A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

70 mins | Mystery | May 7, 1942

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

70 mins | Mystery | May 7, 1942

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Columbia Pictures, Larry Darmour Productions
Original title A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
Directors James P. Hogan
Writers Manfred Lee, Frederic Dannay, Eric Taylor

Cast

William Gargan

as Ellery Queen

Margaret Lindsay

as Nikki Porter

John Litel

as Norman Hadley

Charley Grapewin

as Insp. Queen

James Burke

as Sgt. Velie

Frank M. Thomas

as Capt. H.T. Daley

Lilian Bond

as Adele Belden

Morgan Conway

as Ray Stafford

Jack La Rue

as Tommy Gould

Charlotte Wynters

as Irene Hadley

Noel Madison

as George Belden

Johnny Arthur

as Riley

Byron Foulger

as Freddy Froelich

Marie Blake

as Desk Clerk at Florence Garden Apartments

Syd Saylor

as Fingers Muldoon

Willie Fung

as Waiter at Golden Dragon

Arthur Q. Bryan

as Raymond Radcliffe