The Mandarin Mystery

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.

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	December 23, 1936 (1936-12-23)
Running time	66 minutes (USA) 53 minutes (USA, edited version)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Mandarin Mystery

Plot summary

Two murders are committed and a $50,000 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

• 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

No soundtrack album was created

External links

• The Mandarin Mystery at IMDb
• The Mandarin Mystery is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive