The Spanish Cape Mystery
"ELLERY QUEEN'S STRANGEST CASE!"
Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.
"ELLERY QUEEN'S STRANGEST CASE!"
Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.
Donald Cook
Ellery Queen
Helen Twelvetrees
Stella Godfrey
Berton Churchill
Judge Macklin
Frank Sheridan
Walter Godfrey
Harry Stubbs
Sheriff Moley
Guy Usher
Inspector Queen
Huntley Gordon
David Kummer
Jack La Rue
Gardner
Betty Blythe
Mrs. Godfrey
Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.
Detective "Ellery Queen" (Donald Cook) sets off with Justice "Macklin" (Merton Churchill) for a holiday on the Californian Spanish Cape. They have hardly had a chance to rub on the factor 30 before there is a kidnap and a murder at the neighbouring home of the "Godfrey" family, and what with "Queen" being quite keen on the daughter "Stella" (Helen Twelvetrees) they chip into the investigation. The mystery itself is all a bit routine, but it does have some fun dialogue between the star and local sheriff "Moley" (Harry Stubbs) and as the bodies start to pop up all over the place, the entire family (and their staff) are in the frame to keep the pace moving along OK. The production is a little on the basic side, but there is enough decent chemistry and some enjoyable wittiness on screen to keep it interesting for 70 minutes.
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