The Greene Murder Case

The Greene Murder Case is a 1929 talking film produced and released by Paramount Pictures and based on the novel The Greene Murder Case, by S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright). The novel had been published a year before this film was made. It stars William Powell in his second Philo Vance outing. Florence Eldridge and Jean Arthur costar. In 1937, the film was remade as Night of Mystery. Plot Cast William Powell - Philo Vance Florence Eldridge - Sibella Greene Ullrich Haupt, Sr. - Dr. Arthur Von Blon Jean Arthur - Ada Greene Eugene Pallette - Sgt. Ernest Heath E. H. Calvert - District Attorney John F. x. Markham *Gertrude Norman - Mrs. Tobias Greene Lowell Drew - Chester Greene Morgan Farley - Rex Greene Brandon Hurst - Sproot Augusta Burmeister - Mrs. Gertrude Mannheim Marcia Harris - Hemming