william powell final outing a philo vance occur in the kennel murder case where the murder of a championship show dog lead to two more murder and one attempt of the human kind . it all in the figure out of how that lead to the who and why . the philo vance murder by s. s. van dine be most popular at the time and the clever mr. van dine figure out a way to sell his book one at a time to the high studio bidder . this be why you see so many philo vances and so many studio put them out . have bill powell not go on to great fame with mgm a nick charles of the thin man series and he would have be know a the great of philo vances . it turn out that powell have enter his little terrier captain in the same contest where the murdered dog be enter and then another rival owner become the first murder victim . a usual powell show up eugene palette a sergeant heath whose big contribution to the proceeding be use his bulk to break down the lock from the inside door where the first murder victim be find . i do say lock from the inside and it be an upper story so it be in figure out the how . powell have a lovely group of suspect and as extensive a what normally be in a thin man mystery . people like paul cavanaugh and helen vinson and ralph morgan and mary astor and fill their cast role well . warner brother like this version so much that in fact they remake it again in the thirty with james stephenson in his one and only out a philo vance . it doesn not hold a candle to this one . a this be the only powell philo vance that be out on vhs or dvd by all mean see this one or acquire it if you can .