A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)

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Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.

GENRES:  Adventure • Crime • Mystery
DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan

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Cast & Characters

William Gargan Ellery Queen
Margaret Lindsay Nikki Porter
Charley Grapewin Insp. Queen
Ralph Morgan Alan Rogers
Kay Linaker Margo Rogers
Edward Norris Stewart Cole
James Burke Sgt. Velie
Addison Richards Lester Younger
Charles Judels Corday
Andrew Tombes Bates
Claire Du Brey Housekeeper
Micheline Cheirel Marie Dubois

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