Ellery Queen S01E19 · The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley

Overview

The radio payola scandals of the 1940's and 50's are recalled in this episode. Simon Brimmer once again tries to best Ellery and once again falls short. The plot concerns the murder of popular songwriter Alvin Winer during the musical interlude on a radio show when he goes to the station's record library to find a record. Ellery once again must clear a friend who had just accused Winer of stealing his song.

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1. 1 1. The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne1975-09-11 · 1h 0mThe time: 10:00 pm, New Year's Eve, 1947. The place: The ballroom of the Hotel Astor. The victim: Mr. Marcus Halliday. And the suspects (all the usual ones): the son (and his gold-
2. 2 2. The Adventure of the Lover's Leap1975-09-18 · 1h 0mA wealthy heiress dies. She jumped off the balcony of her elegant home (or did she?). Was it suicide... or was it murder? The twist: she was reading one of Ellery's own murder myst
3. 3 3. The Adventure of the Chinese Dog1975-09-25 · 1h 0mOn a fishing trip to the town of Wrightsville, Ellery and Inspector Queen are dragged into the case of the murder of a wealthy man who was whacked over the head with an ornamental
4. 4 4. The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader1975-10-02 · 1h 0mEllery himself is a leading suspect in the murder of a comic book publisher with whom he'd clashed over how he was portrayed in the publisher's comics. It seems as though the man l
5. 5 5. The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express1975-10-09 · 1h 0mNews 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' siste
6. 6 6. The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance1975-10-23 · 1h 0mBeloved Vera Bethune stars as Miss Aggie in a radio soap opera, but is about to be written out. One day she drinks water from a jug and is poisoned in a murder attempt. She is take
7. 7 7. The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs1975-10-23 · 1h 0mA WW II spy, Colonel Alec Nivin, is on a book tour in New York concerning his memoirs in which he accuses a variety of people of war crimes and treasonous acts. Ellery's galpal, Je
8. 8 8. The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party1975-10-30 · 1h 0mEllery and his agent, Howard Biggers, travel to the estate of the wealthy and eccentric Spencer Lockridge. It seems as though Biggers wants to turn one of Ellery's books into a pla
9. 9 9. The Adventure of Veronica's Veils1975-11-13 · 1h 0mBurlesque producer Sam Packer is found dead of an apparent heart attack but he leaves behind a video to be shown at his funeral in which he states that no matter what it looks like
10. 10 10. The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse1975-12-11 · 1h 0mNorris Wentworth buys and brings an Egyptian sarcophagus to display at the world famous Tremane Museum. Wouldn't you know it, there's curse on the darn thing. The six previous owne
11. 11 11. The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument1975-12-18 · 1h 0mAn awards dinner sponsored by the Crime Writers of America is being held at the residence of writer Edgar Manning who is the recipient of the Blunt Instrument Award. Ellery is not
12. 12 12. The Adventure of the Black Falcon1976-01-04 · 1h 0mSimon Brimmer arrives at a restaurant where he is to give a live-remote broadcast of his highly rated mystery radio program. Ellery and the Inspector are invited to attend. As you
13. 13 13. The Adventure of the Sunday Punch1976-01-11 · 1h 0mA boxer is killed while training for a championship bout and the finger points towards his sparring partner, Joe Adams. Joe's girlfriend, Corrinne Ogden, seeks out Ellery for help
14. 14 14. The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer1976-01-18 · 1h 0mHeeeeeeeeeeere's Ed. Ed McMahon, that is, who plays a once brilliant but now seemingly senile inventor who is murdered in his electric train workshop. This one's a toughie because
15. 15 15. The Adventure of the Wary Witness1976-02-01 · 1h 0mEllery's old college chum, Linville Hagen, is accused of murdering mobster Nick Danello and Ellery must find a missing witness who can prove his innocence. This missing witness was
16. 16 16. The Adventure of the Judas Tree1976-02-01 · 1h 0mThe Queens investigate when a wealthy industrialist and war profiteer is stabbed to death with a Chinese ceremonial dagger and then dragged out of his house and hung from a tree wi
17. 17 17. The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario1976-02-08 · 1h 0mEllery and the Inspector travel to Hollywood in order to watch the filming of an adaptation of one of Ellery's novels into a movie. At the studio, they meet the actors who will be
18. 18 18. The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman1976-02-29 · 1h 0mSimon Brimmer once again fingers the wrong culprit in this tale about the murder of a socialite who was apparently leading a double life. The case has its underpinnings in events t
19. 19 19. The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley1976-03-07 · 1h 0mThe radio payola scandals of the 1940's and 50's are recalled in this episode. Simon Brimmer once again tries to best Ellery and once again falls short. The plot concerns the murde
20. 20 20. The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep1976-03-14 · 1h 0mInspector Queen is in charge of protecting a mob witness but the witness is murdered before he can testify. Wouldn't you know it, the evidence points to none other than Sgt. Velie.
21. 21 21. The Adventure of the Hard Hearted Huckster1976-03-21 · 1h 0mFrank Flannigan probably wishes he'd taken a vacation as he's made to look foolish on the infant medium known as television. The plot concerns the murder of a nasty advertising exe
22. 22 22. The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger1976-04-04 · 1h 0mIn the series' finale, Ellery probes the murder of a retired detective who was killed while investigating a five year old unsolved murder case.