Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend, Philo Vance, to help find the killer.
Unfortunately the movie Philo Vance Returns is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | William Beaudine | Director |
| Sound | William Kernell | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eunice King | Hairstylist |
| Writing | S.S. Van Dine | Characters |
| Writing | Robert E. Kent | Screenplay |
| Production | Howard Welsch | Producer |
| Sound | Albert Glasser | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jackson Rose | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gene Fowler Jr. | Editor |
| Art | Perry Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Armor Marlowe | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Department Head |
| Directing | Emmett Emerson | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Howard W. Koch | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William Beaudine Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | J.N.A. Hawkins | Sound Director |
| Sound | Percy Townsend | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | George J. Teague | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Drake | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Editing | Alfred DeGaetano | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Irving Friedman | Music Director |
