The Mandarin Mystery

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The Mandarin Mystery
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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)
StarringSee 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)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

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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

Soundtrack

No soundtrack album was created


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