Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)

Directed by

James P. Hogan

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder in a penthouse apartment. The clues come from three scratches found at the scene.

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What happens

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery is a 1941 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor. It is based on the 1939 play The Three Scratches by Ellery Queen. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Anna May Wong, James Burke and Eduardo Ciannelli. The film was released on March 24, 1941, by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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