23 Dec 1936
The Mandarin Mystery
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
ELLERY QUEEN SOLVES THE PERFECT CRIME...TO BRING YOU PERFECT ENTERTAINMENT!
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to death. Ellery Queen gets to the bottom of the mystery.
Top Billed Cast
Ralph Bellamy Ellery Queen
Margaret Lindsay Nikki Porter
Charley Grapewin Insp. Queen
Spring Byington Carlotta Emerson
H.B. Warner Ray Jardin
James Burke Sgt. Velie
Douglass Dumbrille John Matthews
John Beal Walter Matthews
Linda Hayes Marian Jardin
Sidney Blackmer Anthony Rhodes
Walter Kingsford Henry (Jardin butler)
Honorable Wu Lee (Matthews butler)
Charles Lane Dr. Prouty (coroner)
Charles Halton Rufus Smith (auctioneer)
Arthur Q. Bryan Book salesman
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