The Scarab Murder Case (1936)
One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie
- Date of release
- 1936-11-30
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Mystery
- Director
- Michael Hankinson
- Collection
- Philo Vance Collection
Casting
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Philo Vance
- Wally Patch — Inspector Moor
- Henri De Vries — Dr. Bliss
- Kathleen Kelly — Angela Hargreaves
- John Robinson — Donald Scarlett
- Geoffrey Wallace — Salveter
Interesting facts
The Scarab Murder Case is a lost 1936 British film directed by Michael Hankinson and starring Wilfrid Hyde-White, Wally Patch and Kathleen Kelly. It was written by Selwyn Jepson based on the 1930 novel of the same title by S. S. Van Dine. It is part of a series of films about fictional detective Philo Vance.
Production
Paramount Pictures intended for William Powell to portray Philo Vance, as he had in three prior Paramount films The Canary Murder Case (1929), The Greene Murder Case (1929) and The Benson Murder Case (1930), as well as The Kennel Murder Case (1933) for Warner Bros. However, Powell changed studios, and the role went to Wilfrid Hyde-White.
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