Detective Ellery Queen tries to find a missing man, and gets embroiled in a case of murder and embezzlement.Detective Ellery Queen tries to find a missing man, and gets embroiled in a case of murder and embezzlement.Detective Ellery Queen tries to find a missing man, and gets embroiled in a case of murder and embezzlement.
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Frank M. Thomas
- Capt. H.T. Daley
- (as Frank Thomas)
Jack La Rue
- Tommy Gould
- (as Jack LaRue)
Johnny Arthur
- Riley - Reporter
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
- Door Sign Painter
- (uncredited)
Marie Blake
- Motel Landlady
- (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
- Quarantine Sign Poster
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Gambling Casino Patron
- (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
- Waymond Wadcwiff
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaNot a lost film, but presently locked up due to legal complications.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
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More of a crime thriller
Queen is off to San Francisco to get material for a book when a woman asks him to look for her husband (John Litel), thought dead, but seen by a friend a few weeks before. Queen and Porter set up a little trap for him that he walks into but it is more complicated than they thought. Money from a company that he worked for was embezzled for $100,000 and he is the fall guy. So he faked his death and skipped out. The real thief shows up in SF and murder is ahead. Queen has to untangle the mess which involves gangsters and guns and a femme fatale
This is more a gangster/crime film centred around missing man, a dead husband of a burlesque girl and embezzlement. It's not a mystery, and far from the concept of Ellery Queen mysteries, however it's entertaining enough and has some neat scenes featuring Margaret Lindsey and Ellery Queen moving the missing man from hotel to another. Action on the finale is good.
This is more a gangster/crime film centred around missing man, a dead husband of a burlesque girl and embezzlement. It's not a mystery, and far from the concept of Ellery Queen mysteries, however it's entertaining enough and has some neat scenes featuring Margaret Lindsey and Ellery Queen moving the missing man from hotel to another. Action on the finale is good.
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- coltras35
- Oct 2, 2022
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- Also known as
- A Desperate Chance
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942) officially released in Canada in English?
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