A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Jan 29, 1942

1h 7m

★ 5.2

Fiction And Radio's Foremost Mystery Buster Tackles His Most Baffling Case

Overview

Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

Genres

Adventure

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Ellery Queen

William Gargan

Nikki Porter

Margaret Lindsay

Insp. Queen

Charley Grapewin

Alan Rogers

Ralph Morgan

Margo Rogers

Kay Linaker

Stewart Cole

Edward Norris

Sgt. Velie

James Burke

Lester Younger

Addison Richards

Corday

Charles Judels

Bates

Andrew Tombes

Housekeeper

Claire Du Brey

Marie Dubois

Micheline Cheirel

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