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Ellery Queen S1E2 — The Adventure of the Lover's Leap

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Ellery Queen•Season 1•Episode 2

The Adventure of the Lover's Leap

8.0/10 · 184 votesSep 18, 197560 min

Ranked #9 of 22 in Season 1•matches the season avg

A 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 mysteries at the time and she died exactly the same way as

Directed byErnest Pintoff

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Cast3

Jim Hutton

Jim Hutton

Ellery Queen

David Wayne

David Wayne

Inspector Richard Queen

Tom Reese

Tom Reese

Sgt. Thomas Velie

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Ernest Pintoff

Ernest Pintoff

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Episode Summary

"The Adventure of the Lover's Leap" is episode 2 of Ellery Queen season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 184 votes, ranking #9 of 22 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Ernest Pintoff, it aired on September 18, 1975.

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