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THE CASINO MURDER CASE (1935)

Film Pick of the Day
Tuesday, October 20, 2026

MGM adaptation of S. S. Van Dine's Philo Vance novel "The Casino Murder Case." Philo Vance receives an anonymous letter warning of deadly danger to the wealthy Llewellyn family heir, Lynn. Eccentric widow Priscilla Llewellyn presides over a society family filled with greed, ego and unhappy marriage. Her secretary Doris (Rosalind Russell) becomes romatically involved with Vance (Paul Lukas), and the two are soon entangled in a mystery of murder and attempted murder involving poison and heavy water experiments.

Comic relief is supplied by Ted Healy, who assumes the series role of bumbling homicide detective Sgt. Heath, Eric Blore as Vance's butler Currie, and Louise Fazenda as the Llewellyn maid Becky.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 7.00/10 ]   2 votes
Featuring Ted Healy (Solo)
Release Date Wednesday, March 13, 1935
Studio MGM
Production Type Feature Film
Duration 82.4 min.

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Births

Edgar Selwyn
(Director)

b. 1875

Cincinnati, OH

Larry Wheat
(Actor)

b. 1876

Wheeling, WV

Margaret Dumont
(Actress)

b. 1882

Brooklyn, NY

Purnell Pratt
(Actor)

b. 1885

Bethel, IL

Addison Richards
(Actor)

b. 1887

Zanesville, OH

Robert Fiske
(Actor)

b. 1889

Griggsville, MO

Charley Chase
(Actor)

b. 1893

Baltimore, MD

Adolph Deutsch
(Original Music)

b. 1897

London, England

Sumner Getchell
(Actor)

b. 1906

Oakland, CA

Aubrey Wisberg
(Story)

b. 1909

London, England

Clarence Lung
(Actor)

b. 1914

Boise, ID

Fred Libby
(Actor)

b. 1915

Hopedale, MA

Dorothy Costello
(Actress)

b. 1925

Des Moines, IA

Ruth Costello
(Actress)

b. 1925

Des Moines, IA

William Christopher
(Actor)

b. 1932

Evanston, IL

Barrie Chase
(Actress)

b. 1933

New York, NY



Deaths

May Robson
(Actress)

d. 1942   (84)

Beverly Hills, CA

Leonard Smith
(2nd Unit Cameraman)

d. 1947   (53)

Beverly Hills, CA

Henry Lewis Stimson
(Actor)

d. 1950   (83)

Huntington, Long Island, NY

Sam Ash
(Actor)

d. 1951   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Frank Darien
(Actor)

d. 1955   (79)

Los Angeles, CA

Clay Clement
(Actor)

d. 1956   (68)

Watertown, NY

Emmett Lynn
(Actor)

d. 1958   (61)

Los Angeles, CA

Herbert Hoover
(Actor)

d. 1964   (90)

New York, NY

Richard Harlan
(Assistant Director)

d. 1968   (68)

South Laguna, CA

Slavko Vorkapich
(Special Effects)

d. 1976   (82)

Andalucia, Spain

Riza Royce
(Actress)

d. 1980   (77)

Los Angeles, CA

Joel McCrea
(Actor)

d. 1990   (84)

Woodland Hills, CA

Burt Lancaster
(Actor)

d. 1994   (80)

Beverly Hills, CA

Arthur Tovey
(Actor)

d. 2000   (95)

Van Nuys, CA

Jack Elam
(Actor)

d. 2003   (84)

Ashland, OR



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