The Dragon Murder Case (film)
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Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
Written by | F. Hugh Herbert Robert N. Lee Rian James (adaptation) |
Based on | the novel The Dragon Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine |
Starring | Warren William Margaret Lindsay Lyle Talbot |
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Distributed by | a Warner Bros.-First National Picture |
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Running time
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65-68 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Dragon Murder Case is a 1934 mystery film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine, starring Warren William as private detective Philo Vance.
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Plot
The movie features a large dragon illustration behind the opening and closing credits. Monty Montague disappears after diving into a natural pool of water on an estate. Several people dive in, but there is no trace of him. Philo Vance and the District Attorney come to investigate and decide to drain the pool. They are told that there were craters in the pool, and sure enough Montague's body is found at the bottom of a very deep one. His body has claw marks on it, consistent with the superstition that a dragon inhabits the pool.
Cast
- Warren William as Philo Vance
- Margaret Lindsay as Bernice
- Lyle Talbot as Leland
- Eugene Pallette as Sgt. Heath
- Helen Lowell as Mrs. Stamm
- Robert McWade as Markham
- Robert Barrat as Stamm
- Dorothy Tree as Ruby
- George E. Stone as Tatum
- Etienne Girardot as Dr. Doremus
- George Meeker as Monty Montague
- Robert Warwick as Dr. Halliday
- William B. Davidson as Greeff
- Arthur Aylesworth as Trainor
- Charles C. Wilson as Det. Hennessey
Reception
In his The New York Times review, Mordaunt Hall found that the "denouement is scarcely satisfactory, for it is not quite clear how Mr. Vance reaches his conclusions." Also, in his opinion, "Mr. William, while he does fair work, is not as easy and smooth in the rôle as was Mr. [William] Powell."[1]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Dragon Murder Case at IMDb
- The Dragon Murder Case at the TCM Movie Database
- The Dragon Murder Case at AllMovie
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- 1934 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 1930s mystery films
- American mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on mystery novels
- Films directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
- First National Pictures films
- Films based on American novels
- 1930s crime films
- Warner Bros. films
- Pages with broken file links
- Mystery film stubs