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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1317

The Benson Murder Case

193065 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 64:23
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Frank Tuttle · Public domain

Synopsis

A stockbroker's ruthless response to the market crash leaves several associates with motives for revenge. When they gather at his country house and murder follows, Philo Vance must distinguish financial resentment from a workable criminal plan.

Cast

William Powell

William "Stage" Boyd

Eugene Pallette

Paul Lukas

Natalie Moorhead

Richard Tucker

DirectorsFrank Tuttle

Inspirations

William Powell returns as S. S. Van Dine's detective in an adaptation of the first Philo Vance novel. The film relocates the mystery into the financial turmoil surrounding the stock-market collapse.

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Photograph credit

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William Powell — George Hurrell for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Public domain
Eugene Pallette — Universal Pictures · Public domain
Paul Lukas — Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2; The Casino Murder Case trailer · Public domain
Natalie Moorhead — Ruth Collier (agent for Moorhead); eBay ad · Public domain
Richard Tucker — Willis Kent Productions; The Road To Ruin (1934) on the Internet Archive · Public domain

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