The Spanish Cape Mystery

The Spanish Cape Mystery

ELLERY QUEEN'S STRANGEST CASE!

1935 · 74 min · ★ 5.6 · Mystery

Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.

Directed by Lewis D. Collins · Written by Albert DeMond

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