Ellery Queen (TV Series)

The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer (1976)

Jim Hutton: Ellery Queen

Quotes 

• Ellery Queen : Well, there you have it. Who do you think killed Lamont Franklin? Was it his widow Carol, or his brother-in-law, Doug Carmichael? How about Claude Sitwell, or Roger Woods, or his wife Emily? How about Billy Geeter, or was it someone else? Now, I'll tell you one thing: that wire spindle is very important. You got the message? Let's see.

• Ellery Queen : [discussing Emily Woods]  I don't know why you don't like her.

  Inspector Richard Queen : She reminds me of your Aunt Agatha: a cobra with an Ipana smile.

  Ellery Queen : She was very nice.

  Inspector Richard Queen : Son, when it comes to women, you'd better leave character analysis to your old man.

• Ellery Queen : Where's the bacon?

  Inspector Richard Queen : At twenty-nine cents a pound, it's still on the pig.

• Lorelei Farnsworth : But I thought you said you didn't write love stories?

  Ellery Queen : Well, I tried once. But my heroines always got killed off.