Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

{{short description|1941 film by James P. Hogan}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

| image = Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = James P. Hogan

| producer = Larry Darmour

| screenplay = Eric Taylor

| story = Ellery Queen

| based_on = The Devil to Pay

| starring = Ralph Bellamy
Margaret Lindsay
Charley Grapewin
Spring Byington
H. B. Warner
James Burke

| music = Lee Zahler

| cinematography = James S. Brown Jr.

| editing = Dwight Caldwell

| studio = Larry Darmour Productions

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1941|8|14}}

| runtime = 67 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime is a 1941 American mystery film directed by James P. Hogan and written by Eric Taylor. The film was loosely based on the 1938 novel The Devil to Pay by Ellery Queen.{{cite web|url=http://neptune.spaceports.com/~queen/Other%20Media_6.html|title=Ellery Queen, a website on detection|website=spaceports.com}} It stars Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin, Spring Byington, H. B. Warner and James Burke. The film was released on August 14, 1941, by Columbia Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73998/ellery-queen-and-the-perfect-crime |title=Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2020-01-23}}{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ellery-queen-and-the-perfect-crime-v90379 |title=Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941) - James Hogan |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2020-01-23}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26687-ELLERY-QUEENANDTHEPERFECTCRIME |title=Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2020-01-23}}