Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941·United States·68 min.
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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 (Douglass Dumbrille), whose Wall Street manipulations render Ray Jarden (H. B. Warner) penniless. Mathews' chicanery seems particularly coldblooded, inasmuch as his daughter Marian (Linda Hayes) is engaged to Jarden's son Walter (John Beal). When the latter disappears, Mathews asks Ellery Queen to locate the young man.
DirectorJames P. Hogan
MusicLee Zahler
CinematographyJames S. Brown Jr.
CastRalph Bellamy·Margaret Lindsay·Charley Grapewin·Spring Byington·H.B. Warner·James Burke·Douglass Dumbrille·John Beal·Linda Hayes·Sidney Blackmer
Original titleEllery Queen and the Perfect Crime