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.

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