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

Walter Kingsford

as Henry (Jardin butler)

Honorable Wu

as Lee (Matthews butler)

Charles Lane

as Dr. Prouty (coroner)

Charles Halton

as Rufus Smith (auctioneer)

Arthur Q. Bryan

as Book salesman

Crew

James P. Hogan

Director

Frederic Dannay

Writer

Manfred Lee

Writer

Eric Taylor

Screenplay