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Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express

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News 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' sister who had previously run the paper while her brother was absent in WW II, the right-wing columnist who was always getting the paper into legal hot water, the Editor being forced into retirement, and (yes, you knew this was coming) the paper's lawyer. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. They'll have to take things one day at a time in this case. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Alan Folsom David H. Balkan

Director:: Jack Arnold

Stars:: David Wayne (Inspector Richard Queen); Tom Reese (Sergeant Velie); Jim Hutton (Ellery Queen)

Recurring Role:: Ken Swofford (Frank Flannigan)

Guest Star:: Dina Merrill (Harriett Manners); Paul Stewart (Thornton Johns); Kip Niven (Arthur Van Dyke); John Finnegan (Fred Dornhoffer); Suzanne Arnold (Judy Adams); Sandy DeBruin (Sally); Kristin Larkin (Dorothy); Pat Harrington Jr. (Mitch McCully); George Furth (Al Klinger); Ruth McDevitt (Zelda Van Dyke); Tyler McVey (Henry Manners)

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The resort town of Wrightsville, the setting for The Adventure of the Chinese Dog, is mentioned in this episode when Ellery states that he's going there for some rest and relaxation before getting dragged into the murder case. edit »
The broadcaster of the baseball game being listened to on the radio by Zelda Van Dyke is Mel Allen, long-time voice of the New York Yankees. edit »
In this episode we learn that Ellery was born on April 2, 1912 in New York City. edit »
Guest star Dina Merrill is the daughter of noted financier E. F. Hutton and socialite Marjorie Meriweather Post of Post cereal fame. edit »
The "howdunit" of this episode is very similar to a Perry Mason episode entitled The Case of the Wednesday Woman. edit »

Johns: Inspector, you measure a newspaperman by the number of enemies he's made. edit »
Johns (to Inspector Queen about Flannigan): Do I have to sit here and listen to this overrated fool? edit »
Flannigan: I'm just trying to serve the people, Inspector. edit »
Ellery: Don't you like elevators?
Velie: Not this one. edit »
Judy: $22.50 a week doesn't go very far these days. edit »