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S.S. Van Dine\\u2019s Philo Vance \\u2013 perhaps the quintessential gentleman detective \\u2013 was a hit in print and on the big screen where he was played by Basil Rathbone and William Powell, among others. He eventually came to radio in several incarnations, each making the snobbish sleuth more down to earth and likable. We\\u2019ll hear Jose Ferrer as Vance in \\u201cThe Case of the Girl Who Came Back\\u201d (a rebroadcast from the Armed Forces Radio Service Mystery Playhouse). Then, Jackson Beck steps into Vance\\u2019s shoes in \\u201cThe Motor Murder Case\\u201d and \\u201cThe Mathematical Murder Case.\\u201d