''Ellery Queen, Master Detective'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Eric Taylor. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, James Burke, Michael Whalen and Marsha Hunt. The film was released on November 30, 1940, by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

John Braun, healthy and athletic model for his fitness enterprise, gets fatally ill and on the next day changes his will, leaving everything to his company. John locks himself up in his study, but Nikki goes to talk with him. She waits in the anteroom, but finds herself locked in and when they finally manage to open the door, they find Braun sitting at his desk, stabbed, and both the will and the murder weapon missing.

Cast

* Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen * Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter * Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen * James Burke as Sergeant Velie * Michael Whalen as Dr. James Rogers * Marsha Hunt as Barbara Braun * Fred Niblo as John Braun * Charles Lane as Dr. Prouty * Ann Shoemaker as Lydia Braun *

Marion Martin Marion Suplee (born June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985) known professionally as Marion Martin was an American film and stage actress. Biography Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a Bethlehem Steel executive. She became ...

as Cornelia *

Douglas Fowley Douglas Fowley (born Daniel Vincent Fowley, May 30, 1911 – May 21, 1998) was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated m ...

as Rocky Taylor * Morgan Wallace as Zachary * Byron Foulger as Amos *

Katherine DeMille Katherine Lester DeMille (born Katherine Paula Lester; June 29, 1911 – April 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born American actress who played 25 credited film roles from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. The adopted daughter of director Cecil B. De ...

as Valerie Norris

References

External links

* {{Kurt Neumann 1940 films American mystery films 1940 mystery films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Kurt Neumann American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films Ellery Queen films