Ellery Queen
The son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.
Cast:Jim Hutton , David Wayne , Tom Reese , John Hillerman , Nina Roman , Ken Swofford , Arch Johnson , Maggie Nelson , Herb Edelman , Barbara Rush , Peter Hobbs , John Finnegan , Rosanna Huffman , Kristin Larkin , Jimmy Lydon , John Lawlor , Basil Hoffman , Ross Elliott
S1.E0 ∙ Too Many Suspects
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.
S1.E1 ∙ The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne
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.
S1.E2 ∙ The Adventure of the Lover's Leap
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.
S1.E3 ∙ The Adventure of the Chinese Dog
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.
S1.E4 ∙ The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader
A tyrannical comic book creator is shot to death in his office, and Ellery Queen becomes the prime suspect.
S1.E5 ∙ The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express
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.
S1.E6 ∙ The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance
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.
S1.E7 ∙ The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs
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.
S1.E8 ∙ The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party
Ellery finds himself in a country house with a missing producer and a number of guests who wanted the producer gone for good.
S1.E9 ∙ The Adventure of Veronica's Veils
A burlesque show producer drops dead of a heart attack, and leaves a post-humous tape asking Simon Brimmer to find his killer.
S1.E10 ∙ The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse
Ellery and Simon join forces to figure out if an airplane manufacturer was murdered - or killed by a 2,000-year-old Egyptian curse.
S1.E11 ∙ The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument
A mystery writer, Edgar Manning, is murdered while on the phone to Ellery, boasting of how he won a mystery writers' reward.
S1.E12 ∙ The Adventure of the Black Falcon
Ellery and Simon Brimmer try to solve the case of a club owner who was poisoned, but there's no clue as to how.
S1.E13 ∙ The Adventure of the Sunday Punch
A champion boxer goes down for good during a sparring match, and it's soon discovered that he was poisoned.
S1.E14 ∙ The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer
An eccentric inventor, apparently going through a second childhood, is murdered - and someone is responsible.
S1.E15 ∙ The Adventure of the Wary Witness
Ellery and Richard try to find the truth on whether a defendant on trial for murder is actually the killer or not
S1.E16 ∙ The Adventure of the Judas Tree
A wealthy man is murdered, and the killer hangs his body from a tree, emulating Judas Iscariot.
S1.E17 ∙ The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario
Ellery and his father go to Hollywood to see the film production of one of Ellery's novels - but real murder is afoot.
S1.E18 ∙ The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman
A society matron is killed in her study while uncovering an art forgery, and the unknown forger is the prime suspect.
S1.E19 ∙ The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley
Ruthless singer and producer Alvin Winer is murdered during a late-night radio interview, and Simon Brimmer is on the case - as is Ellery.
S1.E20 ∙ The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep
Inspector Queen and Velie are in hot water when a mob witness under their protection is mysteriously killed.
S1.E21 ∙ The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster
A ruthless broadcast executive is murdered in his office during his lunch break - and everyone has a motive and an alibi.
S1.E22 ∙ The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger
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
