Short195124 min320×240Subtitles

The Adventures of Ellery Queen - The Hanging Acrobat - DuMont Network

Irving and Norman Pincus

Mystery

Low resolution (320×240): this is the archive's own copy.

About

This is an episode of the DuMont Network's "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1950-54). This ran on the DuMont Network before moving to the ABC. The series was also shown in Australia, where it played on Channel 2 on Thursdays at 9pm throughout 1957. The actor who plays Ellery, Richard Hart, died part way through the series and was replaced by Lee Bowman. About 50 episodes were made over its two runs but only a small amount survive.

This episode, original air date 21 December 1950, sees Ellery become involved in a murder investigation when he stops at a small, rural carnival.

This episode was sponsored by Kaiser-Frazer automobiles. Queen mentions that he was returning to the city in his Kaiser when he stopped at a small carnival.

Archive
Internet Archive, in Feature films
Licence or status
Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.
Credit
Irving and Norman Pincus
Language
English
Subtitles
English (automatic)
Who can watch
The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed