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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)

ELLERY QUEEN SOLVES THE PERFECT CRIME...TO BRING YOU PERFECT ENTERTAINMENT!

Genre : Mystery

Runtime : 1H 8M

Director : James P. Hogan
Writer : Eric Taylor

Synopsis

Ralph Bellamy makes the third of four appearances as "master detective" Ellery Queen in Columbia's Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime. The principal villain is crooked stockbroker John Mathews, whose Wall Street manipulations render Ray Jarden penniless. Mathews' chicanery seems particularly coldblooded, inasmuch as his daughter Marian is engaged to Jarden's son Walter. When the latter disappears, Mathews asks Ellery Queen to locate the young man.

Actors

Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
Ellery Queen
Margaret Lindsay
Margaret Lindsay
Nikki Porter
Charley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin
Insp. Queen
Spring Byington
Spring Byington
Carlotta Emerson
H.B. Warner
H.B. Warner
Ray Jardin
James Burke
James Burke
Sgt. Velie
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
John Matthews
John Beal
John Beal
Walter Matthews
Linda Hayes
Linda Hayes
Marian Jardin
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer
Anthony Rhodes
Walter Kingsford
Walter Kingsford
Henry (Jardin butler)
Honorable Wu
Honorable Wu
Lee (Matthews butler)
Charles Lane
Charles Lane
Dr. Prouty (coroner)
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
Rufus Smith (auctioneer)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Arthur Q. Bryan
Book salesman

Crews

James P. Hogan
James P. Hogan
Director
Frederic Dannay
Frederic Dannay
Writer
Manfred Lee
Manfred Lee
Writer
Eric Taylor
Eric Taylor
Screenplay

Posters and backgrounds

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