60 minSeason 1 • Episode 22
LatestIn the series' finale, Ellery probes the murder of a retired detective who was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.
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.
Writing
Levinson & Link's fair-play puzzles still humiliate modern procedurals.
Acting
Jim Hutton's bumbling genius schtick is infuriatingly charming.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hutton ad-libbed much of Ellery's physical comedy, including the infamous arm-flailing 'thinking' poses.
This was Levinson & Link's warmup for Murder, She Wrote—notice the identical 'famous amateur solver' formula.
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