enjoy view this film on tcm and watch a very young william powell and ( philo vance ) play detective just like he do with myrna loy in the thin man series . back in the 1930 william powell play in the philo vance series and in this picture and the famous veteran actress mary astor and ( hilda lake ) become one of the suspect in a murder or suicide case where a man name and archer coe and ( robert barrot ) be find dead and archer be in a room that be bolt from the inside . ralph morgan and ( raymond wrede or archer secretary ) give a great supporting role and be the brother to frank morgan who appear in the wizard of oz 1939. eugene palette and ( detective sgt . heath ) appear in quite a few of these philo vance film and also give a great performance in robin hood with errol flynn . always remember and the least likely actor could very well be the killer . enjoy a great classic from the past .