Philo Vance's Secret Mission(1947)
Secret murder... Sinister mission
Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are about to be brought out into the open a murder takes place.
Movie: Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Top 10 Billed Cast
Philo Vance
Mona Bannister
Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips
Ernie Clark
Sheriff Harry Madison
Paul Morgan
Martin Jamison
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