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

1941

1h 8m

5.8(6 votes)

Mystery

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Ralph Bellamy

Ellery Queen

Margaret Lindsay

Nikki Porter

Charley Grapewin

Insp. Queen

Spring Byington

Carlotta Emerson

H.B. Warner

Ray Jardin

James Burke

Sgt. Velie

Douglass Dumbrille

John Matthews

John Beal

Walter Matthews

Linda Hayes

Marian Jardin

Sidney Blackmer

Anthony Rhodes

Creative team

Directed by: James P. Hogan
Written by: Frederic Dannay
Manfred Lee

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