Richard Hart was a promising stage actor who was given an MGM contract with disastrous results. It seemed that whatever movie he was cast in (and he only made 4) flopped and critics dismissed him as an imitation Laurence Olivier.
Yeah, this was REAL low budget stuff. The entire musical score was some apprentice on a Hammond Organ.
This is a good series that aired on the DuMont Television Network, which ceased broadcasting in 1956 because NBC, CBS and Paramount Pictures decided to do a little corporate sabotage. It also aired for a while on the ABC Television Network.
Let's first put aside the budgetary restraints of television in its infancy for a moment and focus on story instead. Granted, I have only seen one episode of the 1950s Ellery Queen series.
