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Ellery Queen :: The Adventure of the Lover's Leap (01x02)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: The Adventure of the Lover's Leap
Episode #: 01x02
Production Number: 43604
Original Airdate: Thursday September 18th, 1975
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Episode Crew
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Robert Pirosh
 
Episode Summary
 
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While reading an Ellery Queen novel, a fountain pen heiress begins having all the experiences as a character in the book such as having an overwhelming urge to jump off the balcony. Soon afterwards, she's found dead at the bottom of the balcony. Did she jump or was she pushed?
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Basil HoffmanplayedFingerprint ManRecurring (second appearance)
John HillermanplayedSimon BrimmerRecurring (second appearance)
John LawlorplayedRadio TechnicianRecurring (first appearance)
Nina RomanplayedGraceRecurring (first appearance)
Anne FrancisplayedEvelyn Chandler 
Craig Stevens (1)playedJonathan Kendrick 
Don AmecheplayedDr. Norman Marsh 
Ida LupinoplayedStephanie Talbot Kendrick 
Jack Kelly (1)playedJ. T. Latimer 
James LydonplayedRadio Actor 
Jason WingreenplayedRoy Miller 
Susan StrasbergplayedCathy Kendrick 
 
Main Cast
 
Jim HuttonplayedEllery Queen
David WayneplayedInspector Richard Queen
Tom ReeseplayedSergeant Thomas Velie
 
Episode Notes
 
The last names of the characters in this episode played by Don Ameche and Anne Francis are taken from well-known mystery writers Ngaio Marsh and Raymond Chandler respectively.
 
Jack Kelly is best known for his role as gambler Bart Maverick on the classic 1957-62 ABC western Maverick.
 
Craig Stevens' best known for playing the title role in the private eye TV series Peter Gunn.
 
Susan Strasberg was the daughter of famed acting guru Lee Strasberg.
 
Anne Francis' best known TV role is the female private eye Honey West.
 
Evelyn Chandler is listening to Abbott and Costello on the radio at the beginning of the episode.
 
Jack Kelly and Anne Francis had previously co-starred together in the classic 1956 sci-fi film Forbidden Planet.
 
David Wayne and Ida Lupino both appeared in the Adam West Batman series in the 60s, as the Mad Hatter and Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft.
 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Brimmer: Nice of you to caddy for us, Queen.
 
Ellery: I thought these matches were fixed.
Inspector Queen: Aw, they're just setting up things for a re-match.
 
Inspector Queen: What makes you think it wasn't suicide?
Ellery: I didn't say it wasn't.
 
Inspector Queen: Velie, show the gentleman out.
Brimmer: I have some interesting information for you, Inspector.
Inspector Queen: Hold it, Velie.
 
Inspector Queen: (about Kendrick) There's one man who isn't very upset about his wife's suicide.
Ellery: If it was a suicide.
 
Brimmer: The lawyer who probates this estate will receive an enormous fee. Think about that, Queen.
 
Latimer: Miss Chandler and I are old friends.
Ellery: I gathered that.
 
Ellery: Dad, you have the most wonderful habit of asking leading questions.
Inspector Queen: And you have the most wonderful habit of not answering them.
 
Cathy: (about Inspector Queen) How do you put up with him?
Ellery: Practice.
 
Inspector Queen: Supposition, supposition. I want facts.
 
Ellery: You're having Simon Brimmer tailed?
Inspector Queen: Why not? He's doing better than we are.
 
Dr. Marsh: All my patients are in critical condition.
 
Brimmer: You're about to hear a confession from the murderer. A new first in radio history.
 
Technician: All the mikes functioned perfectly, sir. We got everything.
Brimmer: Break the record.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
Executive ProducerRichard Levinson  |  William Link
Unit Production ManagerJack Terry
MusicElmer Bernstein
Costume DesignerCharles Waldo
Make-upBrad Wilder
 
 
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