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The Bishop Murder Case is a 1930 mystery film directed by Nick Grinde, starring Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Roland Young. Nine years before his role as Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone essayed the character of S.S. Van Dyne's detective Philo Vance. S.S. Van Dyne's novel, The Benson Murder Case in 1926 success spawned 11 subsequent Vance novels.
Original Release
12/31/1929
US Release
12/31/1929
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Philo Vance |
| Leila Hyams | Belle Dillard |
| Roland Young | Sigurd Arnesson / Sigurd 'Erik' Arnesson |
| Alec B. Francis | Professor Bertrand Dillard |
| George F. Marion | Adolph Drukker |
| Zelda Sears | Mrs. Otto Drukker |
| Bodil Rosing | Grete Menzel |
| Carroll Nye | John E. Sprigg |
| Charles Quatermaine | John Pardee (as Charles Quartermaine) / John Pardee |
| James Donlan | Ernest Heath |
Directors
Writers
S.S. Van Dine, Lenore J. Coffee
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Philo Vance |
| Leila Hyams | Belle Dillard |
| Roland Young | Sigurd Arnesson / Sigurd 'Erik' Arnesson |
| Alec B. Francis | Professor Bertrand Dillard |
| George F. Marion | Adolph Drukker |
| Zelda Sears | Mrs. Otto Drukker |
| Bodil Rosing | Grete Menzel |
| Carroll Nye | John E. Sprigg |
| Charles Quatermaine | John Pardee (as Charles Quartermaine) / John Pardee |
| James Donlan | Ernest Heath |
| Sidney Bracey | Pyne (as Sydney Bracey) / Pyne |
| Clarence Geldert | John F.-X. Markham |
| Delmer Daves | Raymond Sperling |
| Nellie Bly Baker | Beedle |
| Richard Cramer | Detective in Park |
| Frank Fanning | Officer Manning |
| Marcia Mae Jones | Hungry Child in Park |
| Broderick O'Farrell | Dr. Van Pelt |
| Douglas Scott | Child with Book in Park |
