Ellery Queen

The son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.

1975 HD 60min United States English

Richard Levinson David Wayne Jim Hutton Tom Reese

Crime Drama

new york city murder investigation writer detective cheerful 1940s nypd post world war ii

S1E1 - The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne 1975-09-11

The time: 10:00 pm, New Years Eve, 1947. The place: The ballroom of the Hotel Astor. The victim: Mr. Marcus Halliday. And the suspects (all the usual ones): the son (and his gold-digging girlfriend), the untrusted nephew, the long-time secretary (and her brand new fiance), and the new business partner (of course, stealing from the company behind the victims back). The soon-to-be victim has just announced that he plans to disinherit all of the above before the night is out - only to be found minutes later, slumped over in a nearby phone booth. Can Ellery figure out the clues as they play out? Of course, he can. But can you?

S1E2 - The Adventure of the Lover's Leap 1975-09-18

A 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 Ellerys own murder mysteries at the time and she died exactly the same way as the victim in the book.

S1E3 - The Adventure of the Chinese Dog 1975-09-25

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 towns first murder in decades so that they can grab the credit.

S1E4 - The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader 1975-10-02

Ellery himself is a leading suspect in the murder of a comic book publisher with whom hed clashed over how he was portrayed in the publishers 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.

S1E5 - The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express 1975-10-09

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 papers lawyer. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. Theyll have to take things one day at a time in this case.

S1E6 - The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance 1975-10-23

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.

S1E7 - The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs 1975-10-23

A 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. Ellerys galpal, Jenny OBrien, finds the erstwhile spy dead in his hotel room having been stabbed with an antique dagger. Everybody except Jenny is a suspect in this one.

S1E8 - The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party 1975-10-30

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 Ellerys 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 Hatters costume from the Alice in Wonderland theme party he was throwing. Whodunit? Could it have been someone from New York or maybe even Dallas?

S1E9 - The Adventure of Veronica's Veils 1975-11-13

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. Packers widow, knowing that Simon cant 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.

S1E10 - The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse 1975-12-11

Norris Wentworth buys and brings an Egyptian sarcophagus to display at the world famous Tremane Museum. Wouldnt you know it, theres curse on the darn thing. The six previous owners have all kicked the bucket under mysterious circumstances. Needless to say, Wentworth becomes victim number seven but is he really the victim of a mummys curse or is there some other motive in this wild, wild case?

S1E11 - The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument 1975-12-18

An 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. Ellery is not present at the dinner due to the fact that hes home sick with a head cold. Nasty, egotistical Manning calls up Ellery on the telephone in order to gloat about his win and is murdered while speaking with our hero on the phone. It might take a quantum leap for our hero to solve this one.

S1E12 - The Adventure of the Black Falcon 1976-01-04

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.

S1E13 - The Adventure of the Sunday Punch 1976-01-11

A boxer is killed while training for a championship bout and the finger points towards his sparring partner, Joe Adams. Joes girlfriend, Corrinne Ogden, seeks out Ellery for help in clearing her boyfriends name. Ellery accepts the challenge of proving Joes 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.

S1E14 - The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer 1976-01-18

Heeeeeeeeeeeres Ed. Ed McMahon, that is, who plays a once brilliant but now seemingly senile inventor who is murdered in his electric train workshop. This ones a toughie because it appears as though no one could have entered or left the workshop during the time in which the murder must have taken place.

S1E15 - The Adventure of the Wary Witness 1976-02-01

Ellerys 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 witness was a woman wearing a green dress. This description, of course, could fit any woman in New York. Ole Frank Flannigan comes along for the ride too and this time hes not quite so antagonistic towards Ellery.

S1E16 - The Adventure of the Judas Tree 1976-02-01

The 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 from a tree with a crown of thorns placed on his head. Just like one Judas Iscariot. As usual, plenty of suspects abound and when its discovered that the victim was dying of acute lymphoma the plot only thickens.

S1E17 - The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario 1976-02-08

Ellery and the Inspector travel to Hollywood in order to watch the filming of an adaptation of one of Ellerys novels into a movie. At the studio, they meet the actors who will be portraying them. Gilbert Mallory, the egotistical no-talent assclown slated to play Ellery, is found murdered and once again theres little rest for our weary heroes.

S1E18 - The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman 1976-02-29

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. Its a hard road to the solution and Ellery takes the correct one as usual.

S1E19 - The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley 1976-03-07

The radio payola scandals of the 1940s and 50s 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 stations record library to find a record. Ellery once again must clear a friend who had just accused Winer of stealing his song.

S1E20 - The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep 1976-03-14

Inspector Queen is in charge of protecting a mob witness but the witness is murdered before he can testify. Wouldnt you know it, the evidence points to none other than Sgt. Velie. The Inspector must also deal with rivals in the department who feel hes gotten long in the tooth and relies too much on Ellery. Will Ellery be able to figure out the correct solution? Not in this episode, he doesnt.

S1E21 - The Adventure of the Hard Hearted Huckster 1976-03-21

Frank Flannigan probably wishes hed taken a vacation as hes made to look foolish on the infant medium known as television. The plot concerns the murder of a nasty advertising executive for the Quick Silver Tobacco company which was thinking about sponsoring a radio show starring Flannigan.