“MORE MIRTH THAN MYSTERY! It's a panic in a penthouse!”
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
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Part of Ellery Queen Collection
9 films
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Movie · 1935
The Mandarin Mystery
Movie · 1936
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Movie · 1940
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Movie · 1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Movie · 1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Movie · 1941
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Movie · 1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
Movie · 1942
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
Movie · 1942
Cast
42 people
Eddie Quillan
Ellery Queen
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Mutiny on the Bounty
Charlotte Henry
Josephine Temple
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
Babes in Toyland
Frederic Dannay
Ralph Staub
Nat Levine
Hugo Riesenfeld
Rita La Roy
Martha Kirk
Known for
Blonde Venus
Manfred Lee
Jack A. Marta
Victor Zobel
Wade Boteler
Inspector Queen
Also in
Bird of Paradise
Billy The Kid Returns
John Larkin
Also in
Alexander Hamilton
Men of Chance
Philip Ford Director · Ralph Staub Director Cortland Fitzsimmons Screenplay
Director
Philip Ford
Director
Ralph Staub
Screenplay
Cortland Fitzsimmons
Screenplay
John Francis Larkin
Screenplay
Gertrude Orr
Story
Frederic Dannay
Story
Manfred Lee
Composer
Hugo Riesenfeld
Composer
Heinz Roemheld
Composer
Milan Roder
Cinematographer
Jack A. Marta
Editor
Grace Goddard
Costume designer
Eloise
United States release December 23, 1936 · Produced in United States · Working title The Chinese Orange Mystery
Production
Republic Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
The Chinese Orange Mystery
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 23, 1936
Theatrical
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