Casino Murder Case, The (1935)
* (out of 4)
Paul Lukas takes over the role of Philo Vance and gets involved with a strange family whose members keep getting poisoned. This is a really bad movie and there's really no way to get around that fact. Lukas is incredibly boring in the lead and I'm not just saying this because he isn't as good as the men who played the part previously. Even on his own Lukas brings nothing to the role and he actually makes Vance quite boring and dull. The supporting cast isn't any better and they all come off with very poor performances including Ted Healy (with his Stooges). The story too is very poor and is never really all that interesting. It takes about twenty minutes for the crime to take place and I'm really not sure what the opening sequences has to do with anything.
* (out of 4)
Paul Lukas takes over the role of Philo Vance and gets involved with a strange family whose members keep getting poisoned. This is a really bad movie and there's really no way to get around that fact. Lukas is incredibly boring in the lead and I'm not just saying this because he isn't as good as the men who played the part previously. Even on his own Lukas brings nothing to the role and he actually makes Vance quite boring and dull. The supporting cast isn't any better and they all come off with very poor performances including Ted Healy (with his Stooges). The story too is very poor and is never really all that interesting. It takes about twenty minutes for the crime to take place and I'm really not sure what the opening sequences has to do with anything.