Ellery Queen - Season 1 - Eps 11: The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument
An awards dinner sponsored by the Crime Writers of America is being held at the residence of writer Edgar Manning who is the recipient of the Blunt Instrument Award. Ellery is not present at the dinner due to the fact that he's home sick with a head cold. Nasty, egotistical Manning calls up Ellery on the telephone in order to gloat about his win and is murdered while speaking with our hero on the phone. It might take a quantum leap for our hero to solve this one.
About Ellery Queen
Title: Ellery Queen
First Air Date: 1975-09-11
Last Air Date: 1976-04-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.4/10 (from 39 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 22
Network: NBC
Genres: Mystery, Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television, Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions, Tom Ward Enterprises
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Jim Hutton
Ellery Queen
David Wayne
Inspector Richard Queen
Tom Reese
Sgt. Thomas Velie
