Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to death. Ellery Queen gets to the bottom of the mystery.

Cast

Ralph Bellamy

as Ellery Queen

Margaret Lindsay

as Nikki Porter

Charley Grapewin

as Insp. Queen

Spring Byington

as Carlotta Emerson

H.B. Warner

as Ray Jardin

James Burke

as Sgt. Velie

Douglass Dumbrille

as John Matthews

John Beal

as Walter Matthews

Linda Hayes

as Marian Jardin

Sidney Blackmer

as Anthony Rhodes

Reviews

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"Walter" (John Beal) returns home to his father's home ready to console him for losing all his money after the collapse of the Southern Valley Electrical Company. Surprisingly, though, he finds "John" (Douglass Dumbrille) in good spirits having seen the writing on the wall and sold his stock earlier...

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