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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

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5.8/10 • 4

1941-08-141h 8m

Mystery

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

Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to death. Ellery Queen gets to the bottom of the mystery.

Directors
James P. Hogan
Writters
Frederic Dannay, Manfred Lee

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  1. Ralph Bellamy

    Ralph Bellamy

    Ellery Queen

  2. Margaret Lindsay

    Margaret Lindsay

    Nikki Porter

  3. Charley Grapewin

    Charley Grapewin

    Insp. Queen

  4. Spring Byington

    Spring Byington

    Carlotta Emerson

  5. H.B. Warner

    H.B. Warner

    Ray Jardin

  6. James Burke

    James Burke

    Sgt. Velie

  7. Douglass Dumbrille

    Douglass Dumbrille

    John Matthews

  8. John Beal

    John Beal

    Walter Matthews

  9. Linda Hayes

    Linda Hayes

    Marian Jardin

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CinemaSerf

Feb 13, 2023

6/10

"Walter" (John Beal) returns home to his father's home ready to console him for losing all his money after the collapse of the Southern Valley Electrical Company. Surprisingly, though, he finds "John" (Douglass Dumbrille) in good spirits having seen the writing on the wall and sold his stock earlier. Disgusted that this will leave the other stockholders ruined, he heads to the home of his gal "Marian" (Linda Hayes) whose father "Ray" (H.B. Warner) is having to sell up to pay his $200,000 debt. This is where the eponymous PI (Ralph Bellamy) comes in. The young man engages him to buy up the estate secretly so that he can return it to him. The decent old man refuses to accept and when, shortly afterwards, "John" is found murdered the hunt for a killer is on. It's quite a complex little mystery this, with plenty of red herrings and just about everyone is a suspect - even the usually butter-wouldn't-melt Spring Byington as the distant cousin "Carlotta" - a woman who keeps a monkey that might have homicidal tendencies. It's quite quickly paced and entertaining enough with pistols, pens, bows and arrows before a dunking in a swimming pool and a rather lame ending. The star for me was probably his wily assistant "Nikki" (Margaret Lindsay) who has the best of the dialogue and though it's all pretty forgettable, it's an OK watch for an hour.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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