--- title: 'The Kennel Murder Case (1933)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Curtiz' released: '1933-01-01' runtime_minutes: 73 genres: - 'Crime' - 'Mystery' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-kennel-murder-case-1933' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024210/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Kennel Murder Case (1933) 1933 · 73 min · Crime, Mystery · United States ## Synopsis The Kennel Murder Case is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film adapted from the 1933 novel of the same name by S. S. Van Dine. Directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Bros. Pictures, it stars William Powell and Mary Astor. Powell's role as Philo Vance is not the actor's first performance as the aristocratic sleuth. For Paramount, he also portrays the character in three films: The Canary Murder Case (1929), The Greene Murder Case (1929), The Benson Murder Case (1930). ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Curtiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-curtiz) - **Screenplay:** [Robert N. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-n-lee), [Peter Milne](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-milne) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Kaun](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-kaun) - **Director of Photography:** [William Rees](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-rees) ## Cast - [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl) - [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat) - [Charles C. Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-c-wilson) - [Leo White](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-white) - [Wade Boteler](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-boteler) - [Mary Astor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-astor) - [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters) - [Etienne Girardot](https://cinepixo.com/people/etienne-girardot) - [Jack La Rue](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-la-rue) - [George Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-chandler) - [Don Brodie](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brodie) - [Henry O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-o-neill) - [Helen Vinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-vinson) - [Ralph Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-morgan) - [Frank Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-conroy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-kennel-murder-case-1933 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3795374); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.