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The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Director(s) Michael Curtiz
Producer(s)

No producer listed for this movie

Top Genres Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation, Mystery

The Kennel Murder Case Overview:

The Kennel Murder Case (1933) was a Mystery - Black-and-white Film directed by Michael Curtiz .

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William Powell is Philo Vance in "The Kennel Murder Case"

William Powell is Philo Vance in "The Kennel Murder Case" The Kennel Murder Case (1933) is an American pre-Code murder-mystery film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring William Powell and Mary Astor. Powell plays detective Philo Vance, a sophisticated sleuth, one year before he would play a... Read full article


The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

It’s happened in some well-documented cases that the same actor has played two characters that feel nominally similar and based on this cursory level of comparison the general public has been forever befuddled. You could cite some notable examples being Bogart playing Sam Spade and Phillip M... Read full article


The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

It’s happened in some well-documented cases that the same actor has played two characters that feel nominally similar and based on this cursory level of comparison the general public has been forever befuddled. You could cite some notable examples being Bogart playing Sam Spade and Phillip M... Read full article


The Kennel Murder Case, A Keen, Kanine Kinetic, Killing Kind of Movie, With a Tasty Kernel Named Vance; Happy Anniversary!

What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel written of... Read full article


The Kennel Murder Case, A Keen, Kanine Kinetic, Killing Kind of Movie, With a Tasty Kernel Named Vance; Happy Anniversary!

What could be better than Philo Vance, the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite detective portrayed by the suave, debonair, fascinating, intelligent, erudite actor, William Powell? Little can best the seventy-three minutes spent with this gem of a mystery based on the novel written of... Read full article


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The Kennel Murder Case Quotes:

Philo Vance: What do you think of the suicide theory now, Sergeant?
Detective Sgt. Heath: Well, it's slightly complicated since the man was shot, slugged and stabbed himself - particularly in the back.

[while posing Doris with her champion dog and his numerous awards, the photographer hikes the lady's skirt to show her shapely legs]
Photographer at Dog Show: There! That's great!
[Doris rearranges her skirt to cover her legs]
Doris Delafield: Sorry, boys, but these are not trophies.

Dr. Doremus: I'm a doctor, not a magician.

Dr. Doremus: I'm the city butcher, not a detective.

Philo Vance: Well, if you knew Archer Coe, you would know that suicide would be almost a psychological impossibility for him.
Dist. Atty. Markham: Psychological, bosh! Now two and two make four, don't they?
Philo Vance: How do you know you have two and two?
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The Kennel Murder Case Facts
William Powell's last appearance as Philo Vance.

Warner Brothers failed to renew this film's copyright, and as a result, it is now public domain.

Dr Doremus' repeated line "I'm a Doctor not a..." was later used as the catchphrase of DeForest Kelley's character Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy on the sci-series Star Trek.

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