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 |
| Directing | William Beaudine Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | George J. Teague | Special Effects |
| Camera | Jackson Rose | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Percy Townsend | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Emmett Emerson | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Irving Friedman | Music Director |
| Sound | J.N.A. Hawkins | Sound Director |
| Editing | Gene Fowler Jr. | Editor |
| Art | Armor Marlowe | Set Decoration |
| Writing | S.S. Van Dine | Characters |
| Art | Perry Smith | Art Direction |
| Writing | Robert E. Kent | Screenplay |
| Production | Howard Welsch | Producer |
| Editing | Alfred DeGaetano | Supervising Editor |
| Sound | Albert Glasser | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Drake | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Directing | Howard W. Koch | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Department Head |
