Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)

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Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Release: 1940-11-30
Director: Kurt Neumann
Writers: Frederic Dannay , Manfred Lee , Eric Taylor
Language: English
Stars: Ralph Bellamy , Margaret Lindsay (I) (1910–1981) , Charley Grapewin , James Burke , Michael Whalen , Marsha Hunt , Fred Niblo , Charles Lane , Ann Shoemaker , Marion Martin
Runtime: 69 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Ellery Queen, Master Detective (United States of America) , John Braun's Body (United States of America) , Ellery Queen, Master Detective (United Kingdom) , Linda Impostora (Brazil) , Ellery Queen, Master Detective (Canada) , Ellery Queen, mare detectiv (Romania) , O Mistério da Morte (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Plot: The mysteriously ill John Braun makes a new will, leaving out his daughter Barbara, over the protests of his wife. The trouble began when the daughter wanted to marry Mr. Braun's doctor, James Rogers. Mrs. Braun asks Inspector Queen to help find the long-missing Barbara. The inspector's son, Ellery, works on the case. He goes to a home frequently visited by Dr. Rogers where the bell is answered by Nikki Porter who Ellery mistakes for Barbara and insists she return to the Braun home. Nikki does, to protect Barbara, and a short time later finds herself alone in a room outside Braun's bedroom. She finds him dead - his throat cut. No weapons are found and the door to the room where Nikki had been is locked, and she is suspected. Ellery hides Nikki in his apartment. Braun's body, sent for an autopsy, disappears and in its place is a life-sized statue of the dead man. Elley finds the body in a closet, the police prepare to send it downtown but someone drives off with the ambulance. Ellery, with Nikki, visits Braun's bedroom that night and discovers that a pet raven flies in and out taking items.
IMDB:tt0032438