Philo Vance's Secret Mission

"Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are about to be brought out into the open a murder takes place."

Cast

Alan Curtis

as Philo Vance

Sheila Ryan

as Mona Bannister

Tala Birell

as Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips

Frank Jenks

as Ernie Clark

James Bell

as Sheriff Harry Madison

Frank Fenton

as Paul Morgan

Paul Maxey

as Martin Jamison

Kenneth Farrell

as Joe, the photographer

Toni Todd

as Louise Roberts aka Mrs. Paul Morgan

David Leonard

as Carl Wilson (uncredited)

William Newell

as Deputy (uncredited)

Tom Quinn

as Haddon Phillips (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Ship's Purser (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

as Thaddius Carter (uncredited)

Crew

W. Donn Hayes

Editor

Reginald Le Borg

Director

Ernest Gold

Original Music Composer

Emil Cadkin

Original Music Composer

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

Howard Welsch

Producer

Lawrence Taylor

Writer

Edward C. Jewell

Production Design

Bud Westmore

Makeup Department Head

Clarence Steensen

Set Decoration

Howard W. Koch

Assistant Director

Alfred DeGaetano

Supervising Editor

J.N.A. Hawkins

Sound Engineer

Karl Hajos

Original Music Composer

Armor Marlowe

Set Decoration

Dorothy Drake

Costume Supervisor

George J. Teague

Special Effects

Perry Smith

Art Direction

Eunice King

Hairstylist