Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Name: Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Genre: Mystery
Released: 1941-08-14
Duration: 1 h 8 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

170

YOUR RATING

Ralph Bellamy, Spring Byington, John Beal, Sidney Blackmer, Douglass Dumbrille, Charley Grapewin, Margaret Lindsay, and H.B. Warner in Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)

Mystery

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 ... Read allSeveral 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.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.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

170

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The storm that destroys the power plant in the opening scenes is represented by stock footage of the 1927 Mississippi River floods.

Connections
Followed by Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Bellamy again is Ellery

Ralph Bellamy is again Ellery Queen, this time in Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime.

A crooked stockbroker (Douglas Dumbrille), knowing a project he and his clients have stock in is going down, sells his shares and sells short. He doesn't mention it to his other clients, one of whom (H. B. Warner) bankrupt.

The stockbroker is found dead, and his estranged son (John Beal) is an immediate suspect. It's up to Ellery, his dad, and his sidekick (Margaret Lindsay) to figure out what really went on and who is responsible.

Not bad.