Philo Vance's Gamble at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films