PHILO VANCE'S SECRET MISSION (1947) --colorized

Philo Vance's Secret Mission is a 1947 American mystery film directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan and Tala Birell. It was part of a series of films featuring the detective Philo Vance made during the 1930s and 1940s.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Edward C. Jewell and Perry Smith.
Plot

Philo Vance is approached by the head of a publishing company to become an advisor on a series of crime novels they are releasing. Before long he is embroiled in a case about the mysterious killing of one of the partners in the company.
Cast

Alan Curtis as Philo Vance
Sheila Ryan as Mona Bannister
Tala Birell as Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips
Frank Jenks as Ernie Clark
James Bell as Sheriff Harry Madison
Frank Fenton as Paul Morgan
Paul Maxey as Martin Jamison
Kenneth Farrell as Joe, the Photographer
Toni Todd as Louise Roberts aka Mrs. Paul Morgan
David Leonard as Carl Wilson
William Newell as Deputy
Tom Quinn as Haddon Phillips
Harry Strang as Ship's Purser
Frank Wilcox as Thaddius Carter