New York detective Ellery Queen travels to the California coast with his friend Judge Macklin for a vacation at a rented cabin. But they don't even have a chance to unpack before they become swept up in a kidnapping and murders involving the Godfrey family who live in the Spanish Cape estate nearby. As bodies drop as often as the tides, and the local police suspect everyone in the Godfrey family, Ellery comes to the rescue and solves the crimes while romancing the family's beautiful daughter Stella.
Directed byLewis D. Collins
Written byFrederic Dannay (novel), Manfred Lee (novel), Albert DeMond (screenplay)
CountryUSA
Runtime73 min
On screen
Donald Cook
Helen Twelvetrees
Berton Churchill
Frank Sheridan