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The third TV adaptation of the adventures of
super-sleuth Ellery Queen, this time set during the 1940s. Queen
was a mystery writer who assisted his father, a detective with
the New York Police Department, in solving murders. Sgt. Velie
was Inspector Queen's assistant and Simon Brimmer a rival
detective.
Queen's methods were arcane and intellectual
rather than action oriented, and he always astounded his father
by arriving at a correct solution by purely deductive reasoning.
In this version, just before he revealed his solution to the
crime, Queen always turned to the camera and asked the TV
audience if they had figured out the identity of the killer yet
-- they had all the clues -- because he was about to reveal the
correct killer as we met the entire slew of suspects in one room
for the ending.
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Ellery Queen The
Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley
Episode 20 First aired: 3/7/1976
The 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
concerns the murder of
popular songwriter Alvin Winer during the musical interlude on a
radio show when he goes to the station's record library to find a
record. Ellery once again must clear a friend who had just
accused Winer of stealing his song. old unsolved murder case.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Disappearing Dagger
Episode 22 First aired: 4/4/1976
 Ellery
and the Inspector investigate the murder of a retired detective who
was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The
Adventure of the Wary Witness
Episode 15 First aired: 1/25/1976
An old college chum of Ellery's is
accused of murdering a mobster and the case hinges on a missing
witness. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too hoping to get a
scoop.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of
Veronica's Veils
Episode 10 First aired: 11/13/1975
Burlesque 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 looks
like, he will be murdered. Packer, in the video, asks radio mystery
star Simon Brimmer to solve his murder. Packer's widow, knowing that
Simon can't figure out his butt from third base, goes to Ellery and
asks for his help. Brimmer once again tries to best Ellery and once
again is 100% wrong.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Sinister Scenario
Episode 17 First aired: 2/8/1976
The Queens travel to Hollywood to watch
the filming of one of Ellery's novels and get involved in the
investigation when the leading man is found murdered.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Chinese Dog
Episode 4 First aired: 2/25/1975
 On
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 ornamental dog
figurine meant as a wedding gift for his daughter and worth nearly
half a million dollars. It seems as though two rival candidates for
sheriff want the Inspector to solve the town's first
murder in decades so that they can grab the credit.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Two-Faced Woman
Episode 19 First aired: 2/29/1976
Simon 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 in
events that happened in 1922 France. It's a hard road to the
solution and Ellery takes the correct one as usual.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Blunt Instrument
Episode 11 First aired: 12/18/1975
At a dinner party, arrogant mystery author Edgar Manning is
presented with the Blunt Instrument Award, awarded annually by the
Crime Writers of America, for his book "The Shanghai Solution."
Fellow nominee Ellery Queen is not present at the dinner due to a
bad head cold so Manning calls him afterwards on the telephone to
gloat. He is murdered while speaking to our hero.
Please be advised the quality of this episode is below my standards,
but the series is not available on DVD or VHS, nor does any TV
station show this series, so better than nothing I guess.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
12th Floor Express
Episode 6 First aired: 10/9/1975
News 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 Manners'
sister who had previously run the paper while her brother was absent
in WW II, the right-wing columnist who was always getting the paper
into legal hot water, the Editor being forced into retirement, and
(yes, you knew this was coming) the paper's lawyer. Ole Frank
Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself
and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. They'll have to take
things one day at a time in this case.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Mad Tea Party
Episode 9 First aired: 10/30/1975
Ellery 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 into
a play and is
trying to get Lockridge to provide the financial backing. All goes
for naught when Lockridge disappears while wearing a Mad Hatter's
costume from the Alice in Wonderland theme party he was
throwing. Whodunit? Could it have been someone from New York or
maybe even Dallas?
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of Miss
Aggies's Farewell Performance
Episode 7 First aired: 10/19/1975
Radio star Vera Bethune is poisoned
during the taping of her show. She survives and asks Ellery from her
hospital bed to look into things. Unfortunately for both Vera and
Ellery, she is shot
to death while in the hospital. Ellery and the Inspector are both
guilt stricken over failing to protect Ms. Bethune and are
determined to find her killer from among the usual numerous
suspects. But radio mystery star Simon Brimmer is determined to beat
both Queens to the solution in order to retain a sponsor to his
radio program. A golden girl might have a hard time with
this one.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Sunday Punch
Episode 14 First aired: 1/11/1976
A 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
Ellery for help in
clearing her boyfriend's name. Ellery accepts the challenge of
proving Joe's innocence but it seems that the dead boxer had nearly
as many enemies as Bugs Moran. Making things even more
complicated is the fact that good old Frank Flannigan is also on the
scene trying to beat Ellery to the solution.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of
Caesar's Last Sleep
Episode 20 First aired: 3/14/1976
A star witness at the trial of a
mobster is murdered while in the custody of Inspector Queen's office
and the finger soon points to none other than Sgt. Velie. It's up to
the Inspector to
get his subordinate off the hook as well as fend off criticism from
his superiors that he's over the hill and relies too much on Ellery.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Comic Book Crusader
Episode 5 First aired: 10/2/1975
Ellery 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 though the
man left a
dying clue which apparently points to him. Ellery is forced to
investigate in order to clear his name. Ole Frank Flannigan is on
the scene too trying to steal some of the glory.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Hard Hearted Huckster
Episode 21 First aired: 3/11/1976
Ole Frank Flannigan is made to look foolish in
the infant medium known as television in this episode about a nasty
tobacco company marketing executive who gets murdered just before
agreeing to sponsor a television show starring our favorite
muckraking reporter.
Jim Hutton played Ellery Queen
David Wayne played Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese played Sergeant Thomas Velie
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Ellery Queen The Adventure of the
Black Falcon
Episode 13 Aired: 1/4/1976
Simon 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 attend. As you
would figure, a murder is committed on the premises. One of the
owners is poisoned by a bottle of wine. Can Simon beat Ellery to the
solution of the case? Of course not.
Jim Hutton ... Ellery Queen
David Wayne ... Inspector Richard Queen
Howard Duff ... Eddie Morgan / Emile Morganstern
Signe Hasso ... Flora Schumann / Gretchen Schiller
Tab Hunter ... John Randall
Roddy McDowall ... The Amazing Armitage
John Hillerman ... Simon Brimmer
Tom Reese ... Sgt. Thomas Velie
William Schallert ... Alexander the Sommelier
Susan Stafford ... The Hat Check Girl
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Episode 3 Aired: 9/18/1975 The Adventure of the
Lover's Leap
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