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The Greene Murder Case (1929)

The Greene Murder Case poster
Directed by
Frank Tuttle
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders in a wealthy family. He must uncover the killer before more victims are claimed.

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What happens

The Greene Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Frank Tuttle and stars William Powell in his second Philo Vance outing, Florence Eldridge, and Jean Arthur. It is produced and released on August 11, 1929, by Paramount Pictures and based on the novel The Greene Murder Case, by S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright). The novel had been published a year before this film was made. In 1937, the film was remade as Night of Mystery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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