A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)

Name: A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Director: James P. Hogan
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1942-01-29
Duration: 1 h 7 min
Cast: William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Ralph Morgan

Adventure Crime Mystery

Director: James P. Hogan

Cast: William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Ralph Morgan

Runtime67 min

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Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

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A Close Call for Ellery Queen is a 1942 crime mystery film directed by James P. Hogan. The film follows amateur sleuth Ellery Queen as he unravels the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters. While not a critically acclaimed classic, the film has maintained a respectable audience rating of 6.4/10 on IMDb.

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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.