"SEE THE ACE AMATUER SLEUTH OF RADIO AND FICTION SOLVE THE STRANGE SLAYING OF WALL STREET'S RICHEST WIDOW!" 18 November 1941 Mystery 70 mins
The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by strangulation.
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Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen
Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter
Charley Grapewin as Insp. Queen
Mona Barrie as Nurse Marian Tracy
Paul Hurst as Page
James Burke as Sgt. Velie
Leon Ames as John Stack
George Zucco as Dr. Edwin L. Jannery
Blanche Yurka as Mrs. Augusta Stack
Charlotte Wynters as Miss Fox
Tom Dugan as Lou Thomas
Olin Howland as Dr. Williams
Dennis Moore as Dr. Dunn
Jean Fenwick as Alice Stack
Pierre Watkin as Crothers
Byron Foulger as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Eric Taylor Screenplay
Manfred Lee Story
Frederic Dannay Story
James S. Brown Jr. Director of Photography
Gertrude Purcell Screenplay
James P. Hogan Director
United States 18 November 1941
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