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The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer

Episode aired Jan 18, 1976
TV-PG
48m

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8.3/10

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Ellery Queen: The Adventure Of The Eccentric Engineer

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Famous inventor Lamont Franklin suddenly withdraws from the world and starts holing up in his shed, playing incessantly with his toy trains. So why would someone kill him? A clue at the begi... Read allFamous inventor Lamont Franklin suddenly withdraws from the world and starts holing up in his shed, playing incessantly with his toy trains. So why would someone kill him? A clue at the beginning of the show: before the inventor answers the knock of his killer, he hides some secr... Read allFamous inventor Lamont Franklin suddenly withdraws from the world and starts holing up in his shed, playing incessantly with his toy trains. So why would someone kill him? A clue at the beginning of the show: before the inventor answers the knock of his killer, he hides some secret formulas in a secret - compartment desk drawer.

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Jim Hutton and Ann Reinking in Ellery Queen (1975)

Jim Hutton and Arthur Godfrey in Ellery Queen (1975)

Jim Hutton and David Hedison in Ellery Queen (1975)

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Trivia
Ann Reinking's TV debut.

Goofs
Velie tells Ellery that there's been a murder in Bayside, but later, a newscaster refers to the scene of the crime as being in the Bronx. Bayside is a neighborhood in Queens County (just west of Douglaston, which Ellery visited earlier in the series in The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party).

Quotes
Claude Sitwell: [Inspector Queen has asked Sitwell to identify a card. Sitwell glances at it] Sorry: I can't help you.
Inspector Richard Queen: Sorry: I don't believe you.
Claude Sitwell: Inspector, I believe you're calling me a liar.
Inspector Richard Queen: Maybe just deliberately forgetful.

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8/10

Rather simple, as it turned out

Ed McMahon get a rare and quite brief appearance as a technical genius and business owner who someone wants dead ... and they make him dead in the first two minutes of the episode.

From there it becomes a semi-locked room mystery, except it's obvious he must have known and trusted his murderer and let him in. David Hedison and Arthur Godfrey are welcome sightings in the show, and I'd been a Hedison fan since his days on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

The episode adds an interesting touch in a young lady who's an aspiring author who wants some tips from Elery, who is reticent since he doesn't write romance. However, once she let's her hair down and helps solve the mystery, she becomes a more attractive prospect in a companion. ;-)

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