Series: Ellery Queen
Season: Season 1
Episode Number: 1
Air Date:
Duration: 60 min
The time: 10:00 pm, New Year's Eve, 1947. The place: The ballroom of the Hotel Astor. The victim: Mr. Marcus Halliday. And the suspects (all the usual ones): the son (and his gold-digging girlfriend), the untrusted nephew, the long-time secretary (and her brand new fiance), and the new business partner (of course, stealing from the company behind the victim's back). The soon-to-be victim has just announced that he plans to disinherit all of the above before the night is out - only to be found minutes later, slumped over in a nearby phone booth. Can Ellery figure out the clues as they play out? Of course, he can. But can you?
David Greene
Director
Peggy Rea
Guy Lombardo
Joan Collins
Lady Daisy Frawley
David Doyle
Donald Becker
Herb Edelman
Taxi Driver
Farley Granger
Paul Quincy
Charles Robinson
Lewis Halliday
Barbara Rush
Emma Zelman
Ray Walston
Howard Pratt
Arch Johnson
The Commissioner
George Wyner
Joe Kemmelman
Joseph V. Perry
Rawson
William Lanteau
Avery Dickson
Thayer David
Marcus Halliday (uncredited)