A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Fiction And Radio's Foremost Mystery Buster Tackles His Most Baffling Case
Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.
- Date of release
- 1942-01-29
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Genres
- Adventure, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- James P. Hogan
- Collection
- Ellery Queen Collection
Casting
- William Gargan — Ellery Queen
- Margaret Lindsay — Nikki Porter
- Charley Grapewin — Insp. Queen
- Ralph Morgan — Alan Rogers
- Kay Linaker — Margo Rogers
- Edward Norris — Stewart Cole
- James Burke — Sgt. Velie
- Addison Richards — Lester Younger
- Charles Judels — Corday
- Andrew Tombes — Bates
- Claire Du Brey — Housekeeper
- Micheline Cheirel — Marie Dubois
Interesting facts
A Close Call for Ellery Queen is a 1942 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor and Gertrude Purcell. It is based on the 1939 novel The Dragon's Teeth: A Problem in Deduction by Ellery Queen. The film stars William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker, Edward Norris and James Burke. The film was released on January 29, 1942, by Columbia Pictures.
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