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Don RichardsonThe Adventures of Ellery Queen - The Hanging Acrobat - DuMont Network (1951)

This is an episode of the DuMont Network's "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1950-54). This ran on the DuMont Network before moving to the ABC. The series was also shown in Australia, where it played on Channel 2 on Thursdays at 9pm throughout 1957. The actor who plays Ellery, Richard Hart, died part way through the series and was replaced by Lee Bowman. About 50 episodes were made over its two runs but only a small amount survive.

This episode, original air date 21 December 1950, sees Ellery become involved in a murder investigation when he stops at a small, rural carnival.

This episode was sponsored by Kaiser-Frazer automobiles. Queen mentions that he was returning to the city in his Kaiser when he stopped at a small carnival.


This movie is part of the collection: Classic TV

Director: Don Richardson
Producer: Irving and Norman Pincus
Production Company: DuMont Network
Sponsor: Kaiser-Fraser
Audio/Visual: sound, Black and White
Language: English
Keywords: Classic TV ; Ellery Queen ; Dumont ; Mystery ; Richard Hart
Contact Information: http://video-cellar.blogspot.com/

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: UnicornTapestry - - August 31, 2009
Subject: Disappointing
The production quality is poor for 1950, although television would see rapid improvements over the next few years. The story line is disappointingly weak as well, depending more on visuals than fine acting, which Hart was capable of. The Mademoiselle Louise character is entertaining but the screenwriter didn't give the actors much to work with.

The Dannay/Lee families keep a tight lock on the Ellery Queen properties, so it may be a long time before we see better episides of Ellery Queen from the small screen.

Reviewer: ThomasVS - - February 1, 2009
Subject: Amazing TV Show
I really love these old shows. People really knew how to act back then. I remember the Ellery Queen from the 70s. This one is just as good. Poor guy had quite a struggle at the end of this episode. No special effects, just pure acting.

Reviewer: Jeice_The_Cuddly_Warrior - - January 9, 2009
Subject: Better than Murdering!!
Wow, this classic TV broadcast is so good, it's even better than eating little children.

Reviewer: quigs - - January 6, 2009
Subject: Ellery Queen
I enjoyed this. I didn't think I would since I saw the revised series on NBC with Jim Hutton and David Wayne. It was good.

Reviewer: Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan - - January 3, 2009
Subject: I Didn't Upload This
You can never go wrong with a DuMont broadcast.

Credits

Episode Cast
Richard Hart...Ellery Queen
Sono Osato...Louise
Kurt Katch...Hugo
Frank Tweddell...Sheriff
Raymond Bramley...Colonel Day
Don Kennedy...Tex

Episode Credits
Donald Richardson...director
Gilman Braun...writer
Irving Pincus....producer
Norman Pincus....producer
Ray Carter...music
Trew Hocker...setting