The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

William Powell stars as Philo Vance, his first appearance in the role for Warner Brothers after playing the part three times for Paramount. This is a well put together mystery of its type and time, where everything is strangely complicated, there are too many likely culprits, and a clever hobbyist is given a remarkable degree of latitude by the legal authorities to bring the suspects together and ferret out the murderer. The case gets its name because events are set in motion by the murder of a show dog. ***