Ellery Queen 1975
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
Episodes
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S1·E1 The Adventure of Auld Lang SyneThe time: 10:00 pm, New Year's Eve, 1947. The place: The ballroom of the Hotel Astor. The victim: Mr. Marcus Halliday. And the suspects (all the usual ones): the son…
S1·E2 The Adventure of the Lover's LeapA wealthy heiress dies. She jumped off the balcony of her elegant home (or did she?). Was it suicide... or was it murder? The twist: she was reading one of Ellery's own…
S1·E3 The Adventure of the Chinese DogOn a fishing trip to the town of Wrightsville, Ellery and Inspector Queen are dragged into the case of the murder of a wealthy man who was whacked over the head with an…
S1·E4 The Adventure of the Comic Book CrusaderEllery himself is a leading suspect in the murder of a comic book publisher with whom he'd clashed over how he was portrayed in the publisher's comics. It seems as…
S1·E5 The Adventure of the 12th Floor ExpressNews mogul Henry Manners is murdered in an express elevator to the 12th floor of his building with nobody inside the elevator except the victim. The suspects include…
S1·E6 The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell PerformanceBeloved Vera Bethune stars as Miss Aggie in a radio soap opera, but is about to be written out. One day she drinks water from a jug and is poisoned in a murder attempt.…
S1·E7 The Adventure of Colonel Niven's MemoirsA WW II spy, Colonel Alec Nivin, is on a book tour in New York concerning his memoirs in which he accuses a variety of people of war crimes and treasonous acts. Ellery's…
S1·E8 The Adventure of the Mad Tea PartyEllery and his agent, Howard Biggers, travel to the estate of the wealthy and eccentric Spencer Lockridge. It seems as though Biggers wants to turn one of Ellery's books…
S1·E9 The Adventure of Veronica's VeilsBurlesque producer Sam Packer is found dead of an apparent heart attack but he leaves behind a video to be shown at his funeral in which he states that no matter what it…
S1·E10 The Adventure of the Pharaoh's CurseNorris Wentworth buys and brings an Egyptian sarcophagus to display at the world famous Tremane Museum. Wouldn't you know it, there's curse on the darn thing. The six…
S1·E11 The Adventure of the Blunt InstrumentAn awards dinner sponsored by the Crime Writers of America is being held at the residence of writer Edgar Manning who is the recipient of the Blunt Instrument Award.…
S1·E12 The Adventure of the Black FalconSimon Brimmer arrives at a restaurant where he is to give a live-remote broadcast of his highly rated mystery radio program. Ellery and the Inspector are invited to…
S1·E13 The Adventure of the Sunday PunchA boxer is killed while training for a championship bout and the finger points towards his sparring partner, Joe Adams. Joe's girlfriend, Corrinne Ogden, seeks out…
S1·E14 The Adventure of the Eccentric EngineerHeeeeeeeeeeere's Ed. Ed McMahon, that is, who plays a once brilliant but now seemingly senile inventor who is murdered in his electric train workshop. This one's a…
S1·E15 The Adventure of the Wary WitnessEllery's old college chum, Linville Hagen, is accused of murdering mobster Nick Danello and Ellery must find a missing witness who can prove his innocence. This missing…
S1·E16 The Adventure of the Judas TreeThe Queens investigate when a wealthy industrialist and war profiteer is stabbed to death with a Chinese ceremonial dagger and then dragged out of his house and hung…
S1·E17 The Adventure of the Sinister ScenarioEllery and the Inspector travel to Hollywood in order to watch the filming of an adaptation of one of Ellery's novels into a movie. At the studio, they meet the actors…
S1·E18 The Adventure of the Two-Faced WomanSimon Brimmer once again fingers the wrong culprit in this tale about the murder of a socialite who was apparently leading a double life. The case has its underpinnings…
S1·E19 The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan AlleyThe radio payola scandals of the 1940's and 50's are recalled in this episode. Simon Brimmer once again tries to best Ellery and once again falls short. The plot…
S1·E20 The Adventure of Caesar's Last SleepInspector Queen is in charge of protecting a mob witness but the witness is murdered before he can testify. Wouldn't you know it, the evidence points to none other than…
S1·E21 The Adventure of the Hard Hearted HucksterFrank Flannigan probably wishes he'd taken a vacation as he's made to look foolish on the infant medium known as television. The plot concerns the murder of a nasty…
S1·E22 The Adventure of the Disappearing DaggerIn the series' finale, Ellery probes the murder of a retired detective who was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.Cast
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Michael V. Gazzo
Benny Franks
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Penelope Windust
Crew
- Creator
- Richard Levinson, William Link
- Producers
- Richard Levinson, William Link
Details
- First air date
- Sep 11, 1975
- Last air date
- Apr 4, 1976
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 22
- Episode runtime
- 60 min
- Network
- NBC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Universal Television, Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions, Tom Ward Enterprises
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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