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The Bishop Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code mystery film directed by David Burton (credited for stage direction) and Nick Grinde (credited for screen direction) and starring Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Roland Young.
The Bishop Murder Case: Directed by David Burton, Nick Grinde. With Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis. When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Apr 6, 2019 · The Bishop Murder Case is a 1930 mystery film directed by Nick Grinde, starring Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams and Roland Young. Nine years before his role as Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone essayed the character of S.S. Van Dyne's detective Philo Vance.
The scenario of The Bishop Murder Case finds Vance amongst the guests on the estate of the elderly Prof. Bertrand Dillard (Alec B. Francis). The civilized idyll abruptly ends when the corpse of Robin Pyne (Sidney Bracey) is discovered on the archery range with an arrow to the chest.
The Bishop Murder Case (1929) is the fourth in a series of mystery novels by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. The detective solves a mystery built around a nursery rhyme. The Bishop Murder Case is believed to be the first nursery-rhyme mystery book.
Feb 1, 2010 · The Bishop Murder Case. An excellent murder mystery melodrama, in which the spectator is held in breathless suspense almost all the way through. It is the sort of melodrama Paramount has been producing lately, with William Powell as the scientific investigator of crimes.
Detective Philo Vance is called in to investigate the murder of Joseph Cochrane Robin, wealthy man found dead with an arrow through his heart, and a chess-bishop and a note in 'MotherGoose' rhyme next to his body.
