Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.

Cast

Ralph Bellamy

as Ellery Queen

Margaret Lindsay

as Nikki Porter

Charley Grapewin

as Insp. Queen

James Burke

as Sgt. Velle

Michael Whalen

as Dr. James Rogers

Marsha Hunt

as Barbara Braun

Fred Niblo

as John Braun

Charles Lane

as Dr. Prouty

Ann Shoemaker

as Lydia Braun

Marion Martin

as Cornelia

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