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A Close Call for Ellery Queen

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Original title

Year

1942

Running time

67 min.

Country

United States

Director

James P. Hogan

Screenwriter

Eric Taylor, Gertrude Purcell. Story: Manfred Lee, Ellery Queen

Cast

Cinematography

James S. Brown Jr. (B&W)

Producer

Larry Darmour Productions, Larry Darmour Productions. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Adventure. Mystery | Crime

Synopsis

Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.

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A Close Call for Ellery Queen

1942

James P. Hogan