ELLERY QUEEN - THE MANDARIN MYSTERY(1936)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics
Ellery Queen in this is a little too light-hearted
in my opinion! After watching the TV series from
the 70s starring Jim Hutton, this is pretty tame!
Anyway, the title refers to a stamp that gets
stolen and a guy killed! Pretty decent movie! B
A review from IMDb.com:
This adaptation of an Ellery Queen mystery
concerns the theft of a rare Chinese stamp
(the Mandarin of the title), which takes
place in a hotel with several shifty characters
and an hysterical manager (the priceless
Franklin Pangborn). The mystery, such as it
is, concerns both the stamp theft and two
murders, and shows Ellery and his father
the Inspector as a team rubbing together
just enough to solve the case.
As Ellery Queen, Eddie Quillan is all
wrong - he was more at home in light comedy
and musicals, and this is the way he plays
the character. As the heroine/chief suspect,
Charlotte Henry (only remembered nowadays
as 'Alice in Wonderland') isn't too bad,
while others who have some impact in the
cast include Rita Le Roy and Kay Hughes
as sisters, and Wade Boteler as Queen
senior. - didi-5
Eddie Quillan ... Ellery Queen
Charlotte Henry ... Josephine Temple
Rita La Roy ... Martha Kirk
Wade Boteler ... Inspector Queen
Franklin Pangborn ... Mellish
George Irving ... Dr. Alexander Kirk
Kay Hughes ... Irene Kirk
William Newell ... Detective Guffy
George Walcott ... Donald Trent
Edwin Stanley ... Howard Bronson
Edgar Allen ... Newspaper Reporter
Walter Merrill ... Craig the Thief (as Anthony Merrill)
Richard Beach ... Reporter
Monte Vandergrift ... Detective (as Monte Vandegrift)
Grace Durkin ... Girl on Street Corner
Mary Russell ... Girl on Street Corner
June Johnson ... Girl at Cocktail Bar
Mary Bovard ... Girl at Cocktail Bar
Marc Cramer ... Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lester Dorr ... Reporter at Dock (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy ... Police Officer Jones (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Detective (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren ... Mason - Kirk's Butler (uncredited)
Bert Roach ... Detective (uncredited)
Carleton Young ... Drunk (uncredited)
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