Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects (1975)
Season 1, Episode 0
10/10
Pilot Killer/Victim
20 June 2006
Warning: Spoilers
To the poster mmitsos-1 requesting info about the pilot movie: Yes, Monte Markham played the "son" who was revealed to be the killer by the "sun" television clue. However the victim you refer to was not a "he" but was a female character, Monica Gray, a fashion designer, played by the absolutely gorgeous Nancy Kovack, although here she was credited as Nancy Mehta, having a few years earlier married Zubin Mehta, a rather famous orchestra conductor for the New York Philharmonic. I agree this was one of the best shows ever and I still vividly recall watching it as a teenager. My other favorites are the show with the "Alice in Wonderland" theme murder and the one where the mob witness is killed with a poisoned book. Just great stuff! If this had rotated with Columbo, McCloud and the other mystery movies it might have survived awhile longer, but we probably would not have had any more episodes since Jim Hutton was dead within four years. I loved "Murder She Wrote," but this was better.
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