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Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)

Ellery Queen, Master Detective poster
Directed by
Kurt Neumann
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective named Ellery Queen investigates a murder in a small town. He uses his sharp mind to puzzle out the clues and find the killer.

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What happens

Ellery Queen, Master Detective is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Eric Taylor. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, James Burke, Michael Whalen and Marsha Hunt. The film was released on November 30, 1940, by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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