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Ellery Queen: Season 1

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen: Season 1

Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions (1975)
DVD
US - TV-PG
741952675594
TV Series | Crime | Drama | Family | Mystery
USA | English | Color | 19:32

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.


Episodes View details

0 Too Many Suspects 98 min | Mar 23, 1975

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.

1 The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne 49 min | Sep 11, 1975

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.

2 The Adventure of the Lover's Leap 49 min | Sep 18, 1975

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.

3 The Adventure of the Chinese Dog 49 min | Sep 25, 1975

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.

4 The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader 49 min | Oct 02, 1975

A tyrannical comic book creator is shot to death in his office, and Ellery Queen becomes the prime suspect.

5 The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express 49 min | Oct 09, 1975

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.

6 The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance 48 min | Oct 19, 1975

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.

7 The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs 49 min | Oct 23, 1975

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.

8 The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party 49 min | Oct 30, 1975

Ellery finds himself in a country house with a missing producer and a number of guests who wanted the producer gone for good.

9 The Adventure of Veronica's Veils 49 min | Nov 13, 1975

A burlesque show producer drops dead of a heart attack, and leaves a post-humous tape asking Simon Brimmer to find his killer.

10 The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse 49 min | Dec 11, 1975

Ellery and Simon join forces to figure out if an airplane manufacturer was murdered - or killed by a 2,000-year-old Egyptian curse.

11 The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument 49 min | Dec 18, 1975

A mystery writer, Edgar Manning, is murdered while on the phone to Ellery, boasting of how he won a mystery writers' reward.

12 The Adventure of the Black Falcon 49 min | Jan 04, 1976

Ellery and Simon Brimmer try to solve the case of a club owner who was poisoned, but there's no clue as to how.

13 The Adventure of the Sunday Punch 49 min | Jan 11, 1976

A champion boxer goes down for good during a sparring match, and it's soon discovered that he was poisoned.

14 The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer 48 min | Jan 18, 1976

An eccentric inventor, apparently going through a second childhood, is murdered - and someone is responsible.

15 The Adventure of the Wary Witness 48 min | Jan 25, 1976

Ellery and Richard try to find the truth on whether a defendant on trial for murder is actually the killer or not

16 The Adventure of the Judas Tree 48 min | Feb 01, 1976

A wealthy man is murdered, and the killer hangs his body from a tree, emulating Judas Iscariot.

17 The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario 48 min | Feb 08, 1976

Ellery and his father go to Hollywood to see the film production of one of Ellery's novels - but real murder is afoot.

18 The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman 48 min | Feb 29, 1976

A society matron is killed in her study while uncovering an art forgery, and the unknown forger is the prime suspect.

19 The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley 60 min | Mar 07, 1976

Ruthless singer and producer Alvin Winer is murdered during a late-night radio interview, and Simon Brimmer is on the case - as is Ellery.

20 The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep 48 min | Mar 14, 1976

Inspector Queen and Velie are in hot water when a mob witness under their protection is mysteriously killed.

21 The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster 48 min | Mar 21, 1976

A ruthless broadcast executive is murdered in his office during his lunch break - and everyone has a motive and an alibi.

22 The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger 48 min | Apr 04, 1976

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

Cast View all

David Wayne Inspector Richard Queen
Jim Hutton Ellery Queen
Tom Reese Sgt. Thomas Velie
John Hillerman Simon Brimmer
Bob Harks Courtroom Spectator
Nina Roman Grace
Nick Borgani Caterer
Ken DuMain Party Guest
Ken Swofford Frank Flannigan
Murray Pollack Party Guest
Norman Stevans Party Guest
Dee Wallace-Stone Waitress / Mamie
Benjie Bancroft Photographer
Monty O'Grady Party Guest
Dick Cherney Court Clerk
John Finnegan Matthew Thomas Cleary
Cosmo Sardo Club Member
Basil Hoffman Fingerprint Expert
Arch Johnson The Commissioner
Ross Elliott Judge
Robert Hitchcock Club Member
Rosanna Huffman Radio Actress
Arthur Tovey Reporter
Eddie Garrett Man at Police Station
Paul King Juror

Edition details

Edition 6 DVD NBC Series
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