“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.
James P. Hogan
Frederic Dannay
Manfred Lee
Eric Taylor
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)
... and 3 more
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"Walter" (John Beal) returns home to his father's home ready to console him for losing all his money after the collapse of the Southern Valley Electrical Company. Surprisingly, though, he finds "John" (Douglass Dumbrille) in good spirits having seen the writing on the wall and sold his stock earlier...
Columbia Pictures
Larry Darmour Productions