The Mandarin Mystery
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1936 film by Ralph Staub
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| The Mandarin Mystery | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ralph Staub |
| Written by | Frederic Dannay (story) John Francis Larkin (writer) Manfred Lee (story) Gertrude Orr (writer) Rex Taylor (writer) |
| Screenplay by | Cortland Fitzsimmons |
| Produced by | Nat Levine (producer) Victor Zobel (associate producer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
| Edited by | Grace Goddard |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes (USA) 53 minutes (USA, edited version) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Mandarin Mystery is a 1936 American mystery crime film directed by Ralph Staub, loosely based on The Chinese Orange Mystery , a novel featuring detective character Ellery Queen.
Plot summary
[edit ]Two murders are committed and a 50,000ドル Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, tossed around and eventually recovered as an aggregation of costly-stamp counterfeiters are uncovered through the mastermind investigation by Ellery Queen.
Cast
[edit ]- Eddie Quillan as Ellery Queen, a mystery writer and amateur detective
- Charlotte Henry as Josephine Temple
- Rita La Roy as Martha Kirk
- Wade Boteler as Inspector Richard Queen, A police inspector, Ellery's father.
- Franklin Pangborn as Mellish, the hotel manager
- George Irving as Dr. Alexander Kirk
- Kay Hughes as Irene Kirk
- William Newell as Detective Guffy
- George Walcott as Donald Trent
- Edwin Stanley as Howard Bronson
- Edgar Allen as Detective
- Bert Roach
- Richard Beach as Reporter
- Monte Vandergrift as Detective
- Grace Durkin as Girl on Street Corner
- Mary Russell as Girl on Street Corner
- Mary Bovard as Girl At Cocktail Bar
- June Johnson as Girl At Cocktail Bar
Soundtrack
[edit ]No soundtrack album was created
External links
[edit ]- The Mandarin Mystery at IMDb
- The Mandarin Mystery is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1936 films
- 1930s comedy mystery films
- American black-and-white films
- Republic Pictures films
- 1936 comedy films
- American comedy mystery films
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Ralph Staub
- Films produced by Nat Levine
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- Ellery Queen films
- English-language comedy mystery films
- 1930s comedy film stubs