The series ran for a single season on nbc from september 11, 1975, to april 4, 1976 featuring the titular sleuth. This episode of murder, she wrote used a script meant for the queen series, but wasn t filmed because boneheads at nbc canceled the show. The ellery queen mysteries aired during the mid 1970s, and starred jim hutton as ellery and david wayne as his father. Based on the novel cat of many tales, the film finds queen investigating a series of murders. George nader played queen in the further adventures of ellery queen 19581959, but he was replaced with lee philips in the final episodes. Ellery queen s adventures in radio 2002, by francis m. Don t look behind you, directed by barry shear, 1971. My editorship of eqmm began in the summer of 1991 following a call from then editor eleanor sullivan, who was helping in the search for her successor.
Frederic dannay left, with james yaffe 1943 ellery queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two american cousins from brooklyn. I had to go to a slightly older man for queen, because young actors just don t play well in that role. Dont look behind you failed to yield a weekly series. Ellery queen mysteries television show the cozy mystery. Written in the 1920s, it deals with a classic locked room mystery. Originally telecast november 11, 1971 after several months on the shelf, ellery queen.
Dannay and lee created ellery queen in 1928 and spent over four decades writing and editing under the pseudonym, spanning radio, television, comics, board games, and. Filmed before, but released after, dont look behind you. Ten days wonder is a novel that was published in 1948 by ellery queen. The siamese twin mystery by ellery queen, paperback barnes. Next year is the 50th anniversary of his first novel, the roman hat mystery. You ll easily see which characters were ellery, inspector queen and simon brimmer. Englishamerican actor peter lawford as ellery queen in the. Born in brooklyn, they spent fortytwo years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost american authors of the golden age. Ellery queen dont look behind you 1971 peter lawford, harry morgan rare tv movie hard to find films. Television episodes ellery queen, dont look behind you 1971. Nov 29, 20 levinson and link were ashamed of the final result and requested to be credited as ted leighton.
Peter lawford starred in a television film, ellery queen. Whether you ve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. So here are volumes in the ellery queen masterpieces of mystery series and the stories included in each volume. After giving the matter some thought its a lot of typing. Dont look behind you does deserve to be judged separately, but the comparisons will be inevitable, its just that when you watch this film and then the tv series or vice versa it is easy to see which is superiorin this case the tv series with jim hutton, one of my personal favourite shows of the 70s. Millions of copies of his books have been sold and the stories. I did not know about these shows until a cozy mystery reader recommended them to me. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A new ellery queen book has always been something to look forward to for. Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords. Don t look behind you tv movie 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow. Dont look behind you 1971 the writersleuth peter lawford solves new york stranglings done with blue or pink cords depending on sex.
Lee 1905 1971, as well as the name of their famous fictional detective. Dont look behind you 1971 barry shear, peter lawford, harry morgan, e. Don t look behind you starring peter lawford as ellery queen and harry morgan as his uncle inspector richard queen. Lee 19051971, as well as the name of their most famous detective. Dont look behind you is a 1971 tv film adaptation of ellery queens novel cat of many tails. Although dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired queen upon lees death. The amateur detective ellery queen, son of inspector richard queen of the new your city police, helps his father in his cases. Ellery queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by strangulation. The pilot, directed by barry shear, aired as a television movie on nbc on november 19, 1971. Well, lawford is too old to have a father in the police department.
Im scared to go back and reread it cuz it cant be as good as i remember. Englishamerican actor peter lawford as ellery queen in. On november 19, 1971, nbctv brought ellery queen back to television with a movie based on cat of many tails. It reverses the columbo model and goes classic mystery on us. Mar 19, 2018 anybody here a fan of the 1970s ellery queen series starring jim hutton. When ellery queen and his father encounter a raging forest fire during a mountain drive, the only direction to go is up up a winding dirt road that leads to an isolated hillside manor, inhabited by a secretive surgeon and his diverse cast of guests. Peter lawford starred in the tv movie ellery queen. Dont look behind you is a 1971 tv film adaptation of ellery queen s novel cat of many tails. Dont look behind you tv movie 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Really, there isn t an excuse for this as ellery gives the correct title for each show within the first couple minutes of the broadcast. Don t look behind you does deserve to be judged separately, but the comparisons will be inevitable, its just that when you watch this film and then the tv series or vice versa it is easy to see which is superiorin this case the tv series with jim hutton, one of my personal favourite shows of the 70s.
I dont care if the adventure titles are mislabeled. Instead, queen played by peter lawford became an overaged swinging bachelor, who is helping his inspector. Ga asked me if i would list the table of contents for the ellery queen masterpieces of mystery series since they cant be found on the internet. Ellery queen takes refuge from a wildfire at a remote mountain house and arrives just before the owner is murdered. Don t look behind you 1971 tv following the tv shows cancellation in 1959 and a 16year delay, ellery was revived and returned to tv for oneseason, with the title shortened to simply ellery queen. The film, by concentrating only on the main characters and not more on the zeitgeist of a city during a heat wave and murder rampage, falls short of the novel. Lee 1905 1971, as well as the name of their most famous detective. Wmaq channel 5 ellery queen adventure of the sinister scenario complete broadcast, 881976 by the museum of classic chicago television. Ellery queen, old time radio, 421008 the adventure of the world series. Jim hutton, david wayne, tom reese, john hillerman. Don t look behind you 1971, vampire 1979 tv film, kennedy 1983 tv miniseries, and many others he hosted cbs radio mystery theater from its beginning until the 1982 season. The first of two efforts to launch an ellery queen tv series in the 1970s, don t look behind you stars peter lawford as intellectual private eye ellery queen. Today while vetting all the files in my ellery queen folder i found that most of the adventures of ellery queen episodes that i downloaded from here have incorrect titles.
Ellery queen mysteries from the creators of columbo and murder, she wrote match wits with ellery queen jim hutton in all 22 digitally restored, uncut and shop ellery queen mysteries discs dvd at best buy. Ellery queen is an american tv drama series, developed by richard levinson and william link, who based it on the fictional character of the same name. Jan 01, 2014 ellery queen is the pen name of two cousins from brooklyn, ny, frederic dannay 19051982 and manfred b. Ellery queen has been appearing in print a long time. Ellery queen is an american tv drama series, developed by richard. Ellery queen mysteries this was a truly great show. This madefortv movie pilot, entitled don t look behind you, featured an ellery queen that bore no resemblance to the book character. Dont look behind you 1971 on november 19, 1971, nbctv brought ellery queen back to television with a movie based on cat of many tails. Montagne, executive producer, said this about his choice of actors.
Thanx to people for collecting old shows and those who gladly share them for free. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Ellery queen dont look behind you tv 1971 by elane tula. The writersleuth peter lawford solves new york stranglings done with blue or pink cords depending on sex. The best scene, involving a flooded apartment house, has very little to do with the mystery at hand. To see someone solve a rubik cube in record time inspires nothing but awe. Some of the tv shows he appeared in were alfred hitchcock presents 1957, the defenders, ellery queen. The male victims were strangled with blue cords, the females with pink ones. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. It is a mystery novel primarily set in the imaginary town of wrightsville, united states. Ellery queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, frederic dannay 19051982 and manfred b. Dont look behind you, directed by barry shear, 1971. Howard van horn, son of millionaire diedrich van horn, comes to ellery queen with the request that ellery investigate what.
Detective ellery queen aids free dutch agents battle nazi spies over a prize of industrial diamonds. Englishamerican actor peter lawford as ellery queen in the tv movie ellery queen. Ellery queen dont look behind you 1971 peter lawford. So, for this television rendering of queen, he had an uncle on the force instead of father. Its free and easy to download subs for movie ellery queen.
The two authors who have taken the pen name of ellery queen are many things, but great writers they are not. Apr 09, 2019 the greek coffin mystery by ellery queen is a somewhat dated book. He appears to have been the american response to dorothy l. A requiem for astounding is a detailed and comprehensive history of the science fiction pulp magazine astounding stories astounding science fiction from its birth in 1930 until it turned into analog in 1960. The radio plays use the familiar cast of ellery queen, inspector queen, sgt. Dont look behind you 1971 tv movie 95 min crime, drama, mystery. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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