12 Apr 1947
Philo Vance's Gamble
Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the United States.
Night of Mystery
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
Top Billed Cast
Grant Richards Philo Vance
Roscoe Karns Sergeant Heath
Helen Burgess Ada Greene
Ruth Coleman Sibella Greene
Elizabeth Patterson Mrs. Tobias Greene
June Martel Barton
Ellen Drew Secretary
Purnell Pratt John F. X. Markham
Colin Tapley Chester Greene
James Bush Rex Greene
Leonard Carey Lister
Nora Cecil 
Harvey Stephens 
Ivan F. Simpson 
Greta Meyer Myra Marsh 
Barlowe Borland
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