ELLERY QUEEN SERIES
One of the great series from the 70s that didn't get enough
time to build a following!!
The series is set in the 40's an is done quite well!!
This series started out as one of the NBC Mystery movie
series then went on its own! That's probably what killed
it, unfortunately!
Still, we get 23 great episodes with Jim Hutton and David
Wayne, this is still a great watch in the 2000s!
PILOT: TOO MANY SUSPECTS(Mar. 23, 1975):
A well-to-do man's lover gets killed, and as the title
says, there's too mnay suspects!!
Guest starring: Ray Milland, Kim Hunter, Tim O'Connor,
Monte Markham, Nick Borgani! A+
EPISODE # 1: THE ADVENTURE OF AULD LANG SYNE(Sept. 11, 1975):
Another rich man, another killing, on New Years Eve!
I would rate this higher but Ellery is not in this
in his detective-ish capacity very much!
Guest starring: Guy Lombardo(Happy New Year), David Doyle
(Charlie's Angels), Joan Collins(Star Trek: TOS episode
"The City On The Edge Of Forever", Dynesty), Herb Edelman
(The Golden Girls), Farly Grainger(Rope, Strangers On A Train),
Ray Walston(My Favorite Martian)! B+
EPISODE # 2: THE ADVENTURE OF THE LOVER'S LEAP(Sept. 18, 1975):
A woman is reading one of Ellery's books and as she's
reading, the things she reads seems to come true in
reality, so much so that she supposedly jumps from her
balcony and dies!
Guest starring: Don Ameche(Trading Places), Ida Lupino(Mr.
Adan and Mrs. Eve, The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes[1939]),
Anne Francis(Forbidden Planet, Honey West), Jack Kelly
(Maverick)! A
EPISODE # 3: THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHINESE DOG(Sept. 25, 1975):
A rich man(not many other kinds here in this series) gets
killed when hit with a valuable chinese dog statuette!
Guest starring: Orson Bean(The Hobbit[1977], Dr. Quinnn,
Medicine Woman)! A
EPISODE # 4: THE ADVENTURE OF THE COMIC BOOK CRUSADER(Oct. 02, 1975):
A newspaper is starting a new comic based on Ellery, and
he's not happy at all! The dude responsible gets killed
and there are many suspects, including Ellery!!
Starring: Tom Bosley(Happy Days), Linda Day George(Mission:
Impossible), Donald O'Connor(THE Donald O'Conner)! A
EPISODE # 5: THE ADVENTURE OF THE 12TH FLOOR EXPRESS(Oct. 09, 1975):
So there's this dude that apparently has an ability to
have an effect on everything electrical!!
Guest starring: Pat Harrington Jr.(One Day At A Time)!A
EPISODE # 6: THE ADVENTURE OF MISS AGGIE'S FAREWELL PERFORMANCE(Oct. 19, 1975):
A radio "star" gets poisoned and it's difficult to tell
who done it!!
Guest starring: Eve Arden(Our Miss Brooks), John McGiver(Breakfast
At Tiffany's), Bert Parks(There She Is, Miss America), Betty White
(THE Betty White)!! A
EPISODE # 7: THE ADVENTRUE OF COLONEL NIVIN'S MEMOIRS(Oct. 23, 1975):
The good Colonel has written a memoir(I know, shock!)
about WWII and one of the people he mentions, kills
him off - or do they?!
Guest starring: Pernell Roberts(Bonanza), Rene Auberjonois
(Star Trek: DS9, Boston Leagal, Benson), Robert Loggia(T.H.
E. Cat)! A
EPISODE # 8: THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAD TEA PARTY(Oct. 30, 1975):
A party for a guys grandson is planned as an homage
to Alice In Wonderland(Through The Looking Glass),
but before the party can get off the host disapppears!
The kid in this is really annoying!!!!
Guest starring: Jim Backus(Gilligan's Island, Scrooge),
Edward Andrews(3 Disney movies), Larry Hagman(I Dream
Of Genie, Dallas), Rhonda Flemming(Spellbound, The Nude
Bomb), Julias Harris(Live And Let Die), Julie Sommars
(Matlock, Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo)! A-
EPISODE # 9: THE ADVENTURE OF VERONICA'S VEILS(Nov. 13, 1975):
George plays a producer of "broadway" shows and records
his own euligy before his death, saying that he knows
who killed him and writes a letter, sending it to Simon
Brimmer!!
Guest starring: The great George Burns!! Also, Jack Carter,
(commedian, mostly known for game shows), William Demerest
(My Three Sons), Julie Adams(Creature From The Black Lagoon),
Don Porter(The Anne Southern Show)! A
EPISODE # 10: THE ADVENTURE OF THE PHAROAH'S CURSE(Dec. 11, 1975):
An archiologist buys a sarcophagus and the curse that
goes with it, and is promptly killed!
Guest starring: June Lockhart(Lost In space, Lassie),
Ross Martin(WWW), Nick Borgani(Star Trek: TOS episode
"A Piece Of The Action")! A
EPISODE # 11: THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUNT INSTRUMENT(Dec. 18, 1975):
A writer who just won an award for the best murder
novel of the year gets killed!
Guest starring: Sean Stockwell(Quantum Leap), Eva Gabor(Green
Acres)! A
EPISODE # 12: THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLACK FALCON(Jan. 04, 1976):
A nightclub part-owner is found dead in the wine celllar!
This has a really sweet ending!
Guest starring: Roddy McDowall(Planet Of The Apes movies[1970s]),
Howard Duff(Felony Squad), William Schallert(The Patty Duke Show,
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Star Trek: TOS episode "The
Trouble With Tribbles"), Tab Hunter(The Tab Hunter Show, singer of
the song "Young Love"! Nick Borgini returns! A
EPISODE # 13: THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUNDAY PUNCH(Jan. 11, 1976)
A boxer(WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE BOXING???) gets killed in the
ring while sparring!
Guest starring: Lloyd Nolan(Julia)! B
EPISODE # 14: THE ADVENTURE OF THE ECCENTRIC ENGINEER(Jan. 18, 1976):
A trainfanatic gets killed in his hobby room!
Guest starring: THE Arthur Godfrey, David Heddison(License To Kill,
Live And Let Die, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), Dorothy Malone
(Beach Party, Payton Place), Ed McMohon(Heeeeeeeresss's Johnny),
Bobby Sherman(Singer, Here Come The Brides), Dick Van Patten(Eight
Is Enough)! A
EPISODE # 15: THE ADVENTURE OF THE WARY WITNESS(Jan. 25, 1976):
Not the normal type of story here, it starts in the middle of
a case that's gone to trial and the defendant is a friend of
Ellery's, and he wants to help him get out of trouble!!
Guest starring: Dwayne Hickman(Love That Bob, The Many Adventures
Of Doby Gillis), Cesar Romero, Sal Mineo, Dick Seargent, Tricia
O'Neal(Babylon 5 episode "Believers", Star Trek: DS9 episode
"Defiant", 2 episodes of Star Trek: TNG)! A-
EPISODE # 16: THE ADVENTURE OF THE JUDAS TREE(Feb. 01, 1976):
Ellery gets murdered, on set! Ok, the actor playing him in
a movie made from one of his books!
Guest starring: THE Vincent Price, Neah Beary Jr.(Rockford Files),
Don Defore(The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet), Paul Fix(The
Riffleman, Star Trek: TOS episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before)
Troy Donnahue(Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye), Paul Carr(Star Trek: TOS
episode "Where No Man's Gone Before")! A
EPISODE # 17: THE ADVENTURE OF THE SINISTER SCENARIO(Feb. 08, 1976):
Not the normal type of story here, it starts in the middle of
a case that's gone to trial and the defendant is a friend of
Ellery's, and he wants to help him get out of trouble!!
Guest starring: Dwayne Hickman(Love That Bob, The Many Adventures
Of Doby Gillis), Cesar Romero, Sal Mineo, Dick Seargent, Tricia
O'Neal(Babylon 5 episode "Believers", Star Trek: DS9 episode
"Defiant", 2 episodes of Star Trek: TNG)! A-
EPISODE # 18: THE ADVENTURE OF THE TWO-FACED WOMAN(Feb. 29, 1976):
Painting forgeries are at the base of this episode!!
Guest starring: Victor Buono(Batman[1966 - TV], 4 For Texas,
Robin And The Seven Hoods, The Silencers), Forrest Tucker(F-
Troop), Edward Mulhare(The Ghost And Mrs. Muir, Knight Rider),
Theodore Bikel(My Fair Lady, The African Queen, Babylon 5 episode
"TKO"), Vera Miles(Psycho), Dr. Joyce Brothers! A
EPISODE # 19: THE ADVENTURE OF THE TYRANT OF TIN PAN ALLEY(Mar. 07, 1976):
A music mogul gets killed while promoting his newest song
which seems to be pirated from a young man!
Guest starring: Ken Berry(Several Disney movies), Norman Fell
(Three's Company), Polly Bergan(Mostly known for being on
"To Tell The Truth" & "I've Got A Secret"! A
EPISODE # 20: THE ADVENTURE OF CEASAR'S LAST SLEEP(Mar. 14, 1976):
A witness for the police gets killed while in protective
custody, which puts Velie and Inspector Queen in hot
water!
Guest starring: Jan Murray(best known for being on the Hollywood
Squares game show), Kevin Tighe(Emergency!), Stuart Whitman(Superboy,
Cimmeron Strip), Bibi Besch(Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan)! A
EPISODE # 21: THE ADVENTURE OF THE HARD-HEARTED HUCKSTER(Mar. 21, 1976):
An old coot who runs a radio ad company gets killed
and there are many possibilities!
Guest starrring: Bob Crane(Hogan's Heroes), Carolyn Jones
(The Addams Family), Juliet Mills(Hayley's older sister,
Nanny And The Professor, Passions)! Herb Edeleman returns! A
EPISODE # 22: THE ADVENTURE OF THE DISAPPEARING DAGGER(Apr. 04, 1976)
The last episode of a great series! I can't seem to find anything
about why it only ran for 22 episodes(and the pilot)!
Anyway, this is a great ending to the series, with a man gettting
killed because he's solved a 5 year old murder!
Guest starring: Gary Burghoff(M*A*S*H*), Ronny Cox(Beverly Hills
Cop series of movies, Total Recall, Robo Cop, Stargate SG-1),
Mel Ferrer(Falcon Crest)! A
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From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
It has been years since I watched this. I remember though
that very few shows had every made me feel so inspired in
my life. I remember not liking George MIchael's songs before
the series, but then after it I liked them much more. - davesawesomeinbox