The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

Season 1

32 episodes · Sep 26, 1958

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  • S1E1

    The Glass Village

    Sep 26, 1958

    Ellery visits a cousin in a tiny town. His aunt, a sprightly, lovable artist at age 91, is murdered. A tramp, John Kowalsyzk, is a suspect, and a posse is organized against Ellery’s wishes and forces him to take quick action to prove his own solution to the crime.

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  • S1E2

    The King Is Dead

    Oct 3, 195860m

    Ellery and Inspector Queen are approached by Abel Bendigo, a member of the powerful Bendigo munitions company family, when the life of brother King is threatened. Ellery refuses the case until he learns that the government is anxious that no harm come to King. He and the Inspector then agree to go to the island where the munitions factory is located and the Bendigo family make their home.

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  • S1E3

    Ten Days of Wonder

    Oct 10, 195860m

    Ellery goes to a New England estate al the request of neurotic young sculptor Van Horn who fears he has committed terrible crimes during amnesia attacks.

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  • S1E4

    The Door Between

    Oct 17, 195860m

    The story deals with the mysterious death of a well-known writer which takes place while a girl believed to be the daughter of her fiancé is in the next room. Karen Leith is found dead by the girl, Eva, who is then accused of murder. Ellery Queen had met Dr. McClure—the girl's supposed father, and the fiancé of Karen—on board ship, where they learn of the killing. EIIery takes over the case when they land. A mysterious missing sister of Karen's is the possible key to the baffling death.

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  • S1E5

    The Eighth Mrs. Blue Beard

    Oct 24, 195860m

    The deserted mother of a 10-year-old, Gene Taylor, agrees to bait a trap for the guy who was the insurance beneficiary of seven dead wives.

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  • S1E6

    Cat of Many Tails

    Oct 31, 195860m

    Ellery Queen (George Nader) is called in by the mayor of a big city to investigate a series of murders by a killer called “The Cat” who strangles his victims with a silk cord.

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  • S1E7

    Death Before Bedtime

    Nov 7, 195860m

    Ellery is invited to spend a weekend at the home of U. S. Senator Leander Rhodes by the latter's daughter, Ellen, a capricious cutie.

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  • S1E8

    Double, Double

    Nov 14, 195860m

    George Nader is reading anonymously sent clippings about a series of accidental deaths when the daughter of one of the victims arrives and begs him to investigate.

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  • S1E9

    So Rich, So Lovely, So Dead

    Nov 21, 195860m

    Eva Gabor joins George Nader for the story of a rather loathsome heiress to a mining fortune. Many suitors seek a share of the wealth, but one by one they are murdered. The pattern points toward Eva, but Ellery finds the real motive.

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  • S1E10

    Diamond Studded Typewriter

    Nov 28, 195860m

    Ellery is forced by a notorious smuggler, James Garvin, to accept a gift of a typewriter. Garvin is murdered and the suspects are: His daughter, his current girlfriend, his former wife, and an English diamond merchant.

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  • S1E11

    Four and Twenty to Live

    Dec 5, 195860m

    Pretty young Jennifer Phillips asks Ellery to save her father from electrocution for a crime she says he didn't commit and sets off a race against time to save him. Ellery is menaced by Jennifer with a gun who wants him to phone the governor to request a stay of execution for her condemned father.

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  • S1E12

    Paint the Town Black

    Dec 12, 195860m

    Ellery Queen (George Nader) discovers that a statue he has recently received is eagerly sought after by a secret agent and the daughter of a deposed Middle East dictator.

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  • S1E13

    The Hollow Man

    Dec 26, 195860m

    The storyline: A man is murdered, two people are beaten and two attempts are made to kill Ellery Queen (George Nader) during the search for a missing prize fighter.

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  • S1E14

    Bury Me Deep

    Jan 2, 195960m

    Ellery Queen (George Nader) finds murder in his own apartment. Returning to his sublet apartment, Ellery finds a girl who has obviously had too much to drink. She soon dies and Ellery believes the poison found in her drink was really meant for him.

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  • S1E15

    The Jinn City Story

    Jan 9, 195960m

    An old man tells Ellery that an innocent man is being railroaded on a murder charge, then slips a newspaper into Ellery's hands, and disappears into the fog. Ellery opens the paper and finds a $10,000 bill pinned to it with the old man's address and sets out to find him.

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  • S1E16

    Heir to Revolution

    Jan 16, 195960m

    The locale of the story is a small Oriental principality in which Queen must discover whether Chips (Jim Bridges) is really heir to the throne.

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  • S1E17

    The Murder of Whistler's Brother

    Jan 23, 195960m

    A hysterical art director calls on Ellery Queen to help him find a stolen Cezanne. Before he can locate the painting, Ellery must first track down a missing corpse, identify a mysterious third person and smoke out a murderer.

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  • S1E18

    Death Likes it Hot

    Jan 30, 195960m

    A hunch by Ellery Queen (George Nader) about a mysterious swimming death proves to have foundation. A former girlfriend pleads with Queen for $15,000, scribbles the name of a small Key West hotel on a napkin and vanishes. Queen catches up with her at the hotel only to find her happy, carefree, and no longer in need of money. But when a man she knows dies in a swimming accident, Ellery orders an autopsy and uncovers a murder

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  • S1E19

    Margin of Terror

    Feb 13, 195960m

    The case into which Ellery “happens” tonight concerns an ex-Soviet official named Papa George whose public outbursts against communism result in his being kidnaped and readied for return to Russia. Ellery's search for Papa George provides some spine-tingling moments.

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  • S1E20

    Room Upstairs

    Feb 20, 195960m

    This whodunit is the last one starring George Nader. Ellery Queen (Nader) takes a job as a chauffeur with a wealthy family, one of whose daughters is “confined” to her room. The girl had been in an auto accident and no one, not even her fiancé, is permitted to see her. When the body of an unidentified girl is found in the river, the local detective asks Ellery’s help in solving the mystery.

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  • S1E21

    Shadow of the Past

    Feb 27, 195960m

    The new Ellery Queen, Lee Philips, takes over tonight in a drama about the murder of a slum rent collector. Ellery Queen (Phillips) helps a rookie cop, whose prospective father-in-law Otto Meier, a slum rent collector, has been mysteriously slain. The cop had promised his fiancée Christine to find the killer.

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  • S1E22

    The Chemistry Set

    Mar 6, 195960m

    Ellery’s neighbor, toy manufacturer Amos Roeburt (Nagel) solicits his help when a quantity of children’s chemistry sets is found to contain a dangerous explosive compound. Ellery works with a young chemist Laura Benson (Donnell) and they recover all but one of the sets.

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  • S1E23

    Cartel for Murder

    Mar 13, 195960m

    Drama about the mysterious death of a financier. At first, it seems to be a suicide case, until glamorous model Joan Foster, daughter of the dead man, goes to Ellery for help.

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  • S1E24

    A Girl Named Daisy

    Mar 27, 195960m

    Ellery takes a girl with him to visit a carnival. At the carnival he meets a friend, who warns him that there is trouble brewing on the midway.

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  • S1E25

    The Paper Tiger

    Apr 3, 195960m

    Tonight's mystery deals with the murder of a penniless, alcoholic factory janitor. Queen and his girlfriend are present when police come to check on facts about the dead employe. Several red herrings are thrown in to confuse the issue—a poor artist, a 12-year-old blind girl, a factory worker.

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  • S1E26

    The Small Elect

    Apr 10, 195960m

    Drama about a lecture room which suddenly goes dark and becomes the scene of a murder. Although death is the result of poisoning, Ellery Queen contends that one of the guests is guilty.

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  • S1E27

    Confession of Murder

    Apr 17, 195960m

    An ex-pugilist, Kid Duffy (Wayne Morris), seeks the help of Ellery Queer (Lee Philips) in a robbery and killing in a slum neighborhood. Young Tommy Barrett has made a voluntary confession of robbery and homicide, even at the risk of being held for murder. Duffy believes the confession is false and asks Ellery’s help.

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  • S1E28

    Castaway on a Nearby Island

    Apr 24, 195960m

    An elderly man who has lived in seclusion is found dead on Staten Island. Noticing an unusual crest on the dead man's ring, Ellery begins an investigation which leads him to a New York Society family.

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  • S1E29

    The Curse of Aden

    May 1, 195960m

    Ellery Queen (Lee Philips) is called in by the police to help solve the murder of a butler. Julie Adams as magazine writer Blair Fadden accompanies Ellery on his search.

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  • S1E30

    Dance Into Death

    May 15, 195960m

    So, happens that the evening Ellery Queen (Lee Philips) goes to the ballet, the prima ballerina is killed right in front of his eyes. Without further ado, our hero starts to investigate the bizarre incident.

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  • S1E31

    Body of the Crime

    May 29, 195960m

    Tonight's excitement springs from the murder trial of Jeff Jordan (Robert Webber). Ellery becomes involved when he is called to serve on the jury and voices an opinion that the defendant is innocent.

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  • S1E32

    This Murder Comes to You Live

    Jun 5, 195960m

    The story concerns a murder that takes place on the air during a panel discussion program. Ben Hecht has the role of poet Alonzo Christian who appears on the program and is murdered right on the air. The off-the-air antagonisms of the panel members and the unpleasant character of the program host when he is off-mike provide the background for the mystery. Ellery Queen (Lee Philips) has come to the program to watch his friend Christian. (Last episode of the series.)

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