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A Close Call for Ellery Queen

27 Jan 1942
67 min
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Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.

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Ralph Morgan

Alan Rogers

Charley Grapewin

Insp. Queen

James Burke

Sgt. Velie

Ben Welden

Fisherman

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Claire Du Brey

Housekeeper

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William Gargan

Ellery Queen

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Margaret Lindsay

Nikki Porter

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Addison Richards

Lester Younger

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