The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
A DUMBELLE...who knew too much about MURDER!
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she attempts to clear the name of a friend accused of the killing, her wacky, scatterbrained ways constantly impede the investigation.
- Date of release
- 1939-06-02
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery
- Director
- Alfred E. Green
- Collection
- Philo Vance Collection
Casting
- Gracie Allen — Gracie Allen
- Warren William — Philo Vance
- Ellen Drew — Ann Wilson
- Kent Taylor — Bill Brown
- Jed Prouty — Uncle Ambrose
- Jerome Cowan — Daniel Mirche
- Donald MacBride — Dist. Atty. John, Markham
- H.B. Warner — Richard Lawrence
- William Demarest — Police Sgt. Ernest Heath
- Judith Barrett — Dixie Del Marr
- Sam Lee — Thug
- Al Shaw — Thug
Interesting facts
The Gracie Allen Murder Case is a 1939 American comedy mystery film taken from the Philo Vance series by writer S.S. Van Dine and directed by Alfred E. Green from a screenplay by Nat Perrin. The film stars the female member of the comedy duo Burns and Allen Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor, Judith Barrett, Donald MacBride and Jed Prouty. The film was released on June 2, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.
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