Two murders are committed and a $50,000 Chinese Mandarin stamp is stolen, passed around and eventually recovered as a group of valuable stamp counterfeiters is uncovered, through the investigations of Ellery Queen..
Is this thing worth your time? If you like movies where everyone talks in clipped, rapid-fire sentences and the plot hinges entirely on a tiny piece of paper, sure. It’s a breezy enough watch for a rainy afternoon. But if you’re looking for something that actually makes sense when you sit down to think about it, you mi...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Ralph Staub
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"Is this thing worth your time? If you like movies where everyone talks in clipped, rapid-fire sentences and the plot hinges entirely on a tiny piece of paper, sure. It’s a breezy enough watch for a rainy afternoon. But if you’re looking for something that actually makes sense when you sit down to think about it, you might want to skip this one. The whole thing revolves around a stolen Chinese Mandarin stamp. Honestly, the stamp feels like it’s there just to give the characters something to pace..."
Rex Taylor, Manfred Lee, Cortland Fitzsimmons, Frederic Dannay, Gertrude Orr, John Francis Larkin
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