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Philo Vance (1974)

Philo Vance poster
Directed by
Marco Leto
Genre
detective fiction
Country
Italy
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Italian television miniseries from 1974 follows the dandy detective Philo Vance as he solves crimes. It aired in six episodes split across three distinct cases.

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What happens

Philo Vance è una miniserie televisiva poliziesca italiana trasmessa nel 1974 dalla Rai e centrata sulla figura dell'investigatore-dandy Philo Vance, creata dalla penna dello scrittore S.S. Van Dine. La sceneggiatura della serie era di Biagio Proietti e Belisario Randone mentre la regia televisiva era curata da Marco Leto. La miniserie era composta in totale da 6 episodi: tre segmenti narrativi diversi, suddivisi ciascuno in due parti. Le sei puntate vennero trasmesse dall'allora Programma Nazionale, il martedì sera in prima serata, dal 3 settembre al 21 settembre 1974. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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