The Garden Murder Case (film)

The Garden Murder Case is a 1936 mysterycomedy, the tenth in the Philo Vance film series, following after 1935s The Casino Murder Case. In this entry to the series, Vance is played by Edmund Lowe, and Virginia Bruce costars. The film also features Benita Hume, Douglas Walton and Nat Pendleton. It was directed by Edwin L. Marin from a screenplay by Bertram Millhauser based on the 1935 book of the same name by S. S. Van Dine.

At the end of his investigation, however, all the clues point to the man calling himself Major FenwickeRalston, who is in reality a hypnotist, fakir and charlatan. When Vance confronts him, the Major attempts to hypnotize Vance into killing himself, but Vance is not easily put under, and merely pretends, and the Major is shot by Sergeant Heath.The racetrack scene in The Garden Murder Case was filmed at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ........

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