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A German beer stein, bought on vacation in Europe reminds Ellery (Lee
Bowman) of what befell him and his father at a club in Western Zone of
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British correspondent
Marsden (Guy Spaull), after greeting his old friend Inspector Queen, joins
Ilsa (Eva Gabor), sultry singer at club. Proprietor Max Leopold (Ted Goetz)
doesn't approve. |
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At the bar, Marsden's drink is drugged by Red Agent Karl (Edgar Franken) who
takes him to the Eastern Zone where he is tortured for vital anti-communist
list. |
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Trying to find Marsden, Inspector Queen (Florenz Ames) is also kidnapped to
the Red Zone and is "persuaded" by Karl to "confess" to espionage. He
refuses |
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Despite threats of Karl and his strong-arm (Cosmo Cordello), Queen still
refuses to sign document. Meanwhile Ellery begins to look for his father. |
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Leopold suggest that Ilsa might lead Ellery to his contacts in the Red Zone
who could furnish more information. She agrees to escort him via a secret
route. |
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Meanwhile Communists, who have made no headway with the Inspector, throw him
into a room with dead body of Marsden who had chosen to remain silent |
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Ilsa has led Ellery straight to Karl's headquarters, but Ellery already had
suspected trap. he knocks out the guard, arms his dad, then covers Karl and
Ilsa. |
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Karl is
forced to call off the guards in the immediate area and with Ilsa to
"escort" Mr.Queen and son back to the Western Zone. Karl and Ilsa obey
unwillingly.
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Though the reluctant "guides" warn of sudden death, they are forced to guide
Ellery and his dad through an abandoned sewer, as Red Police hunt them
above. |
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Ellery and his father are surprised to find that the tunnel leads directly
to Ilsa's night club dressing room, headquarters for a Red Kidnaping ring.
The night club owner appears and retakes the surprised Ellery and dad at
gunpoint. He order them to turn around and begin trip back through the
tunnel.
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At the entrance to the tunnel, Max is mistakenly killed by Red bullets.
While Karl is caught off guard, Ellery grabs the dead man's gun and once
again he has Ilsa and the Communist agent in tow. Ellery orders them to
re-enter the night club where he calls the authorities. Ilsa and Karl make a
one way trip to jail.
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reproduced after a publication of
Photo Mystery in
TV Show edition of January
1952
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