"Ellery Queen" (1975) TV series 1975-1976

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

11 September 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Family | Mystery

Plot:

Another rivel for solving crimes on The 1975 NBC TV network/Universal TV version of "Ellery Queen" is newspaper reporter:"Frank Flannegan" (played by Character actor:Ken Swofford).

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Murder | Clues | Sergeant | Audience Participation

Cast

Jim Hutton	...	Ellery Queen (22 episodes, 1975-1976)
David Wayne	...	Inspector Richard Queen (22 episodes, 1975-1976)
Tom Reese	...	Sergeant Velie / ... (17 episodes, 1975-1976)
John Hillerman	...	Simon Brimmer (9 episodes, 1975-1976)

Also Known As:

"The Adventures of Ellery Queen"

Runtime:

60 min (22 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions

Trivia:

Broke the fourth wall when Ellery Queen (Jim Hutton) turned to the camera and listed the significant clues before he gathered everyone together and solved the murder.

Quotes:

Lorelei Farnsworth: But I don't understand why Roger killed him.
Inspector Richard Queen: [Roger has a pushy wife] Must have been something he married.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Joys (1976) (TV)

"Have you figured it out yet?"

And thus we approach the wrap-up for another Ellery Queen mystery. This direct audience involvement was just one of the great touches in this all-to-brief series. "You have all the clues..." Well - yes and no. For example, it might have helped to know that, in 1940's Manhattan, telephone numbers were 6 digits long, not the 7 digits we knew in the 70's, so the victim was REALLY dialing...(I won't give it away). OTOH, I had to stop reading TV Guide when I watched this show. This was back in the days when TV Guide had to stretch to fill pages, so they not only gave story synopses, they printed Guest Cast lists for network series. But unfortunately it seemed that The Killer was always listed first in the Guest Cast (or second if the victim was first.) And that was a clue that even dear Ellery lacked!