Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen is a 1942 American thriller film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Ellery Queen, the duo of Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay.
The film was the final entry in the Ellery Queen film series.
Plot During World War II, Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize haul of industrial diamonds, which are being smuggled from Holland to the United States via Egypt. The gems are hidden inside a sarcophagus in order to throw both the Nazis agents and the American authorities off the scent. When the smuggler is murdered upon arrival in the US, Ellery Queen and his police-inspector father attempt to solve the killing.
Cast William Gargan ... Ellery Queen Margaret Lindsay ... Nikki Porter Charley Grapewin ... Inspector Richard Queen Gale Sondergaard ... Mrs. Van Dorn Gilbert Roland ... Paul Gillete Sig Ruman ... Heinrich James Burke ... Police Sergeant Valle Ernst Deutsch ... Dr. Morse Maurice Cass ... Mr. Calkus Minor Watson ... Commander Lang Felix Basch ... Helm James Seay ... Marine Sergeant Stevens Ludwig Donath ... Reece Dick Wessel ... The Big Sailor
Production The film was original titled Ellery Queen Across the Atlantic, and was produced in May 1942
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