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The Mandarin Mystery
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Wikipedia article
'The Mandarin Mystery' is a 1936 American film directed by Ralph Staub, loosely based on 'The Chinese Orange Mystery', a novel featuring detective character Ellery Queen.
Plot summary
Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen.
Cast
*Eddie Quillan as Ellery Queen, a mystery writer and amateur detective
*Charlotte Henry as Josephine Temple
*Rita La Roy as Martha Kirk
*Wade Boteler as Inspector Richard Queen, A police inspector, Ellery's father.
*Franklin Pangborn as Mellish, the hotel manager
*George Irving as Dr. Alexander Kirk
*Kay Hughes as Irene Kirk
*William Newell as Detective Guffy
*George Walcott as Donald Trent
*Edwin Stanley as Howard Bronson
*Edgar Allen as Detective
*Bert Roach
*Richard Beach as Reporter
*Monte Vandergrift as Detective
*Grace Durkin as Girl on Street Corner
*Mary Russell as Girl on Street Corner
*Mary Bovard as Girl At Cocktail Bar
*June Johnson as Girl At Cocktail Bar
Soundtrack
No soundtrack album was created
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