He also had roles in film during these years, including roles in the comedy how to frame a figg 1971 with don knotts and the harrad experiment 1973. Entertaining, easily forgettable murder mystery has the famed detective taking over the policebaffling hydra case. Ellery queen, one of the best known names in mysteries, has been adapted for television on a couple of occasions, the last being in 1975 in a shortlived series for nbc, four years after the network had aired a tvmovie, ellery queen. Dont look behind you, a poorly received precursor to the tv series starring peter. The series ran for a single season on nbc from september 11, 1975, to april 4, 1976 featuring the titular sleuth.
Ellery queen dont look behind you 1971 peter lawford, harry morgan rare tv movie hard to find films. The series stars jim hutton as the titular character, and david wayne as his father, inspector richard queen. Dont look behind you, which featured a miscast peter lawford as a. When he suffered a fatal heart attack at 35, he was followed by lee bowman and, in other shortlived variations, george nader and lee phillips.
The series ran for a single season on nbc from september 11, 1975, to april 4. And for reasons i have been unable to fathom, inspector queen. Watch all 1 ellery queen episodes from season 0,view pictures, get episode information and more. Watch ellery queen season 0, episode 1 dont look behind you. Ellery queen is an american tv series, developed by richard levinson and william link, who based it on the fictional character of the same name. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. The result was ellery queen which ran for only one full season. Find films and movies featuring harry morgan on allmovie allmovie. Prime time tv listings from friday november 19, 1971. Peter lawford is rumoured to have hooked up with jacqueline kennedy 1966, janet leigh 1951, rita hayworth 1940, nancy reagan 1940 and lucille ball.
Peter lawford starred in a television movie, ellery queen. Peter lawford starred in a television film, ellery queen. Nbc tried to launch a new series in 1971 with ellery queen. Ellery queen dont look behind you 1971 peter lawford. Detective ellery queen has to solve a series of murders. Dont look behind you, starring peter lawford and harry morgan, debuted under the nbc mystery movie banner, it did so on an irregular night. Dont look behind you starring peter lawford as ellery queen and harry morgan as his uncle inspector richard queen. Veteran actor harry morgan played inspector queen, but in this film he was described as ellery s uncle perhaps to account for the fact that morgan was only eight years lawfords senior, or for lawfords english accent. Directed by claude chabrel, who also adapted patricia highsmiths the cry of the. Critics speculated that this change was made because harry morgan was only eight. Dont look behind you, where their work was substantially rewritten by other hands, and columbo when they came up. This was after a fashion my first exposure to ellery queen, although it was not the first of his books that i read. George nader played queen in the further adventures of ellery queen 19581959, but he was replaced with lee philips in the final episodes. Dont look behind you 1971 was intended as a pilot for a prospective series that never materialized.
The male victims were strangled with blue cords, the females with pink ones. Dont look behind you was a super stylish pilot for a projected nbc series for the 1971 72 season. Ellery queen was up for a slot on the new wednesday mystery movie wheel that wound up including columbo, mccloud, and mcmillan and wife. Sherlock holmes 19451029 murder by moonlight by classic radio. Dont look behind you tv movie 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Subtitles are sorted by relevance for searching keywords. Dont look behind you 1971 barry shear, peter lawford, harry morgan, e. Dont look behind you movie posters,high res movie posters image for ellery queen. Dont look behind you, which starred peter lawford as ellery, and harry morgan as inspector richard queen.
In 1977 they appeared in late night more than two or three times a week. Detective ellery queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled. A trio of suspenseful prime time films demonstrates these types of movies. Dont look behind you nbc, 1971 72 and evil roy slade nbc, 1971. Ellery queen is an american television detective mystery series based on the fictional character ellery queen. Before nbc launched the popular ellery queen series with jim hutton in 1975, it made an earlier tv movie with peter lawford as the literary detective. Ellery queen tv series wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Ellery queen dont look behind you tv 1971 duration. Created by the writingproducing team of richard levinson and william link mannix, columbo, and. Asked to assist in a murder case, ellery notices a pattern the victims have numerically descending ages, with the males being strangled with blue cords and females with pink ones. Dont look behind you, 1971, directed by barry shear, with peter lawford, harry morgan, e.
Stylistically, the producers went back to the radio show, setting this series in 1947. Not much of the plot is changed, but the movie plods under elongated philosophical discussions. David wayne as inspector richard queen and jim hutton as ellery queen. Television episodes ellery queen, dont look behind you 1971. Detective ellery queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones. Dont look behind you was a super stylish pilot for a projected nbc series for the 197172 season. Nbc almost picked ellery queen over mcmillan and wife. The series ran on nbc from september 11, 1975, to april 4, 1976 featuring the titular fictional sleuth. Filmed before, but released after, dont look behind you, ten days wonder adapted the 1948 novel with an allstar cast, but leaves the viewer absolutely stunned with boredom. On television, lee bowman, hugh marlowe, and george nader each starred in three different tv series in the 1950s. Ralph senensky with ray bolger grandpa fred renfrew, rosemary decamp grandma amanda renfrew. Morgan also appeared in at least one episode of gunsmoke the witness aired 11231970.
Levinson and link occasionally used the pseudonym ted leighton, most notably on the telefilm ellery queen. Dont look behind you 1971, where their work was substantially rewritten by other hands, and on columbo when they came up with stories to be scripted by their collaborators. Ellery queen is an american tv drama series, developed by richard levinson. Played velie in the easily forgettable murder mystery ellery queen, dont look behind you 197 1. Based on the novel cat of many tales, the film finds queen investigating a series of murders. Its easy to see why, although its not a total disaster. In 1971, cat of many tails was used as the basis for the tvmovie ellery queen. The partridges toss a farewell party for grandpa, who has made up his mind to become a hippie. Even if we dont already have it, we may be able to find it. Ellery s tv entry was inevitable and in 1950, richard hart was the first to essay the sleuth. Dont look behind you is a 1971 tv film adaptation of ellery queen s novel cat of many tails. It aired on nbc during the 197576 television season and stars jim hutton as ellery queen, david wayne as his father, inspector richard queen, and tom reese as sgt. 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. The first of two efforts to launch an ellery queen tv series in the 1970s, dont look behind you stars peter lawford as intellectual private eye ellery queen.
Additionally, there is the feature from 1971, ellery queen. Dont look behind you original unsold pilot 19 november, 1971 8. This is the only ellery queen story or film in which inspector richard queen is portrayed as ellery s uncle instead of as his father. Born stefania zofia federkiewicz on 2nd november, 1942 in hollywood, ca, usa, she is famous for hart to hart.
This is the only ellery queen story or film in which inspector richard queen is portrayed as. According to the internet movie database imdb, that teleflick was first broadcast on nbc on nov. Ellery queen is an american tv drama series, developed by richard levinson and. Stefanie powers has been in 8 onscreen matchups, including christopher dark in bonanza 1959, jerry van dyke in mclintock. Morgan appeared in the role of inspector richard queen, uncle of ellery queen in the 1971 television film ellery queen. Its free and easy to download subs for movie ellery queen. Dont look behind you is a 1971 tv film adaptation of ellery queens novel cat of many tails. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow.
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