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Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
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A KILLER IN THE BAG! WOMEN IN HIS HAIR!
Chinese ventriloquist Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector Queen asks his son Ellery to help out.
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Writers:
Eric Taylor
Frederic Dannay
Manfred Lee
Producer:
Larry Darmour
Camerman:
James S. Brown Jr.
Music:
Lee Zahler
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Larry Darmour Productions
Premiere:
24 March 1941
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quin
penthouse
ghost
murder
new york
b-movie
deception
china
hotel
smuggling
keep at gunpoint
Smoking cigarettes
Sergeant
henchman
miracle
girl
smuggler
private detective
girl in distress
police inspector
ventriloquist
ventriloquist
strangulation
ring
verse
strangler
game
gambler
Police Sergeant
card cheater
mysterious writer
Cast:
Ralph Bellamy
Margaret Lindsay
Charley Grapewin
Anna May Wong
James Lee Burke
Eduardo Ciannelli
Frank Albertson
Ann Doran
Noel Madison
Charles Lane
Russell Hicks
Thomas J. Dugan
Edward Earle
Mantan Moreland
Theodore von Eltz
Jimmy Aubrey
Honorable Wu
George McKay
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime, 1941
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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring, 1941
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A Close Call, 1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen, 1942
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