Ellery Queen (1975–1976)

The son of a police detective solves baffling crimes.

Stars:

Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Tom Reese

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jim Hutton	...	Ellery Queen (23 episodes, 1975-1976)
David Wayne	...	Inspector Richard Queen (23 episodes, 1975-1976)
Tom Reese	...	Sgt. Thomas Velie (22 episodes, 1975-1976)

Storyline

The third TV adaptation of the adventures of super-sleuth Ellery Queen, this time set during the 1940s. Queen was a mystery writer who assisted his father, a detective with the New York Police Department, in solving murders. Sgt. Velie was Inspector Queen's assistant and Simon Brimmer a rival detective. Queen's methods were arcane and intellectual rather than action oriented, and he always astounded his father by arriving at a correct solution by purely deductive reasoning. In this version, just before he revealed his solution to the crime, Queen always turned to the camera and asked the TV audience if they had figured out the identity of the killer yet -- they had all the clues -- because he was about to reveal the correct killer as we met the entire slew of suspects in one room for the ending.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | clues | murder | father son relationship | sergeant | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Family | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Ellery Queen

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions, Tom Ward Enterprises, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (22 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The late Jim Hutton's son, Timothy, would also go on to star in a period piece mystery series, Nero Wolfe, with Maury Chakin (broadcast on A&E).

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Quotes

Inspector Richard Queen: Why don't we cut all the banana oil...

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Connections

Spoofed in Joys (1976)

User Reviews

Awesome Series and Awesome Actor

Jim Hutton is one of the best actors to come out of Hollywood. His performance in the Green Berets with John Wayne is memorable and you come to connect with his character in a very intimate way. As Ellery Queen, Jim Hutton really became the character he played. His boyish good looks, mannerism, and characterizations where beyond measure. The show itself was very well written and the guest actors where also exceptional. I remember waiting in anticipation each week to watch the show. Every show was riveting and the plot superb. The series became the measuring stick I used to judge the quality of other mystery movies and series ever since. It was a great loss to the industry when he died from liver cancer.