William Powell and Margaret Lindsay in “Private Detective 62” (1933)

In a curious case of recycling, the opening few minutes of this film is exactly like “Calling Philo Vance” (1940)—a spy getting caught in a European country, deported on a cargo ship, ordered returned for further trial before escaping and jumping into New York harbor.

The stories are completely different after that and the opening is pretty much irrelevant to the later story in both cases.

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Margaret Lindsay, Warren William and Dorothy Tree pose for the Philo Vance mystery, “The Dragon Murder Case” (1934). This was an entertaining light murder mystery. Also featured are Eugene Pallette, Lyle Talbot and more offbeat characters

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