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Ellery Queen
the team of Manfred B. Lee [1905-71]
and Frederic Dannay [1905-82]
![common posed photograph of authors Manfred B. Lee [1905-71] & Frederic Dannay [1905-82] with books](images/ElleryQueen-MBLee&FDannay.jpg "common posed photograph of authors Manfred B. Lee [1905-71] & Frederic Dannay [1905-82] with books") | short history | ![publicity still from the Ellery Queen color TV series [1975-76] starring Jim Hutton as Ellery and David Wayne as Inspector Queen](images/ElleryQueenTV-Hutton&Wayne.jpg "publicity still from the Ellery Queen color TV series [1975-76] starring Jim Hutton as Ellery and David Wayne as Inspector Queen") |
[to his father] "You know I'm supposed to be home finishing a book. You know I [have] a deadline
to meet, but you drag me up here and you dangle all this catnip in front of me."
"Now, why didn't I think of this before? Probably because it's so simple."
— Ellery Queen
The Ellery Queen Story
t e x t
h e r e
The Lee & Dannay Story
Manfred B. Lee [1905-71] & Frederic Dannay [1905-82]
t e x t
h e r e
the two men who wrote together for forty years as Ellery Queen were cousins
Daniel David Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay [b. 20 October 1905, d. 3 September 1982]
and
Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee [b. 11 January 1905, d. 3 April 1971]
both were married, each had several children; Dannay had a moustache, Lee wore a beard later in life
Ellery Queen entry at Wikipedia
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [est. 1941] website
browse books at Amazon's Ellery Queen Store
search videos/DVDs on keywords 'Ellery Queen' at Amazon
Fiction by Ellery Queen
browse books at Amazon's Ellery Queen Store
original novels {just below} + original story collections + collections & omnibus editions + Ellery Queen, Junior
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Roman Hat Mystery" [1929]
"The French Powder Mystery" [1930]
"The Dutch Shoe Mystery" [1931]
"The Greek Coffin Mystery" [1932]
"The Egyptian Cross Mystery" [1932]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Novels by Barnaby Ross
The cousins wrote four novels using the pseudonym 'Barnaby Ross' about Drury Lane, a Shakespearean actor in
New York City who had retired from the stage due to deafness and was consulted as an amateur detective. The four
novels also featured Inspector Thumm (at first a policeman, later a private investigator) and his crime-solving
daughter Patience. The books were later reprinted with Ellery Queen as author.
Wikipedia entry for detective Drury Lane
  | "The Tragedy of X: A Drury Lane Mystery" [1932] "Who was the killer on the streetcar?" Intl. Polygonics mass pb [4/86] out of print/used Avon mass pb [1966] out of print/used Pocket mass pb [1943] out of print/used Viking Press hardcover [6/32] out of print/used |
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"The Tragedy of Y" [1932] "Can a dead man commit murder?" Intl. Polygonics mass pb [12/86] out of print/used Avon mass pb [1952] out of print/used |
  | "The Tragedy of Z" [1933] "A bloody corpse - a greedy knife - a frantic call to Drury Lane" Intl. Polygonics mass pb [7/87] out of print/used Pocket mass pb [1946] out of print/used Pocket mass pb [1946] out of print/used |
  | "Drury Lane's Last Case" [1933] "A terrified girl with a terrible secret" Avon mass pb [1933] out of print/used Pocket Books mass pb [1950] out of print/used Little, Brown & Co. hardcover [1946] out of print/used |
"The American Gun Mystery" [1933]
"The Siamese Twin Mystery" [1933]
"The Chinese Orange Mystery" [1934]
"The Spanish Cape Mystery" [1935]
"The Lamp of God" [1935]
"Halfway House" [1936]
"The Door Between" [1937]
"The Devil To Pay" [1938]
"The Four of Hearts" [1938]
"The Dragon's Teeth" aka "The Virgin Heiresses" [1939]
"Calamity Town" [1942]
"The Quick and The Dead" [1943]
"There Was An Old Woman" [1943]
"The Murderer Is A Fox" [1945]
"Ten Days' Wonder" [1948]
"Cat of Many Tails" [1949]
"Double, Double" [1950]
"The Origin of Evil" [1951]
"The King Is Dead" [1952]
"The Scarlet Letters" [1953]
"The Glass Village" [1954]
(neither Ellery Queen nor Inspector Queen in book)
"Inspector Queen's Own Case" [1956] (Inspector Queen only)
"The Finishing Stroke" [1958]
"The Player On The Other Side" [1963] (ghost-written with Theodore Sturgeon)
"... And On The Eighth Day" [1964]
ghost-written with Avram Davidson) (Grand Prix de Littérature Policière winner)
"The Fourth Side of The Triangle" [1965] ghost-written with Avram Davidson
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"A Study In Terror: Ellery Queen vs. Jack the Ripper" [1966]
novelization by Ellery Queen
 | Amateur detective Ellery Queen receives a handwritten manuscript dated 1888 that purports to be a lost tale by Dr. Watson of Sherlock Holmes's solution to the identity of Jack the Ripper. The Sherlock Holmes part was written by Paul W. Fairman with Dannay/Lee input. Lancer original movie tie-in mass pb [1966] out of print/scarce "A Study In Terror" feature film [Columbia Oct 1965] Without the Ellery Queen elements: Sherlock Holmes receives a leather case containing the surgical instruments of a nobleman, absent the large scalpel, recently held in pawn. Directed by James Hill; original script by Derek & Donald Ford; starring John Neville {as Sherlock Holmes}, Donald Houston {as Dr. Watson}, Frank Finlay {as Lestrade}, Robert Morley {as Mycroft}, Barbara Leake {as Mrs. Hudson}, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Adrienne Corr, Judi Dench, Barry Jones, Peter Carsten, Christiane Maybach & John Cairney • full credits at IMDb Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [3/2011] for $18.93 Sony color VHS [1/2000] out of prodn/used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Face to Face" [1967]
"The House of Brass" [1968]
ghost-written with Avram Davidson; a sequel to Inspector Queen's Own Case with a minimal appearance by Ellery
"Cop Out" [1969] (neither Ellery Queen nor Inspector Queen appear)
"The Last Woman In His Life" [1970]
"A Fine and Private Place" [1971]
"The Adventures of Ellery Queen" [stories 1934]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Challenge To The Reader: An Anthology" [1938]
Compiled by Ellery Queen
 | Twenty-five detective stories, each relating an episode in the career of a famous fictional detective and presented with his name changed, for the reader to identify. {No peeking!} Mercury Mystery pb [1938] out of print/scarce |
"The New Adventures of Ellery Queen" [9 stories 1940]
contains 8 stories & "The Lamp of God" novella [1935]
http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24401808M/The_new_adventures_of_Ellery_Queen
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Case Book of Ellery Queen" [stories 1945]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Ellery Queen's Calendar of Crime" [stories 1952]
first published in EQMMag 46-51; Little, Brown HB 1/52, Pocket PB 10/53=25c)
12 stories, related to each month
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Q.B.I.: Queen's Bureau of Investigation" [18 stories 1955]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Queens Full" [3 novelettes + 2 stories 1966]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Q.E.D.: Queen's Experiments In Detection" [stories 1968]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Best of Ellery Queen" [stories 1985] one story previously uncollected
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Tragedy of Errors" [Crippen & Landru, stories 1999]
a previously unpublished synopsis written by Dannay, which was to be a Queen novel, plus all the
previously uncollected short stories
http://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-Errors-Others-Ellery-Queen/dp/1885941366/
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"The XYZ Murders: An Ellery Queen Omnibus" [Lippincott 1933] includes "The Tragedy of X" [1932], "The Tragedy of Y" [1932], and "The Tragedy of Z" [1933] Lippincott 8½x5¾ hardcover [1960] out of print/used Lippincott Book Club hardcover [1933] out of print/used |
"The Ellery Queen Omnibus" [1934]
"The Ellery Queen Omnibus" [1936]
"Ellery Queen's Big Book" [1938]
"Ellery Queen's Adventure Omnibus" [1941]
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade" [1944]
"Wrightsville Murders: An Ellery Queen Omnibus" [1948] EQwrightsvillemurders.jpg
includes "Calamity Town" [1942], "The Murderer Is A Fox" [1945], and "Ten Days' Wonder" [1948]
http://www.amazon.com/Wrightsville-Murders-Ellery-Queen-Omnibus/dp/9997408195/
 | "Ellery Queen's The New York Murders: Three Great Novels" [1953] includes "The American Gun Mystery" [1933], "Cat of Many Tails" [1949], and "The Scarlet Letters" [1953] Little, Brown & Co. Book Club 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1953] out of print/used Little, Brown & Co. Book Club 8¼x5½ hardcover [1953] out of print/used |
"The Bizarre Murders: An Ellery Queen Omnibus" [1961]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bizarre-Murders-An-Omnibus/dp/B000PAQHSE/
 | "The Hollywood Murders" [1957] 3 stories by Ellery Queen includes "The Devil To Pay" (1937), "The Four of Hearts" (1938), and "The Origin of Evil" {1951) Four Walls Eight Windows 9x6 pb [11/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Ellery Queen: 5 Complete Novels" [1988]
Avenel Books 9x6¼ hardcover [12/88] out of print/many used complete & unabridged texts of: "Cat of Many Tails" [1949]; "Double, Double" [1950]; "Inspector Queen's Own Case" [1956]; "The Player On Ohe Other Side" [1963]; and "... And On The Eighth Day" [1964] |
 | "The Ellery Queen Omnibus" [1988]
Intl. Polygonics, Ltd. 8¼x5½ pb [11/88] out of print/used Dorset House 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1988?] out of print/used Apparently contains short stories from the early "Adventures of Ellery Queen" and "New Adventures of Ellery Queen" collections, plus the novella "The Lamp of God" [1935] |
 | Ellery Queen 35 novel bundle for Kindle [2011]
Kindle Edition bundle from Mysterious Press/Open Road [10/2011] there is no price break or discount for this set: coded here for convenience |
Ellery Queen Junior mystery series
all but two featured Djuna, the houseboy of the Queen family in Edendale; also pal Tommy Williams &
dog Champ & Miss Annie Ellery & newsman Sucker Furlong & T-man Sandy MacHatchet
"The Black Dog Mystery" [1941] (ghosted by Samuel Duff McCoy)
"The Golden Eagle Mystery" [1942]
"The Green Turtle Mystery" [1944]
"The Red Chipmunk Mystery" [1946] (ghosted by Samuel Duff McCoy)
"The Brown Fox Mystery" [1948] (ghosted by Samuel Duff McCoy)
"The White Elephant Mystery" [1950] (ghosted by Samuel Duff McCoy)
"The Yellow Cat Mystery" [1952] (ghosted by Samuel Duff McCoy)
"The Blue Herring Mystery" [1954] (ghosted by Samuel Duff McCoy)
"The Mystery of The Merry Magician" [1954] featuring Ellery's nephew Gulliver
"The Mystery of The Vanished Victim" [1954] 1954 featuring Ellery's nephew Gulliver
"The Purple Bird Mystery" [1966]
Other Works by Ellery Queen
"Wife or Death" [1963, Signet PB 1/74] EQwifeordeath.jpg
smalltown news publisher Jim Denton's tramp wife goes missing, then found murdered
http://www.amazon.com/Wife-Death-Ellery-Queen/dp/0451057430/
http://www.amazon.com/Wife-Death-Ellery-Queen/dp/B000BVDP8W/
http://www.amazon.com/Wife-Death-Ellery-Queen/dp/B002EDVL4U/
"The Last Score" [orig Pocket PB 11/64] EQthelastscore.jpg
Texan Reid Rance hired to escort teen to Mexico, girl gets kidnapped
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Score-Ellery-Queen/dp/B000NQ4K2K/
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Score-Pocket-Books-50486/dp/B002GW69FA/
http://www.amazon.com/The-last-score-Ellery-Queen/dp/B0007FIVIQ/
"Golden Goose" [1964]
http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Goose-Ellery-Queen/dp/0451058348/
"Beware The Young Stranger" ]1964] EQbewareyoungstranger.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Beware-Young-Stranger-Ellery-Queen/dp/B000B5Y3N4/
"The Madman Theory" [c 66, Signet pb 10/75] by Ellery Queen
about Fresno County detective Insp. Omar Collins
"Shoot The Works!" [Pyramid pb 1969]
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-Shoot-Works-Queen/dp/B0012559BW/
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-Shoot-Works-Edited/dp/B000J2LLEI/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories, 1841-1941" [1941]
Edited by Ellery Queen
 | The content of this 994-page anthology remains timeless; the tales begin with Edgar Allan Poe ("The Purloined Letter") and continue thru famed and forgotten authors of America & Europe, including Margery Allingham, H.C. Bailey, E.C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Ernest Bramah, Leslie Charteris, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, Octavus Roy Cohen, G.D.H. & Margaret Cole, George Dilnot, Lord Dunsany, Frank Froest, Ronald A. Knox, Maurice Leblanc, Arthur Morrison, Dorothy L. Sayers, Edgar Wallace & Anthony Wynne
Modern Library Giant 9x6 hardcover [1946] out of print/used Modern Library 8x5½ hardcover [1941] out of print/used Little, Brown & Co. ½ hardcover [1941] out of print/used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Detective Short Story: A Bibliography" [1942] by Ellery Queen
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes" [1944]
Edited by Ellery Queen
 | 29 short stories dating from 1892-1941 – Part 1: Detective Story Writers: 9 stories by Robert Barr, Anthony Berkeley, Anthony Boucher, Agatha Christie, Maurice Leblanc, Stuart Palmer, editor Queen, Vincent Starrett & Carolyn Wells; Part 2: Famous Literary Figures: 4 stories by Sir James M. Barrie, Bret Harte, O. Henry & Mark Twain; Part 3: Humorists: 3 stories by John Kendrick Bangs, Stephen Leacock & R.C. Lehmann; Part 4: Devotees & Others: 13 stories by Julies Castier, AEP; Logan Clendening, MD; Oswald Crawford; August Derleth; Rachen Ferguson; William O. Fuller; Hugh Kingsmill; Richard Mallett; R.K. Munkittrick; S.C. Roberts; Frederic Dorr Steele; Manly Wade Wellman; and Zero (Allan Ramsay)
Little, Brown & Co. 8x5¼ hardcover [1944] out of print/used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Murder By Experts" [1947]
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-By-Experts-Ellery-Queen/dp/B000GLPAQW/
"20th Century Detective Stories" [1948]
"The Literature of Crime: Stories By World-Famous Authors" [1950]
http://www.amazon.com/Literature-Crime-Stories-World-Famous-Authors/dp/B000AO98WM/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Literature-Crime-Stories-World-Famous-Authors/dp/B000Z5GG3U/
"Queen's Quorum: A History of The Detective-Crime Short Story As Revealed By The
100 Most Important Books Published In This Field Since 1845" [1951]
"In The Queen's Parlor, and Other Leaves From The Editor's Notebook" [1957] by Ellery Queen
http://www.amazon.com/In-the-Queens-Parlor/dp/B001E3JDQ4/ EQparlor1957.jpg
"Ellery Queen's International Case Book" [1964] by Ellery Queen
True crime stories written by Lee alone & originally published in "The American Weekly" Magazine
"The Woman In The Case" [1967] by Ellery Queen
True crime stories written by Lee alone & originally published in "The American Weekly" Magazine
"Ellery Queen's All Star Line-Up" [shorts? 1967]
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-All-Star-Lineup-Ellery/dp/B0026A2JV0/
"Murder – In Spades!" anthology [9 stories 1969]
 | includes stories by authors Poul Anderson, Robert Bloch, John Dickson Carr, John Collier, Lester Dent, Ross Macdonald, editor EQ, Rex Stout, one more Pyramid mass pb [1969] out of print/used Pyramid mass pb [1969] out of print/used |
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Jackpot: An International Gallery of Rogues, Rascals, and Murderers Brilliantly Issued
In A Dozen Masterful Stories of Detection" [1970] contributors include Charlotte Armstrong, John Dickson Carr,
Ngaio Marsh, Georges Simenon, Rex Stout, and Philip Wylie
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-Mystery-Jackpot-Queen/dp/B000JNC3PS/
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-Mystery-Jackpot-International/dp/B003YNHZHQ/
"Ellery Queen’s The Golden 13" [1970] EQgolden13.jpg
contributors include Charlotte Armstrong, John Dickson Carr, Stanley Ellin, Georges Simenon, Cornell Woolrich
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-The-Golden-13/dp/B000MHWDF6/
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-Golden-13-Queen/dp/B0000BQTWV/
"Ellery Queen's Masters of Mystery" anthology [1975]
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-masters-mystery-anthology/dp/0803753985/
 | "Six of The Best Short Novels By Masters of Mystery" [Hale 1987] Edited by Ellery Queen works by Erle Stanley Gardner, Michael Gilbert, Ed McBain, editor EQ, John D. MacDonald & Georges Simenon Carroll & Graf Publrs 8½x5¾ hardcover [6/89] out of print/used |
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [est. 1941] website
entry at Wikipedia
![Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [est. 1941] subscription](covers/mElleryQueenMysteryMag.jpg) | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [est. 1941] Kindle Edition subscription from Dell Magazines [2008] for $2.99/month subscribe at Amazon: 12 issues/year for $32.97 |
"The Best Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" [1944]
Detective Book Club hardcover [1944] out of print/used
"The Queen's Awards" was an annual detective short-story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine;
hardcover editions of the winners were published by Little, Brown and Co. of Boston from 1946 to ??
"The Queen's Awards, 1946"
"The Queen's Awards, 1947"
"The Queen's Awards, 1948"
"The Queen's Awards, 1949"
"The Queen's Awards, Fifth Series" [1950]
"The Queen's Awards: Sixth Annual [1951]
http://www.archive.org/details/queensawardswinn00quee
"Ellery Queen’s Anthology" [est. 1951]
at least 40 volumes were published
"Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel" [21 stories 1966]
http://www.amazon.com/Ellery-Queens-Crime-Carousel-Queen/dp/B000LZVRGU/
 | "The Exploits of The Chevalier Dupin" [7 stories 1968] by Michael Harrison The Chevalier Dupin detective character pioneered by Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] appeared in a series of seven short stories by Michael Harrison in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in the 1960s; the stories were collected by publishers Mycroft & Moran of Wisconsin in 1968 • Contents include: Introduction by Ellery Queen; essay "Dupin: The Reality Behind The Fiction"; "The Vanished Treasure" (May 1965); "The Mystery of The Fulton Documents" (1965); "The Man In The Blue Spectacles" (1966); "The Mystery of The Gilded Cheval-Glass" (1967); "The Fires In The Rue St. Honoré" (Jan 1967); "The Murder In The Rue Royale" (1968); and "The Facts In The Case of The Missing Diplomat" Mycroft & Moran 8x5½ hardcover [1968] out of print/used Auguste Dupin entry at Wikipedia • book entry at Wikipedia |
"Murder On Cue: Stage, Screen, and Radio Favorites - Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"
[Mar 1989] Edited by Eleanor Sullivan
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Cue-Favorites-Stories-Magazine/dp/0802757316/
"More Murder On Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites - Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"
[Jan 1990] Edited by Eleanor Sullivan
http://www.amazon.com/More-Murder-Cue-Favorites-Magazine/dp/0802757529/
 | "Fifty Years of The Best From Ellery Queen Magazine" [1991] Edited by Eleanor Sullivan Carroll & Graf hardcover [1/91] out of print/used |
 | "Passports To Crime: The Finest Mystery Stories From International Crime Writers" [2007] From Ellery Queen Magazine, edited by Janet Hutchings 26 short stories in translation, from authors Isaac Aisemberg, Boris Akunin (Russia), Rene Appel (Netherlands), Baantjer (Netherlands), Mischa Bach, Luis Adrian Betancourt, Theo Capel, Daliso Chaponda, Marco Denevi, Bertil Falk, Rubem Fonseca (Brasil), Gunter Gerlach, Georgi Gospodinov, Paul Halter (France), Carmen Iarrera, Fred Kassak, Isaka Kotaro, Beatrix Kramlovsky, Richard Macker, Dominique Manotti (France), Jutta Motz, Ingrid Noll (Germany), Norizuki Rintaro, Frauke Schuster, Kjersti Screen, and Mitsuhara Yuri Running Press 7x5¼ pb [1/2007] for $13.51 |
 | "The Crooked Road: Ellery Queen Presents Stories of Grifters, Gangsters, Hit Men, and Other Career Crooks" [2011] Edited by Janet Hutchings {editor of EQM} contributors include Doug Allyn, Lawrence Block, Ken Bruen, Liza Cody, Therese Greenwood, Clark Howard, Susan B. Kelly, Florence V. Mayberry, Barbara Paul, Gary Phillips, Raymond Steiber, Olen Steinhauer, Tom Tolnay & Helen Tucker Kindle Edition from [10/2011] for $5.69 |
Stageplays, Film & TV, Other Media
there are no credits for Ellery Queen nor for Lee or Dannay at Internet Broadway Database
Ellery Queen did write one stageplay: "Danger, Men Working", with Lowell Brentano, circa 1936
the play was filmed as "The Crime Nobody Saw" [Paramount March 1937] {see below}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ellery Queen Radio Program
Radio Program: original voice of Ellery Queen was Carlton G. Young, d. 4/2002
Radio Program 1947-48: voice of Ellery Queen was Lawrence Dobkin [1919-2002]
http://queen.spaceports.com/Other%20Media_1.html on 13 pages
"The Sound of Detection: Ellery Queen's Adventures In Radio" [7/2002] by Francis M Nevins 0970331029
"The Adventure of The Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries" [Crippen & Landru, 2005] by Ellery Queen
http://www.amazon.com/The-Adventure-Murdered-Moths-Mysteries/dp/1932009159/
"The Adventures of Ellery Queen" [2012]
Old Time Radio Detective Series - 1 mp3 CD-ROM - 48 Shows
http://www.amazon.com/THE-ADVENTURES-ELLERY-QUEEN-Detective/dp/B0073990EI/
 | "Ellery Queen: The Adventure of The Circus Train" for Kindle [2009]
Kindle Edition from Shamrock Eden Publng [6/2009] for $3.00 script from half-hour "Ellery Queen" radio series, program broadcast 25 March 1943 broadcast recording available from Old Time Radio Catalog "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" radio show on MP3 format CD [undated] 17 episodes for $5.00 + s/h |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ellery Queen Feature Films & TV
Ellery Queen character credits [since 1935] at Internet Movie Database
Frederic Dannay credits [1935-79] at Internet Movie Database
Manfred Lee credits [1927-1979] at Internet Movie Database
search videos/DVDs on keywords 'Ellery Queen' at Amazon
"The Spanish Cape Mystery" [1935] /tt0027028/
with Donald Cook as Ellery Queen, Guy Usher as Inspector Queen
"The Mandarin Mystery" [1936] with Eddie Quillan as Ellery Queen, Wade Boteler as Inspector Queen (loosely based on The Chinese Orange Mystery)
Available for download as being in the public domain The Mandarin Mystery (2011)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Mandarin-Mystery/dp/B00687KAFE/
http://www.amazon.com/Mandarin-Mystery-Eddie-Quinlan/dp/B000BJ2GSE/
http://archive.org/details/TheMandarinMystery_8 [52:44]
"The Crime Nobody Saw" [Paramount March 1937] /tt0028748/
based on the stageplay "Danger, Men Working" by Ellery Queen & Lowell Brentano
"Ellery Queen, Master Detective" [1940] with Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter,
Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen (very loosely based on "The Door Between")
"Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery" [Columbia Pictures March 1941]
| Sheila Cobb turns to Ellery Queen in desperation when her father disappears; and within half an hour, Ellery finds Gordon Cobb . . . but the solution doesn't get him very far, for Gordon Cobb is dead, his body concealed in his own wardrobe trunk in a luxurious penthouse. A fast-paced puzzler: elements include the body in the trunk, the vanishing jade necklace, smugglers, a ventriloquist, a magician, and a cardsharp • Produced by Larry Darmour; directed by James P. Hogan; screenplay by Eric Taylor, based a 1939 radio script by Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee); starring Ralph Bellamy {as Ellery Queen}, Margaret Lindsay, Charley Grapewin {as Inspector Queen}, Anna May Wong, James Burke, Eduardo Ciannelli, Ann Doran, Frank Albertson, Noel Madison, Charles Lane, Russell Hicks, Tom Dugan, Mantan Moreland, Theodore von Eltz, Jimmy Aubrey, Edward Earle, George McKay, Honorable Wu, Jack Cheatham, Chester Gan, Chuck Hamilton, Eddie Kane, Richard Loo, Lee Phelps • not a lost film, but locked up until recently due to legal complications
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [8/2018 upload; 1:09:15] online at YouTube "Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery" novelization [1941] by unknown ghost-writer The movie was based on the December 1939 radio show "The Three Scratches"; the novelization by an unidentified ghost-writer was based on the movie script Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 pb [10/2011] for $29.95 1968 mass paperback from Pyramid not found on Amazon (6/2021) Literary Licensing, LLC 9x6 hardcover [9/2011] for $44.95 Grosset & Dunlap 9½x5¾ hardcover [1941] long out of print/used |
"Ellery Queen and The Perfect Crime" [1941] with Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter,
Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen (loosely based on The Devil To Pay
"Ellery Queen and The Murder Ring" [1941] with Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter,
Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen (loosely based on The Dutch Shoe Mystery
"Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen" [1942] with Ralph Bellamy as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen
"A Close Call For Ellery Queen" [1942] with William Gargan as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen
"A Desperate Chance For Ellery Queen" [1942] with William Gargan as Ellery Queen, Margaret Lindsay as Nikki Porter, Charley Grapewin as Inspector Queen
"The Adventures of Ellery Queen" TV series [1950-52]
Sixty half-hour b&w episodes, first on the DuMont Network, then on ABC-TV; the actor who first portrayed Ellery,
Richard Hart, died after 12 episodes {Jan 1951} and was replaced by Lee Bowman; the series sponsor was
Kaiser-Frazer Automobiles, so Ellery drove a Kaiser in the opening shot for each episode •
series credits at IMDb
"The Hanging Acrobat" episode [DuMont Dec 1950]
starring Richard Hart as 'Ellery Queen'
episode credits at IMDb •
watch episode [24:20] free online at Internet Archive
"The Man Who Enjoyed Death" episode [March 1951]
starring Lee Bowman as 'Ellery Queen' and Florenz Ames as 'Inspector Richard Queen'
episode credits at IMDb •
watch episode [25:38] free online at Internet Archive
"Death Spins A Wheel" episode [May 1951]
starring Lee Bowman & Florenz Ames
listing not found on IMDb •
watch episode [25:03] free online at Internet Archive
"Murder To Music" episode [Nov 1951]
starring Lee Bowman & Florenz Ames
listing not found on IMDb •
watch episode [29:31] free online at Internet Archive
NOTE: uploader cut off the badly distorted upper part of the frame to avoid undue distraction
"Buck Fever" episode [Sept 1952]
starring Lee Bowman & Florenz Ames
episode credits at IMDb •
watch episode [25:21] free online at Internet Archive
"Ten Days' Wonder" {aka "La Décade Prodigieuse"}
[France Dec 1971, USA April 1972]
 | A young sculptor wakes up in a hotel room, hands bloodied and not knowing how he got there. He recruits a college professor to go with him to his father's country chateau, where they find family intrigue, adultery, and blackmail • Directed by Claude Chabrol; based on a 1948 Ellery Queen novel; starring Orson Welles, Michel Piccoli {as detective Paul Regis}, Anthony Perkins & Marlène Jobert
Pathfinder dubbed color DVD [5/2003] for $19.15 Pathfinder dubbed color VHS [5/2003] out of prodn/used Vivendi subtitled color VHS [5/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Ellery Queen" color TV series [1975–1976]
series credits at IMDb •
series entry at Wikipedia
 | "Ellery Queen Mysteries" DVD Box Set [NBC-TV 1975-76] Series pilot & 22 hour-long episodes starring regulars Jim Hutton {as Ellery}, David Wayne {as Insp. Queen}, Tom Reese & John Hillerman; guest stars include Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, Tom Bosley, Hayden Rorke, George Burns, comedian Jack Carter, Joan Collins, William Demarest, Troy Donahue, Anne Francis, Eva Gabor, Larry Hagman, June Lockhart, Robert Loggia, Roddy McDowall, Ed McMahon, Sal Mineo, Donald O'Connor, Don Porter, Dean Stockwell, Dick Van Patten, Vincent Price, Cesar Romero & Betty White Entertainment One color DVD set [9/2010] 6 disks for $33.93 |
"Haitatsu Sarenai Santsu no Tegami" aka "The Three Undelivered Letters"
[Shôchiku Eiga Japan Oct 1979, USA Dec 1980]
 | Story based on Ellery Queen's 1942 novel "Calamity Town", but apparently not containing Ellery or any detective character; someone is poisoning people in a town, and members of the leading family are among the chief suspects • Produced & directed by Yoshitaro Nomura; adapted by Kaneto Shindô; starring Shin Saburi, Nobuko Otowa, Mayumi Ogawa, Komaki Kurihara, Keiko Matsuzaka, Takao Kataoka & Ai Kanzaki; Mayumi Ogawa won Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
Works About Ellery Queen
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"Royal Bloodline: Ellery Queen, Author and Detective" [1973] by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Bowling Green Univ Press pb [12/73] out of print/used Bowling Green Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [6/74] out of print/used |
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"Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950" [2012] Edited by Joseph Goodrich Perfect Crime Books 9¾x6¾ pb [1/2012] for $12.28 |
L i n k s
Ellery Queen entry at Wikipedia
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [est. 1941] website
Ellery Queen character credits [since 1935] at Internet Movie Database
Frederic Dannay credits [1935-79] at Internet Movie Database
Manfred Lee credits [1927-1979] at Internet Movie Database
browse books at Amazon's Ellery Queen Store
search videos/DVDs on keywords 'Ellery Queen' at Amazon
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