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.
Acting
Gracie Allen's singular, inexplicable comic timing—no one else could do this.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Gracie's famous 'illogical logic' against the plot itself.
Director
Alfred E. Green
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the only Philo Vance film played for comedy; the studio literally broke a successful mystery franchise because Gracie Allen's radio popularity demanded it.
Gracie maintained her 'dumb' persona so completely that fans sent her money and marriage advice for decades—she was secretly a sharp businesswoman who managed George Burns' career.
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