From December 21, 1950, episode 10 of television's first run (of four television series) of Ellery Queen mysteries, starring Richard Hart as Ellery, and featuring Sono Osato, Kurt Katch, Frank Tweddell, Raymond Bramley, and Don Kennedy. Rex Marshall was the announcer.
Ellery is returning to the city in his Kaiser (the program's sponsor was Kaiser-Frazier automobiles) when he stops at a small town carnival. Of course, there's a murder.
The Adventures of Ellery Queen ran for 50 episodes on the Dumont Network from October 14, 1950 to December 6, 1951, before moving to ABC for another 43 episodes (December 16, 1951 to November 26, 1952. Richard Hart, the origin al star, died suddenly of a heart atack in January 1951 and was replaced by Lee Bowman. Florentz Ames played Ellery's father, Inspector Richard Queen.
Produced by Irving and Norman Pincus, "The Hanging Acrobat" was directed by Donald Richardson from an adaptation by Gilbert Braun from an original story by "Ellery Queen" (Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee). "The Adventure of the Hanging Acrobat" first appeared in the May 1934 edition of Mystery under the title of "The Girl on the Trapeze;" it was reprinted in the collection The Adventures of Ellery Queen the same year.
Time to match wits with Ellery!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGxQ8cNcTjo
As always, thanks for the pointer! Wonder how many of the Dumont episodes survive...
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