American airplane manufacturer Archer Coe is arriving in Vienna. The American government suspects that he's trying to sell to a foreign power. Philo Vance (James Stephenson) is recruited to investigate, but with plausible deniability. He tries to sneak into Germany, but gets caught. Luckily, he only gets deported although his mission is compromised.
This is the first of this franchise for me. It's fine as a detective mystery, but I'm not that taken. Warner Bros is trying to add to its war effort with an established character. It turns into an old fashion dead body in a room mystery. If he actually got on the boat, this would be a more compelling action thriller. He would be trapped on a boat with a mission and Nazis hunting him down. That's the better concept.
This is the first of this franchise for me. It's fine as a detective mystery, but I'm not that taken. Warner Bros is trying to add to its war effort with an established character. It turns into an old fashion dead body in a room mystery. If he actually got on the boat, this would be a more compelling action thriller. He would be trapped on a boat with a mission and Nazis hunting him down. That's the better concept.