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The Mandarin Mystery

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The Mandarin Mystery
Directed byRalph Staub
Written byFrederic Dannay (story)
John Francis Larkin (writer)
Manfred Lee (story)
Gertrude Orr (writer)
Rex Taylor (writer)
Screenplay byCortland Fitzsimmons
Produced byNat Levine (producer)
Victor Zobel (associate producer)
StarringSee below
CinematographyJack A. Marta
Edited byGrace Goddard
Distributed byRepublic 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.

Plot summary

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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

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Soundtrack

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No soundtrack album was created

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