Movie · 1940
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
“HE'S ON THE SCREEN NOW!”
Released 30 November 1940 69 min Adventure / Crime / Mystery More from 1940 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.
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How old were they?
Charley Grapewin
as Insp. Queen
Fred Niblo
as John Braun
Morgan Wallace
as Zachary
James Burke
as Sgt. Velle
Ann Shoemaker
as Lydia Braun
Byron Foulger
as Amos
Michael Whalen
as Dr. James Rogers
Ralph Bellamy
as Ellery Queen
Charles Lane
as Dr. Prouty
Marion Martin
as Cornelia
Margaret Lindsay
as Nikki Porter
Douglas Fowley
as Rocky Taylor
Katherine DeMille
as Valerie Norris
Alan Ladd
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Marsha Hunt
as Barbara Braun
Peter Bronte
as Doctor's Assistant (uncredited)
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The numbers
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Charley Grapewin — oldest on the call sheet
23Marsha Hunt — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast