etienne girardot be just a character actor the sort of person people almost never would know by name . however and he once again play the coroner one of the only actor in the philo vance film that play his role more than once . i have already see him two other time and love him every time because he be so funny and a breath of fresh air . this film also be great to watch because in addition to girardot and there be many other wonderful character actor along for the ride include grant mitchell and gene lockhart and henry walthal and kent smith and h. b. warner and nat pendleton . this be quite an impressive cast and and they sure make the job easy for lead man and woman edmund lowe and virginia bruce . these great character actor be one of the big reason i love these old b movie . while the mystery itself be rarely that terrific and because of the breezy writing and acting and the film really satisfy . a for this film and vance be play wonderfully by lowe but and like i say and the mystery itself be only an after thought with a silly plot involve hypnosis and suicide . unfortunately and you can not hypnotize anyone to do anything of the sort i have training in clinical hypnosis and if i could do anything like the evil guy could do in the film and i would have do it . used car salesman and a few of my old boss would have be obvious target . overall and while not the best philo vance film and it be very good and it a darn shame lowe only play this role once . in fact and aside from william powell ( who play vance five time ) and the series be hinder by a long and long succession of actor such a basil rathbone and wilfred hyde white and warren william ( and many others ) play vance . this be a similar problem that also plague the bulldog drummond series just too many different actor play the lead man . well worth see and excite though also quite impossible .