
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play.
Cast

Edmund Lowe
Philo Vance

Virginia Bruce
Zalia Graem

Benita Hume
Nurse Gladys Beeton

Douglas Walton
Floyd Garden

Nat Pendleton
Sergeant Ernest Heath

Gene Lockhart
Edgar Lowe Hammle

H.B. Warner
Major Fenwicke-Ralston

Kent Smith
Woode Swift

Grant Mitchell
District Attorney Markham

Frieda Inescort
Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston

Henry B. Walthall
Dr. Garden

Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Hammle

Charles Trowbridge
Inspector Colby

Etienne Girardot
Dr. Doremus

William Austin
Sneed, Hammle's Butler (Uncredited)

Don Brodie
Messenger (Uncredited)

Olaf Hytten
Vance's Butler (Uncredited)

Rosalind Ivan
Mrs. Jepson (Uncredited)

Fred Kelsey
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Man Yelling at Race Track (Uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
Alexander Pollard
Waiter at Race Track (Uncredited)
Jack Roper
Servant Eating Caviar (Uncredited)

Matty Roubert
Newsboy (Uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon
Woman Running for Bus (Uncredited)

Duke York
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
Crew

Edwin L. Marin
Director
Bertram Millhauser
Screenplay

S.S. Van Dine
Novel
Ben Lewis
Editor

Charles G. Clarke
Director of Photography

Lesley Selander
Assistant Director
Ned Marin
Producer
Lucien Hubbard
Producer
Dolly Tree
Costume Design

Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
William Axt
Original Music Composer

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Jack Virgil
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
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