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Philo Vance's Gamble (1947)

Philo Vance's Gamble poster
Directed by
Basil Wrangell
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Philo Vance looks into a murder case. He uses his sharp mind and questioning to find the culprit among a group of suspects.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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