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The Greene Murder Case

192969 minUnited States
CrimeMystery
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
67:23
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Wikimedia Commons · Frank Tuttle · Public domain

Synopsis

Members of the wealthy Greene family gather under the terms of a will, bringing resentment and conflicting interests into the same house. When killings begin, Philo Vance joins the investigation. Family hostility, disputed loyalties and concealed motives complicate the search for a single explanation.

Cast

DirectorsFrank Tuttle

Inspirations

William Powell returns as S. S. Van Dine's cultivated amateur detective. The adaptation turns a compulsory family gathering into a closed circle of suspects.

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