The Greene Murder Case

Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.

Cast

William Powell

as Philo Vance

Florence Eldridge

as Sibella Greene

Ullrich Haupt

as Dr. Von Blon

Jean Arthur

as Ada Greene

Eugene Pallette

as Sergeant Heath

E.H. Calvert

as John F. X. Markham

Gertrude Norman

as Mrs. Tobias Greene

Lowell Drew

as Chester Greene

Morgan Farley

as Rex Greene

Brandon Hurst

as Sproot

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This all starts with a sort of roll-call where a lawyer checks the presence of the "Greene" family at the bedside of their mother. A condition of their late father's will is if they don't all live together for fifteen years after his demise, then they don't get a sou. Not surprisingly, they don't ex...

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