Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Starring: Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewine, Spring Byington

Crooked stockbroker John Mathews, manipulates Wall Street rendering Ray Jarden penniless. Mathews’ chicanery seems particularly coldblooded, in as much as his daughter Marian is engaged to Jarden’s son Walter. When the latter disappears, Mathews asks Ellery Queen to locate the young man. Shortly thereafter, one of the principal characters is murdered, forcing Ellery to get his deductive skills into high gear. 1941 – BW – 68 Minutes