A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)

Directed by

James P. Hogan

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a mystery film where a detective named Ellery Queen investigates a case involving a murder. He uses his powers of deduction to find the killer and solve the crime.

detectiveinvestigativemysteriousclassicdeliberatepuzzle-likewhimsical

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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