William Powell's Philo Vance, the dashing amateur detective, is actually on hand when the stockbroker is murdered. But who committed the crime? All the ingredients therefore for a great Golden Age murder mystery.
The film maybe takes a while to get going but once Vance is on the investigation the film flies - maybe flies a little too much the film is a bit breakneck at times. The final reveal is very ingenious and elevates this murder mystery into something very good indeed.
