About this title: There was some novelty value in the fact that an actor whose initials were E.Q. was cast as intellectual sleuth Ellery Queen in Republic's The Mandarin Mystery. That actor was Eddie Quillan, who though a talented and appealing performer was woefully miscast as Queen. The story, based on the Ellery Queen novel The Chinese Orange Mystery, is set in motion by a crook who steals a $50,000 stamp, which results in two murders -- both committed in impenetrably locked rooms. The primary suspect is Jo Temple (Charlotte Henry), the original possessor of the stamp. Falling in love with Jo, Ellery sets ...
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Description: Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita LeRoy, Franklin Pangborn, George Irving, Kay Hughes. New in new packaging. 1936 Run time: 65. Detective Ellery Queen uncovers a counterfeiting ring when a rare Mandarin stamp is stolen and its owner murdered in a impenetrable room. Played largely for laughs and loosely adapted from one of the best Queen novels, THE CHINESE ORANGE MYSTERY. read more
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