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The Casino Murder Case is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edwin L. Marin released in USA on 15 march 1935 with Paul Lukas

The Casino Murder Case (1935)

The Casino Murder Case
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Released in USA 15 march 1935
Length 1h22
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action
Rating61% 3.0509053.0509053.0509053.0509053.050905

The Casino Murder Case is a 1935 mystery film starring Paul Lukas and Alison Skipworth. It was directed by Edwin L. Marin from a screenplay by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. It was the ninth film in the Philo Vance film series.

Synopsis

Gentleman detective Philo Vance (Paul Lukas) begins an investigation when he receives an anonymous letter stating that society man Lynn Llewellyn (Donald Cook) will be in danger when he appears at the casino owned by his uncle, Kinkaid (Arthur Byron). Vance visits the Llewellyn estate, which is run by Mrs. Priscilla Kinkaid-Llewellyn (Alison Skipworth), the matriarch of the household, and stumbles into one of the family's many quarrels. At the end of the bitter quarrel, which involves Mrs. Llewellyn's son Lynn and his wife Virginia (Louise Henry), Virginia announces that she has decided to leave the house and go to Chicago. During the tiff, Vance and Doris (Rosalind Russell), Mrs. Llewellyn's secretary, are introduced to each other and Doris immediately takes a liking to Vance.

Actors

Paul Lukas

(Philo Vance)Alison Skipworth

(Mrs. Llewellyn)Donald Cook

(Lynn)Rosalind Russell

(Doris)Arthur Byron

(Kinkaid)
And :
Ted Healy
Charles Sellon
Eric Blore
Isabel Jewell
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