Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You is a 1971 TV film adaptation of Ellery Queen's novel Cat of Many Tails. It aired on NBC.

Production
The film was intended to spawn a new television series like the earlier versions of the character (The Adventures of Ellery Queen). Richard Levinson and William Link authored the script but were so dismayed with the changes made during production that they took their names off and instead used a pseudonym, "Ted Leighton". This is the only Ellery Queen story or film in which Inspector Richard Queen is portrayed as Ellery's uncle instead of as his father. Critics speculated that this change was made because Harry Morgan was only eight years older than Peter Lawford and because the two had different accents (American and British).

Cast

 * Peter Lawford – Ellery Queen
 * Harry Morgan – Inspector Richard Queen
 * E.G. Marshall – Dr. Edward Cazalis
 * Skye Aubrey – Christy
 * Stefanie Powers – Celeste Phillips
 * Coleen Gray – Mrs. Cazalis
 * Morgan Sterne – Police Commissioner
 * Bill Zuckert - Sgt. Thomas Velie
 * Bob Hastings - Hal Hunter
 * Than Wyenn - Registrar
 * Buddy Lester - Policeman
 * William Lucking - Lt. Summers
 * Pat Delaney - Miss Price
 * Tim Herbert
 * Robin Raymond
 * Victoria Hale
 * Billy Sands as Adrian Abbott

Legacy
While the film failed to generate a series, four years later Levinson and Link were given to opportunity to try again. 1975's Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects led to Ellery Queen which starred Jim Hutton and David Wayne. The show lasted one season.