Ellery Queen

1975

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Released: 11 September 1975 Ended
Producted By: Tom Ward Enterprises
Country: United States of America
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Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.

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Drama, Mystery

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Tom Ward Enterprises

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Ellery Queen Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
PodBill Just what I expected
Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
alexanderdavies-99382 "Ellery Queen Mysteries" was a Detective television series that had a genuine sense of mystery about it, as the identity of the murderer wasn't revealed until the end. This worked to the shows favour. Wisely, the setting was that of the 1940s as that was when the Ellery Queen character first surfaced. Jim Hutton as the title character and his father played by David Wayne, would investigate various crimes of homicide. A group of suspects and red herrings would be assembled by the end of the episode, so that Queen could give his deliberations. The series only lasted one season which I think is a bit of a shame. There were 22 episodes altogether and whilst they are very good, I feel that more could have been made. Once again, "Universal" was the studio behind this show.
dbborroughs Jim Hutton stars as sleuth Ellery Queen in one of TV's great unsung mystery shows. The stories, set in the 1940's, have Queen a mystery writer and son of the police commissioner getting involved in various murders. What was unique about the series was that before the audience was told who done it Queen would address the audience and ask them if they had solved the crime. It was an odd show both because they acknowledged the audience but also because the writers were scrupulously fair in the plotting. All of the clues are there. This is one of my favorite shows and I've seen all of the episodes any number of times and I never tire of seeing them. The best part is that all of the episodes are good. I don't think there is a dog in the bunch. If you ever get a chance to see this series (if we are ever blessed with a real DVD release) you should make an effort to see this.
occupant-1 One of the great casting feats of series television, ranking with the original "Star Trek" crew, the Carol Burnett sidekick stable and the "Bonanza" Cartwrights. It's a shame there were so few episodes made; this is a prime candidate for reissue in whatever form. High quality mystery writing, and with a little more action than say, Miss Marple.
blanche-2 Ellery Queen, written and produced by the same people who brought us "Murder, She Wrote" nine years later, was ahead of its time with its 1940s atmosphere and mystery plots, older casting and older guest stars. By the time the mid-'80s came around, the demographics had changed enough to make "Murder, She Wrote" a breakout hit -- but in the '70s, that audience wasn't there yet. It's a shame because Ellery Queen was a superior show in every way to the Angela Lansbury series. Hutton and Wayne were perfect as Ellery and the Inspector. John Hillerman, in the beginning episodes, was a radio detective and was preferable to the later budinsky, a newspaper man played by Ken Swofford. The pilot for this series, guest-starring Ray Milland, was one of the best ever made, complete with a radio show that had makeshift sound effects. Guest stars in the series included Tab Hunter, Signe Hasso, Howard Duff, Ida Lupino, Susan Sarandon, Anne Francis, Donald O'Connor, many others. A pity it wasn't a hit - though, done any later, Hutton would not have been alive to play Queen, a role that fit him like a glove.