Ellery Queen, Master Detective(1940)
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Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.
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Ellery Queen
Nikki Porter
Insp. Queen
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Dr. James Rogers
Barbara Braun
John Braun
Dr. Prouty
Lydia Braun
Cornelia
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