Ellery Queen
This is one of the classic TV whodunits -- with a twist. The show's format was such that the audience would see everything that the show's namesake character would see, including all of the clues, and then, right before the final scene started (you know... the one where all the suspects are brought into the room for the "YOU... killed the victim. And you did it because..." scene, the star (Ellery Queen, of course) would turn to the TV audience and state "Okay, you've got all the clues. Do you know who did it? I think I do. Can you guess?" And the audience had the chance to be part of the show. Quite unique and half the fun.
When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation.
After a wealthy industrialist threatens to disinherit family and staff at a New Year's Eve party, he is soon found murdered in a nearby phone booth by fellow guest Inspector Queen, who calls on son Ellery to help unmask the killer.
When an heiress is found dead from an apparent suicide, Ellery Queen suspects she was murdered, but the investigation is hindered by interference from radio detective Simon Brimmer.
A fishing trip for Richard and Ellery Queen soon becomes a working vacation when they are asked to help investigate the murder of a small town magnate.
A tyrannical comic book creator is shot to death in his office, and Ellery Queen becomes the prime suspect.
Inspector Queen calls in his son Ellery to help investigate the murder of a newspaper publisher, who first disappears from his private express elevator then is later found there dead by gunshot.
Beloved 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. She is taken to the hospital and survives, but the killer returns.
Ellery's publicist becomes embroiled in a murder investigation when she finds the body of one of her clients, a World War II spy who recently wrote a tell-all memoir.
Ellery finds himself in a country house with a missing producer and a number of guests who wanted the producer gone for good.
A burlesque show producer drops dead of a heart attack, and leaves a post-humous tape asking Simon Brimmer to find his killer.
Ellery and Simon join forces to figure out if an airplane manufacturer was murdered - or killed by a 2,000-year-old Egyptian curse.
A mystery writer, Edgar Manning, is murdered while on the phone to Ellery, boasting of how he won a mystery writers' reward.
Ellery and Simon Brimmer try to solve the case of a club owner who was poisoned, but there's no clue as to how.
A champion boxer goes down for good during a sparring match, and it's soon discovered that he was poisoned.
An eccentric inventor, apparently going through a second childhood, is murdered - and someone is responsible.
Ellery and Richard try to find the truth on whether a defendant on trial for murder is actually the killer or not
A wealthy man is murdered, and the killer hangs his body from a tree, emulating Judas Iscariot.
Ellery and his father go to Hollywood to see the film production of one of Ellery's novels - but real murder is afoot.
A society matron is killed in her study while uncovering an art forgery, and the unknown forger is the prime suspect.
Ruthless singer and producer Alvin Winer is murdered during a late-night radio interview, and Simon Brimmer is on the case - as is Ellery.
Inspector Queen and Velie are in hot water when a mob witness under their protection is mysteriously killed.
A ruthless broadcast executive is murdered in his office during his lunch break - and everyone has a motive and an alibi.
A private eye and Richard's mentor is murdered tracking down the murderer in a five-year-old case, and Ellery figures the same murderer is involved
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David Wayne | Inspector Richard Queen |
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Jim Hutton | Ellery Queen |
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Tom Reese | Sgt. Thomas Velie |
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John Hillerman | Simon Brimmer |
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Bob Harks | Courtroom Spectator |
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Nina Roman | Grace |
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Nick Borgani | Caterer |
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Ken DuMain | Party Guest |
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Ken Swofford | Frank Flannigan |
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Murray Pollack | Party Guest |
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Norman Stevans | Party Guest |
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Dee Wallace-Stone | Waitress / Mamie |
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Benjie Bancroft | Photographer |
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Monty O'Grady | Party Guest |
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Dick Cherney | Court Clerk |
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John Finnegan | Matthew Thomas Cleary |
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Cosmo Sardo | Club Member |
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Basil Hoffman | Fingerprint Expert |
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Arch Johnson | The Commissioner |
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Ross Elliott | Judge |
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Robert Hitchcock | Club Member |
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Rosanna Huffman | Radio Actress |
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Arthur Tovey | Reporter |
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Eddie Garrett | Man at Police Station |
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Paul King | Juror |
| Edition | 6 DVD NBC Series |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 6 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Stereo [English] |
| Distributor | E1 Entertainment |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Sep 28, 2010 |
| Regions | Region 1 |