Ellery Queen — Season 1, Episode 5: The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express

Episode synopsis

News mogul Henry Manners is murdered in an express elevator to the 12th floor of his building with nobody inside the elevator except the victim. The suspects include Manners' sister who had previously run the paper while her brother was absent in WW II, the right-wing columnist who was always getting the paper into legal hot water, the Editor being forced into retirement, and (yes, you knew this was coming) the paper's lawyer. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. They'll have to take things one day at a time in this case.

About Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne
• E2The Adventure of the Lover's Leap
• E3The Adventure of the Chinese Dog
• E4The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader
• E6The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance
• E7The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs
• E8The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party
• E9The Adventure of Veronica's Veils
• E10The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse
• E11The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument
• E12The Adventure of the Black Falcon
• E13The Adventure of the Sunday Punch