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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime poster
Directed by
James P. Hogan
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder that seems like the perfect crime. He interviews suspects and looks for clues to find the real killer.

suspensefulclassiccleverlight-heartedpacedmysteriouswitty

What happens

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime is a 1941 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor. The film was loosely based on the 1938 novel The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen. It stars Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Spring Byington, H. B. Warner and James Burke. The film was released on August 14, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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