On a fishing trip to the town of Wrightsville, Ellery and Inspector Queen are dragged into the case of the murder of a wealthy man who was whacked over the head with an ornamental dog figurine meant as a wedding gift for his daughter and worth nearly half a million dollars. It seems as though two rival candidates for sheriff want the Inspector to solve the town's first murder in decades so that they can grab the credit.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic Dannay | Writer | ||
| Manfred Lee | Writer | ||
| Jerry Fogel | Guest Star | ||
| Dee Wallace Stone | Guest Star | ||
| Katherine Crawford | Guest Star | ||
| Hal Smith | Guest Star | ||
| Murray Hamilton | Guest Star | ||
| Stuart Nisbet | Guest Star | ||
| Robert Hogan | Guest Star | ||
| Geraldine Brooks | Guest Star | ||
| Bill Quinn | Guest Star | ||
| Robert F. Simon | Guest Star | ||
| Eugene Roche | Guest Star | ||
| Orson Bean | Guest Star | ||
| Ernest Pintoff | Director |