The Scarab Murder Case (1936)
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Directors
Michael Hankinson
Cast
Wilfrid Hyde-White
The story
A murder of a millionaire in a private museum implicates eminent Egyptologist Dr. Bliss. While Scotland Yard is eager to make an arrest, American sleuth Philo Vance intervenes, preventing the police from taking the doctor into custody.
Genres
crime film, mystery film
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