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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen1942

★6.270 minMystery

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

Director

Writer

Frederic Dannay Manfred Lee Eric Taylor

Stars

William Gargan Margaret Lindsay John Litel

Cast17

William Gargan
as Ellery Queen
Margaret Lindsay
as Nikki Porter
John Litel
as Norman Hadley
Charley Grapewin
as Insp. Queen
James Burke
as Sgt. Velie
Frank M. Thomas
as Capt. H.T. Daley
Lilian Bond
as Adele Belden
Morgan Conway
as Ray Stafford
Jack La Rue
as Tommy Gould
Charlotte Wynters
as Irene Hadley
Noel Madison
as George Belden
Johnny Arthur
as Riley
Byron Foulger
as Freddy Froelich
Marie Blake
as Desk Clerk at Florence Garden Apartments
Syd Saylor
as Fingers Muldoon
Willie Fung
as Waiter at Golden Dragon
Arthur Q. Bryan
as Raymond Radcliffe

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