List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1975 season)
This is an episode list for the 1975 season of the radio drama series CBS Radio Mystery Theater.[1] The series premiered on CBS on January 6, 1974, and ended on December 31, 1982.[2] A set of 1,399 original episodes aired between January 1974 and December 1982.[3][4] The series was broadcast every day of the week for the first six years with re-runs filling in empty slots starting in February 1974.[5] All episodes are available free at the Internet Archive.[6]
List of Seasons
| Season | # of episodes |
|---|---|
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1974 season) | 193 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1975 season) | 212 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1976 season) | 170 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1977 season) | 186 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1978 season) | 176 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1979 season) | 106 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1980 season) | 97 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1981 season) | 132 |
| List of CBS Radio Mystery Theater episodes (1982 season) | 127 |
Episodes
January
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| 194 | 1 | "The Deadly Pearls" | Himan Brown | Elizabeth Pennell | January 1, 1975 | |
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A private detective goes undercover as a writer in a remote Hawaiian island to track a set of radioactive pearls that were used in two murders. Starring: Paul Hecht, Kate Reid, Grace Matthews, Court Benson | ||||||
| 195 | 2 | "The Reluctant Killer" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | January 2, 1975 | |
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Disillusioned by the game's brutality, a football player quits the game, but becomes vengeful after his wife and mother-in-law unjustly accuse him of spousal abuse. Starring: Tony Roberts, Roberta Maxwell, Bryna Raeburn, Leon Janney, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 196 | 3 | "The Many Names of Death" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | January 5, 1975 | |
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A bank's trust officer hires a secretary, who charms him into experiencing the wild side of life... an adventure that turns out wilder than he expected. Starring: Alexander Scourby, Lori March, William Redfield, Marian Hailey | ||||||
| 197 | 4 | "The Premature Burial" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 6, 1975 | |
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A physician assists his friend in exhuming the corpse of a recently deceased loved one; they find her alive, and now the evil husband she married wants her back. Starring: Keir Dullea, Paul Hecht, Guy Sorel, Marian Seldes Note: The first of a week-long series of episodes adapted by Lowther from the works of Edgar Allan Poe (this episode was based on the same-named short story). | ||||||
| 198 | 5 | "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 7, 1975 | |
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A slow-thinking police detective seeks help in solving the case of a woman murdered in a locked room, and calls on a newbie who offers an unusual suggestion. Starring: Paul Hecht, Guy Sorel, Corinne Orr, Dan Ocko Adopted from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe | ||||||
| 199 | 6 | "The Oblong Box" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 8, 1975 | |
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On a transatlantic cruise, Cornelius Wyatt brings with him a woman who's not his new wife, and an peculiar pine box that, as his college friend and his wife later learn, contains something more ghastly than the painting Cornelius insists it contains. Starring: Richard Mulligan, Bryna Raeburn, Grace Matthews, Court Benson Adopted from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe | ||||||
| 200 | 7 | "Berenice" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 9, 1975 | |
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A man falls in love with the younger sister of his dying wife, who promises on her deathbed that her smile will haunt him to the point of insanity. Starring: Michael Tolan, Norman Rose, Joan Lovejoy, Roberta Maxwell Adopted from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe | ||||||
| 201 | 8 | "The Masque of the Red Death" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 10, 1975 | |
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Set in 1996, this futuristic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story finds a wealthy old miser and his family staging a masquerade party at his mansion while a deadly plague ravages the outside world. But then a "guest" arrives wearing a bloody costume... Starring: Staats Cotsworth, Karl Swenson, Lois Smith, Jack Grimes, Evie Juster | ||||||
| 202 | 9 | "The Tell-Tale Heart" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 11, 1975 | |
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Edgar Allan Poe's short story is adapted to a rural setting, where a down-on-their-luck family are forced to live on the farm of the husband's sadistic, perverted uncle. Starring: Fred Gwynne, Ann Shepherd, Robert Dryden | ||||||
| 203 | 10 | "The Cask of Amontillado" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 12, 1975 | |
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After his wife is forced to spend the night with the lecherous banker he owes money to, a man seeks revenge by enticing the financier with an offer he can't resist. Starring: Richard Kiley, Robert Dryden, Frances Sternhagen, Roberta Maxwell, Leon Janney Adapted from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe | ||||||
| 204 | 11 | "The Witness Is Death" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | January 13, 1975 | |
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After being shot by the assassin and hospitalized, a witness to a gangland killing initially agrees to offer information to the police; but when he gets cold feet (out of fear of retaliation against him and his family), the cops and the hospital try an inventive way to get him to speak. Starring: Joan Shay, Ken Harvey, Ian Martin, Sam Gray | ||||||
| 205 | 12 | "Faith and the Faker" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | January 14, 1975 | |
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A former con artist learns he has the power to heal his fellow island residents from their maladies... but the one miracle he can't conjure up is the ability to heal his paraplegic wife. Starring: Howard DaSilva, Mary Jane Higby, Bryna Raeburn, Guy Sorel, Russell Horton | ||||||
| 206 | 13 | "A Death of Kings" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | January 16, 1975 | |
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A brilliant but unassertive university scientist takes into his home a financially poor student... who might steal not only the professor's wife, but also his starting scientific discovery, one that could destroy the world. Starring: Robert Dryden, Mercedes McCambridge, William Redfield | ||||||
| 207 | 14 | "Ghost Talk" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | January 17, 1975 | |
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After his death, Paul discovers he can communicate with his devastated widow, Melba, who promises she'll love and remember him always. But then Paul learns he must convince Melba to forget him, lest her own soul be stuck in an eternal limbo. Starring: Lenka Peterson, Elliot Reid, Gordon Gould, Robert Dryden | ||||||
| 208 | 15 | "The Precious Killer" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | January 20, 1975 | |
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At one time, Karel Vortic endorsed the ideals that led to a revolution in Rourania, a European country that has now become an oppressive autocracy. After he is arrested on what turns out to be bogus charges of theft and treason, Vortic plans to defect... but finds that treachery and betrayal come from even the most familiar of faces. Starring: Beatrice Straight, Arnold Moss, Ralph Bell, Dan Ocko, Ann Pitoniak | ||||||
| 209 | 16 | "Concerto in Death" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | January 22, 1975 | |
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To the embarrassment of his family and his manager, a symphony conductor finds it hard to accept the death of his son, a talented violinist. Starring: Ian Martin, Marian Seldes, Carol Teitel, Lon Clark | ||||||
| 210 | 17 | "Sleepy Village" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | January 23, 1975 | |
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A college professor and his wife move to a quiet New England town, but the mayor and the locals reject them for not being in "the right state of mind." Starring: Norman Rose, Martha Greenhouse, Court Benson, Ken Harvey | ||||||
| 211 | 18 | "The Flowers of Death" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | January 24, 1975 | |
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The Greek god Dionysus appears in modern times to bring Gretchen Morrison's garden back to life. But will it impress Gretchen's husband... and more importantly, his boss? Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Larry Haines, Roberta Maxwell, Gilbert Mack | ||||||
| 212 | 19 | "The Follower" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | January 26, 1975 | |
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A New York talent agent is dogged by someone or something following his every footstep. Could that figure be a remnant from his past? Starring: Jerry Orbach, Carol Teitel, Nat Polen, Jackson Beck | ||||||
| 213 | 20 | "A Coffin for the Devil" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | January 27, 1975 | |
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A man summons a group of experts (series host E. G. Marshall among them) to read them a letter from one of his ancestors, which tells of a young mortician's assistant and a peculiar man ordering a special coffin for himself. Starring: Keir Dullea, Marian Seldes, Peter Collins, William Redfield, Nat Polen | ||||||
| 214 | 21 | "Windandingo" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | January 28, 1975 | |
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A Revolutionary War soldier is sent home for accidentally shooting a prize steer, but is able to invoke an Indian spirit to help beat back a British regiment. Starring: Jack Grimes, Court Benson, Mason Adams, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond | ||||||
| 215 | 22 | "The Night of the Wolf" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | January 30, 1975 | |
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A police detective delves into how and why an ancient Indian ceremonial robe on display at a museum inspired violence and odd behavior among museum patrons. Starring: Michael Tolan, Evie Juster, Ken Harvey, Russell Horton, Joan Shay | ||||||
| 216 | 23 | "The Disembodied Voice" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | January 31, 1975 | |
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A hospital psychiatrist reports to the police her receiving a series of obscene phone calls from a man who may be a serial rapist/murderer... and who may be targeting her as his next victim. Starring: Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy, Robert Dryden, Mildred Clinton | ||||||
February
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| 217 | 24 | "Death on Skis" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | February 3, 1975 | |
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Kay Wylie and her husband vacation at a ski resort that's been the scene of several brutal murders in past years... and where an investigator causes Kay to wonder if her husband is the killer. Starring: Rosemary Harris, Larry Haines, Ralph Bell, Norman Rose | ||||||
| 218 | 25 | "Death in the Stars" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | February 4, 1975 | |
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A newspaper executive is upset when her paper's horoscope column predicts her imminent death. Starring: Kim Hunter, Paul Hecht, Mary Jane Higby, Rosemary Rice, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 219 | 26 | "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | February 6, 1975 | |
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A man running from hooligans in 16th century France finds shelter in the home of a nobleman who tries to force him to marry his unruly niece. Starring: Michael Wager, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, William Redfield Adapted from the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson | ||||||
| 220 | 27 | "Death Is So Trivial" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | February 7, 1975 | |
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"Death will come when it will come..." After perishing in a hit-and-run accident, James Blake vows to spend his afterlife preventing the equally unnecessary deaths of others. Starring: Tony Roberts, Kristoffer Tabori, Suzanne Grossmann, Bryna Raeburn, Dan Ocko | ||||||
| 221 | 28 | "Journey Into Nowhere" | Himan Brown | Arnold Moss | February 10, 1975 | |
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An archeologist finds artifacts connected with a goddess who vows revenge on anyone who exposes her power. Starring: Arnold Moss, Court Benson, Joan Lovejoy, Evie Juster | ||||||
| 222 | 29 | "A Small Question of Terror" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | February 13, 1975 | |
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A woman must use her wits and wiles to get herself, her beau, and her mother out of a tortuous (literally) interrogation by a police state, all caused by the mother's in-jest joke about the state's mysterious "Protector." Starring: Teri Keane, Gordon Gould, Leon Janney, Joan Shay | ||||||
| 223 | 30 | "The Shadow of the Past" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | February 14, 1975 | |
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Dr. Benno Koenig recognizes a patient as Karlheinz Meier, a guard at the Nazi concentration camp where he and his wife were imprisoned. Koenig then murders Meier (and tries to cover up the crime) after the guard threatens to reveal that the Koenigs are in the U.S. illegally. Starring: Howard DaSilva, Clarissa Blackburn, Sam Gray, Gilbert Mack, Jack Grimes | ||||||
| 224 | 31 | "The Death Wisher" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | February 17, 1975 | |
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A man invites into his family's home the son of the friend who saved his life... but the boy possesses a deadly supernatural power. Starring: Ann Pitoniak, Court Benson, Roberta Maxwell, Jada Rowland, Michael Zaslow | ||||||
| 225 | 32 | "Love Me and Die" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | February 18, 1975 | |
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Emily Barlow is haunted by the ghost of her first husband, who died in a rock climbing accident... and who has a warning to communicate to Emily's new husband. Starring: Ann Shepherd, Mason Adams, Robert Dryden, Robert L. Green | ||||||
| 226 | 33 | "Must Hope Perish" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | February 20, 1975 | |
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A senator and presidential candidate is opposed to a trade bill with another country, out of a belief that that country's leading dissident is trying to communicate with him through poetry (despite the two men having never met). Starring: Hugh Marlowe | ||||||
| 227 | 34 | "The Weavers of Death" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | February 21, 1975 | |
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Three people are killed in a grocery store holdup, including the ex-fiance of the police detective investigating the crime; the detective soon discovers that the woman's murder was not a random act. Starring: Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 228 | 35 | "Hell Hath No Fury" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | February 24, 1975 | |
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A has-been actor murders his wealthy wife and believes no one will tie him to the crime; but the victim's half-sister, a modern-day witch, is onto him. Starring: William Redfield, Teri Keane, Patricia Wheel, Kenneth Harvey | ||||||
| 229 | 36 | "The Strange Case of Lucas Lauder" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | February 26, 1975 | |
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As he is about to be executed, a condemned murder tells the warden he's possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper, who will soon possess the warden and drive him to murder his wife. Starring: Robert Lansing | ||||||
| 230 | 37 | "Them!" | Himan Brown | Ralph Goodman | February 27, 1975 | |
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A lawyer and former judge takes it upon himself to kidnap and imprison acquitted criminals... but he may have taken his zeal for vigilante justice too far. Starring: Alan Hewitt, Jordan Charney, Augusta Dabney, Evie Juster, James Ducas | ||||||
| 231 | 38 | "An Identical Murder" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | February 28, 1975 | |
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Identical twins Jack and Vince Benton are both in love with the same woman, but Ann Slater loves only Jack. When Vince dies and his ghost appears, Ann is unsure which of the twins is really deceased. Starring: William Redfield, Elliot Reid, Roberta Maxwell | ||||||
March
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| 232 | 39 | "The Wakeful Ghost" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | March 3, 1975 | |
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While visiting relatives in Ireland, an American man seeks the help of a leprechaun and the ghost of an ancestor to help him get the woman he loves. Starring: Paul Hecht, Virginia Payne, Jada Rowland, Leon Janney, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 233 | 40 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | March 4, 1975 | |
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A married couple are compelled to disclose a formula the husband has invented, one that could destroy the world if it fell into malicious hands. Starring: Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes, Norman Rose An adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe short story | ||||||
| 234 | 41 | "When the Death Bell Tolls" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | March 6, 1975 | |
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An auto accident leaves a man in need of a life-saving surgery his family will not give consent to, out of retribution for the evil things the man has done. Starring: Mary Jane Higby, Rosemary Rice | ||||||
| 235 | 42 | "The Eye of Death" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | March 7, 1975 | |
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A photographer tries to prove her stepfather murdered her mother, taking desperate measures when he plans to marry again. Starring: Joan Hackett | ||||||
| 236 | 43 | "The Stuff of Dreams" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | March 10, 1975 | |
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An eccentric recluse hires a young woman to tell her stories about her everyday life, but the arrival of the new hire's boyfriend causes bad things to happen. Starring: Bryna Raeburn, Marian Seldes, Jack Grimes, Dan Ocko | ||||||
| 237 | 44 | "The Dark Closet" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | March 12, 1975 | |
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A severely claustrophobic and neurotic young woman is arrested as a robbery suspect, leading her father to disinherit her and a police psychologist to take an interest in the woman's case. Starring: Jada Rowland, Fred Gwynne, Kristoffer Tabori, Frances Sternhagen, Earl Hammond | ||||||
| 238 | 45 | "Death Pays No Dividend" | Himan Brown | Mary Jane Higby | March 13, 1975 | |
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A group of disgraced Wall Street financiers arrange their own deaths by an assassin's hand so that so that their families can collect on their life insurance. But then an unexpected stroke of good fortune comes their way... Starring: Ann Shepherd, Guy Sorel, Court Benson, Ken Harvey | ||||||
| 239 | 46 | "The Cezar Curse" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | March 14, 1975 | |
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A wealthy man takes a holiday with an aristocratic Spanish family, becomes smitten with the image of an evil woman on a painting in their house, and falls for that woman's daughter — who bears a familial curse. Starring: Richard Kiley, Roberta Maxwell, Ann Pitoniak, Robert Kaliban, Ian Martin Adapted from a story by Robert Louis Stevenson | ||||||
| 240 | 47 | "Every Blossom Dies" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | March 17, 1975 | |
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All the evidence in a young woman's murder points to the police detective investigating the case; the facts leaves his superior doubtful, and his wife downright dismissive. Starring: Michael Tolan, Catherine Byars, George Petrie, Evie Juster | ||||||
| 241 | 48 | "It's Murder, Mr. Lincoln" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | March 18, 1975 | |
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Against the legal establishment's warnings, young lawyer Abraham Lincoln aggressively presses forward in defending a client against a murder charge. Starring: Keir Dullea | ||||||
| 242 | 49 | "The Doppelganger" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | March 20, 1975 | |
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A psychologist's daughter spurns her fiancee for a hoodlum boyfriend who forces her to have an abortion... but a gift-wrapped chance at revenge falls into the rejected man's lap. Starring: Rosemary Rice, Howard DaSilva, Tony Roberts, Russell Horton | ||||||
| 243 | 50 | "The Man Must Die" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | March 21, 1975 | |
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Instead of a death penalty, a court judge administers a 20-years-to-life prison sentence to a convicted murder; the ruling angers the judge's son. Starring: William Prince, Kristoffer Tabori | ||||||
| 244 | 51 | "The Deadly Double" | Himan Brown | Victoria Dann | March 24, 1975 | |
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A woman escapes from a mental institution and forcefully swaps places with her sane sister. Starring: Marian Seldes | ||||||
| 245 | 52 | "Death is a Dream" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | March 26, 1975 | |
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A woman has a dream about her brother being murdered, prompting her to pursue the killer even without proof of an actual crime. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge | ||||||
| 246 | 53 | "The Velvet Claws" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | March 27, 1975 | |
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A young man tells his therapist how he escaped from a town whose residences have an unhealthy preoccupation with cats. Starring: Gordon Gould | ||||||
| 247 | 54 | "Key to Murder" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | March 28, 1975 | |
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A police detective probes the case of two murders that took place in rooms sealed from the inside with no apparent exits. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge | ||||||
| 248 | 55 | "Killer of the Year" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | March 31, 1975 | |
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A businessman meets and falls for the town's new librarian — a woman he was once previously smitten by when she was on trial for murder several years earlier. Starring: Norman Rose, Teri Keane, Nat Polen, Ken Harvey, Joan Shay | ||||||
April
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| 249 | 56 | "The Killer Inside" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | April 1, 1975 | |
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A woman's mundane life is stirred when her transporting of a package to Europe (at her boyfriend's request) puts her into the middle of international intrigue. Starring: Anne Meara | ||||||
| 250 | 57 | "The Garrison of the Dead" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | April 3, 1975 | |
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After his hanging for murdering a reporter who wrote about him, a hustler is given a second chance at life and fulfilling his dream of becoming a writer. But does the man want that dream anymore? Starring: Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 251 | 58 | "Roses Are for Funerals" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | April 4, 1975 | |
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The story of a cross-Atlantic romance turns into a case of murder and intrigue, with a fake leopard skin coat as key evidence. Starring: Carole Shelby, Tony Roberts, Mildred Clinton, Dan Ocko | ||||||
| 252 | 59 | "The Benjamin Franklin Murder Case" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | April 7, 1975 | |
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Future Founding Father Ben Franklin helps solve a murder in a Philadelphia mansion in 1750. Starring: Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 253 | 60 | "The Altar of Blood" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | April 9, 1975 | |
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After relocating to Mexico, a retired archaeological professor and his daughter discover a buried Aztec pyramid and are transported back in time to the Aztec era... where the daughter is forced into a sacrificial ritual. Starring: Fred Gwynne, Jennifer Harmon, Mason Adams, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 254 | 61 | "The Death of Halpin Fraser" | Himan Brown | Arnold Moss | April 10, 1975 | |
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A trip through Purgatory awaits a young man who's haunted by the voices of his mother, his father-in-law, and the wife had murdered. Starring: Michael Wager, Grace Matthews, Court Benson, Arnold Moss, Patricia Elliott Adapted from the ghost story by Ambrose Bierce | ||||||
| 255 | 62 | "The Phantom Stop" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | April 11, 1975 | |
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Alvin Frieburger desires to take the express subway to a stop that doesn't exist, but it's a location he believes will be the start of a better life. Starring: Norman Rose | ||||||
| 256 | 63 | "The Intermediary" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | April 14, 1975 | |
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At his wife's urging, Frank Ellington accepts inheritance of the home owned by his late stepmother — the same house in which the stepmother treated a young Frank with cruelty. Starring: Ralph Bell, Frances Sternhagen, Leon Janney | ||||||
| 257 | 64 | "My Own Murderer" | Himan Brown | Henry Slesar | April 15, 1975 | |
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Joe Vincent seeks a psychiatrist's help to prevent Joe Vinacelli from murdering him. Problem is, Joe Vincent and Joe Vinacelli are the same person. Starring: Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 258 | 65 | "Through the Looking Glass" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | April 17, 1975 | |
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Kathy & Doug Sellars get new neighbors, one of whom is an inventor that offers Doug a solar energy device that will revolutionize the world. Starring: Ann Shepherd, Ken Harvey, Evie Juster, Jack Grimes, Russell Horton | ||||||
| 259 | 66 | "A Challenge for the Dead" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | April 18, 1975 | |
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Police officer Johnny Gordon aims to nail for murder a gangster who has the same name as him. But then the cop's wife rekindles an affair with the criminal... Starring: Howard DaSilva, Teri Keane, Robert Dryden, Leon Janney, Bryna Raeburn | ||||||
| 260 | 67 | "Sting of Death" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | April 21, 1975 | |
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With the help of shrunken heads and a mysterious clock, explorer Trevor Constaine aims to see his daughter and his assistant marry... not minding that they are both well-content in their respective relationships. Starring: William Prince, Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes, Martha Greenhouse | ||||||
| 261 | 68 | "Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | April 23, 1975 | |
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Ellen Muir recounts a terrifying tale of her caring for the elderly, insane matron of the haunted mansion Malvern Grange. Starring: Jada Rowland, Anne Pitoniak | ||||||
| 262 | 69 | "Bullet Proof" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | April 24, 1975 | |
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Rocky Stark is sent to prison for murdering a hoodlum, even though he kept his gun at his side and never committed the killing. When the true culprit is killed by Rocky's gun, Rocky's faithful wife starts her own probe into the matter. Starring: Mason Adams, Patricia Elliott | ||||||
| 263 | 70 | "Till Death Do Us Join" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | April 25, 1975 | |
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A Gothic romance tale, set in old Prussia, between a young art student and his professor's niece... whose hand in marriage is sold to a financier. Starring: Don Scardino, Roberta Maxwell | ||||||
| 264 | 71 | "The Phantom of the Opera" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | April 28, 1975 | |
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An adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel about a ghastly figure who haunts the Paris Opera House and possesses a mesmerizing power over its star soprano. Starring: Court Benson, Gordon Gould, Carol Teitel, Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 265 | 72 | "Black Widow" | Himan Brown | Bob Juhren | April 29, 1975 | |
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Desiring revenge for her husband's murder, a union official's widow seeks help from a witch and her corral of black widow spiders. Starring: Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, Hetty Galen, Dan Ocko, Jackson Beck | ||||||
May
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| 266 | 73 | "Mad Monkton" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | May 1, 1975 | |
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Stephen Monkton will be the last heir to a gothic family curse of insanity and madness... provided he can find his uncle's corpse in Naples and return it to the family crypt in the U.S. Starring: Kristoffer Tabori Adapted from a short story by Wilkie Collins | ||||||
| 267 | 74 | "The Final Witness" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | May 2, 1975 | |
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An average middle-class guy witnesses his friend's murder, points to the culprit... and waivers on the witness stand, resulting in the murderer's acquittal. It leads to the man's friend visiting him from the dead... and to extreme actions meant to appease his spirit. Starring: Lou Jacobi | ||||||
| 268 | 75 | "The Paradise of the Devil" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | May 5, 1975 | |
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After a nightwatchman is murdered, his daughter promises her inheritance to the person who'll find the killer... an inheritance that isn't as meager as she imagined. Starring: Larry Haines, Robert Kaliban, Peter Collins, Gilbert Mack, Catherine Byers | ||||||
| 269 | 76 | "The Transformation" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | May 7, 1975 | |
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An adaptation of Mary Shelley's the short story about a man who, after squandering his family fortune and his fiancee's love, makes a deal with an underground demon: He'll receive the demon's fortune, while the demon gets three days' use of his body. It's a deal the demon reneges on. Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 270 | 77 | "Taken for Granite" | Himan Brown | Hank Warner | May 8, 1975 | |
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A deranged artist serves as caretaker of a garden filled with statues... which are actually live models encased in granite powder. Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
| 271 | 78 | "The Voices of Death" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | May 9, 1975 | |
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An electronics executive finds an old crystal radio set at a yard sale; when it broadcasts a debate over the fate of mankind, the executive sets out to encourage humanity to change its wicked ways. Starring: Norman Rose | ||||||
| 272 | 79 | "For Tomorrow We Die" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | May 12, 1975 | |
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After his release from prison (where he served three decades for his wife's murder), Harry Taylor seeks out old flame Jesse Craig, whose son-in-law wonders if Harry's love is sincere or motivated by broken-hearted revenge. Starring: Beatrice Straight, Ralph Bell, Nat Polen, Evie Juster, Russell Horton | ||||||
| 273 | 80 | "Where Angels Fear to Tread" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | May 13, 1975 | |
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A professor of paranormal psychology experiments with astral projection, but the undertaking goes wildly out of control. Starring: Michael Tolan | ||||||
| 274 | 81 | "Deadly Dilemma" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | May 15, 1975 | |
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It's up to an attendant and a co-pilot to determine which of the passengers on their Central America-to-New York flight possesses a bomb. Starring: William Prince, Patricia Elliott | ||||||
| 275 | 82 | "The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich" | Himan Brown | Henry Slesar | May 16, 1975 | |
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Two scientists discover an aged, sickly Adolf Hitler living in Mexico City, and begin experiments to restore the former tyrant's health and youth. Starring: Robert Dryden, Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 276 | 83 | "The Diamond Necklace" | Himan Brown | George Lowther | May 19, 1975 | |
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A couple with modest means borrows a rich friend's diamond necklace to wear at a dinner party; when they lose the necklace, the husband is forced to borrow $6500 from an evil financier... and tragedies soon follow. Starring: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes Adapted from Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace" | ||||||
| 277 | 84 | "Don't Let it Choke You" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | May 21, 1975 | |
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A widowed antique dealer is forced to adopt a teenage orphan; but as he tries to connect with the young girl, he begins to discover why death has come to his recent acquaintances. Starring: Robert L. Green, Jennifer Harmon, Court Benson, Ann Pitoniak, Larry Robinson | ||||||
| 278 | 85 | "Return to Shadow Lake" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | May 22, 1975 | |
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The Maxwells drive through a blizzard to their summer cabin upon learning an attempted burglary has occurred; once there, they're reacquainted with a mystical scene from their recent past — a moment that may forever affect their lives. Starring: Nat Polen, Joan Lovejoy | ||||||
| 279 | 86 | "Markheim: Man or Monster?" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | May 23, 1975 | |
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Denied an inheritance from his wealthy uncle, manipulative Karl Markheim exploits his wife and father-in-law for their money — blithely unaware of the mysterious figure witnessing his actions from behind a mirror. Starring: Kevin McCarthy Adapted from a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson | ||||||
| 280 | 87 | "The Witches' Almanac" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | May 26, 1975 | |
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A married witch and warlock concoct a potion that will grant them eternal life; but it's missing a key ingredient, the blood of their young virgin boarder... who has fallen in love. Starring: Virginia Payne, Robert Dryden, Jada Rowland, Dan Ocko, Marshall Borden | ||||||
| 281 | 88 | "The Executioner" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | May 27, 1975 | |
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Their car's breakdown is the least of an American couple's troubles when they seek shelter in an ancient Scottish manor — which was once home to Elizabeth I's personal executioner and is now inhabited by a strange lord. Starring: Tony Roberts, Marian Seldes, Jack Moss, Jacqueline Brooks | ||||||
| 282 | 89 | "Just One More Day" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | May 29, 1975 | |
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On his last day on the beat, a retiring cop has foreboding premonitions of his own death in a shootout. Starring: Theodore Bikel | ||||||
| 283 | 90 | "Someday I'll Find You" | Himan Brown | Bob Juhren | May 30, 1975 | |
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Ann Markle is recovering from the trauma of her explorer husband's presumed death; finding a painting with his depiction at a Mexican flea market spurs her to take a cross-country search to find him. Starring: Betsy Palmer | ||||||
June
| Series Ep.# |
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 284 | 91 | "River of Hades" | Himan Brown | Mary Jane Higby | June 2, 1975 | |
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A dancer defects from a communist country and becomes the object of a stalker in New York City. Starring: Marian Seldes | ||||||
| 285 | 92 | "The Devil's Leap" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | June 4, 1975 | |
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A famous film star works to reunite an estranged father and son after the mysterious death of their wife and mother. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Robert Dryden, Kristoffer Tabori, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 286 | 93 | "The Plastic Man" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | June 5, 1975 | |
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A shallow playboy becomes entangled with a married woman, and is subject to the destructive powers of her parapsychologist husband. Starring: Don Scardino, Joan Loring, Russell Horton, Catherine Byers | ||||||
| 287 | 94 | "The Transformer" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | June 6, 1975 | |
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Police suspect a salesman in the death of his boss. It turns out he carelessly told his old war buddy — a professional hitman — that he believed his boss was hindering his career advancement. Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
| 288 | 95 | "Fallen Angel" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | June 9, 1975 | |
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A manic-depressive writer believes an angel from Heaven is his muse, but he's prone to binge-drinking whenever the angel departs. One such binge lands him in a sanatorium... where he learns that his angel has been replaced. Starring: Ralph Bell, Carol Teitel, Court Benson, Joe Silver, Jack Grimes | ||||||
| 289 | 96 | "The Queen of Darkness" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | June 10, 1975 | |
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A vain, out-of-work actress is recruited to masquerade as the queen of an obscure monarchy. It may turn out to be a permanent gig. Starring: Julie Harris | ||||||
| 290 | 97 | "A Case of Negligence" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | June 12, 1975 | |
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After his father dies during a supposedly routine surgery, a greedy man sues the hospital and the attending surgeon. It's a lawsuit that has troubling consequences. Starring: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Robert Kaliban, Gilbert Mack, Hetty Galen, Alan Hewitt | ||||||
| 291 | 98 | "Stairway to Oblivion" | Himan Brown | Elizabeth Pennell | June 13, 1975 | |
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Julia Stephens travels to a remote mountaintop estate, Oblivion, to visit an uncle she has never met. While there, she finds a mystery involving the fate of the estate's previous visitors. Starring: Ann Shepherd | ||||||
| 292 | 99 | "The Smile of Deceit" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | June 16, 1975 | |
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A woman marries a wealthy, eccentric college professor and moves with him to an isolated tribal area. When the natives accuse her of an extra-marital indiscretion, she must undergo a strange ritual to prove her innocence. Starring: Jennifer Harmon, Arnold Moss, Robert Dryden, Joan Shay | ||||||
| 293 | 100 | "Frame-Up" | Himan Brown | George Lowthar | June 18, 1975 | |
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A woman is framed for murder by her adulterous husband, the result of his plan to seize her wealth. Refusing to take the rap, the woman fights to not only clear her name but also secure the safety of her special needs stepdaughter. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin, Leon Janney | ||||||
| 294 | 101 | "The Climbing Boy" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | June 19, 1975 | |
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In 1819 england, two noble women help the aggrieved ghost of an abused young chimney sweep seek revenge on the Lord who abused him. Starring: Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Court Benson, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 295 | 102 | "Can You Trust Your Husband?" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | June 20, 1975 | |
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After he's arrested on drug trafficking charges, a woman holds firm to her belief of her husband's innocence... even though evidence and leads in her own investigation suggest she did not know him as well as she had thought. Starring: Joan Lovejoy, Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 296 | 103 | "The Mills of the Gods" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | June 23, 1975 | |
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An American touring Europe becomes enamored by a Parisian man... who police believe is a murderer who, despite being recently acquitted in one homicide case, won't hesitate to strike again. Starring: Joan Copeland, Tony Roberts | ||||||
| 297 | 104 | "The Mask of Tupac Amaru" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | June 24, 1975 | |
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Tension between an anthropology grad student and her fiancee is aggrivated when they come into contact with an ancient Incan artifact, one that brings death to those who possess it. Starring: Ruby Dee, Michael Wager | ||||||
| 298 | 105 | "That Hamlet Was a Good Boy" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | June 26, 1975 | |
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A modern-day take on Hamlet, finds the ghost of a murdered factory owner imploring his son to expose the lad's faithless mother and greedy uncle for the murderers they are. Starring: Will MacKenzie, Jennifer Harmon | ||||||
| 299 | 106 | "The Rape of the Maia" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | June 27, 1975 | |
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All evidence points to a famous dress designer in notorious gambler's murder; his lawyer must match wits with a wily bookie to win his client's acquittal. Starring: Arnold Stang, Norman Rose, Earl Hammond, Jackson Beck, Joan Shay | ||||||
| 300 | 107 | "The Golden Cauldron" | Himan Brown | Ralph Goodman | June 30, 1975 | |
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A ghastly whodunit involving a trio of friends, a modern-day weapon, and a supposedly haunted castle overlooking Stonehenge. Starring: Paul Hecht, Russell Horton, Robert Dryden, Clarissa Blackburn, Patricia Elliott | ||||||
July
| Series Ep.# |
Season Ep.# |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 301 | 108 | "Come Back With Me" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 2, 1975 | |
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A businessman going through hard times goes back in time to visit the watering hole he enjoyed in his younger days. But the old friends he meets there all share a disturbing trait. Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
| 302 | 109 | "Murder Will Out" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | July 3, 1975 | |
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A New York police detective goes to Miami in search of the man who killed his father (who was also an NYPD cop); when he finds his quarry, he's forced to re-examine his desire for revenge. Starring: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Gilbert Mack, Leon Janney, Robert Maxwell | ||||||
| 303 | 110 | "The Slave" | Himan Brown | Henry Slesar | July 4, 1975 | |
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The stakes are high when two men make a daring bet, with the loser agreeing to serve as the winner's indentured servant for a full year. Starring: Mandel Kramer, Fred Gwynne | ||||||
| 304 | 111 | "Guilty" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | July 7, 1975 | |
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Professing his innocence after being accused of assaulting a female colleague, a college professor takes a polygraph test — and fails, leaving him to question the role of technology in society. Starring: Nat Polen, Jean Gillespie, Jack Grimes, Ann Pitoniak | ||||||
| 305 | 112 | "The Triangle" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 8, 1975 | |
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The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Bermuda Triangle tells of a lost paradise within the mysterious void. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge | ||||||
| 306 | 113 | "The Ghostly Rival" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | July 10, 1975 | |
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A young man strikes a deal with a mysterious creature to gain enough wealth to rival (and impress) his prospective father-in-law. Starring: Will MacKenzie | ||||||
| 307 | 114 | "The Widow's Auxiliary" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | July 11, 1975 | |
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A woman must save her husband from the lure of a local men's association, who wants his mechanical aptitude to advance their agenda. Starring: Lenka Peterson, Gordon Gould, Court Benson, Carol Teitel, Arnold Moss | ||||||
| 308 | 115 | "Snake in the Grass" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 14, 1975 | |
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A scientist allows her colleague to take credit for discovering a new variety of clover — and winds up later receiving the blame for his murder. Starring: Sandy Dennis, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden, Arnold Stang | ||||||
| 309 | 116 | "Goodbye, Karl Erich" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 16, 1975 | |
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The diary of Dr. Heinrich Steinler recalls how, in 1927 Germany, he treated a young man who had been incommunicative in the 10 years since his father's death in war. Dr Steinler would succeed in teaching Karl Erich Mueller to become well-versed and confident... but would also unwittingly create a monster. Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Paul Hecht, Joan Shay, Bryna Raeburn, Sam Gray | ||||||
| 310 | 117 | "Nightmare's Nest" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | July 17, 1975 | |
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A reclusive scientist purchases a remote country estate, but the malevolent spirit who haunts the grounds is sure to disturb the peace. Starring: Gordon Gould | ||||||
| 311 | 118 | "The Spots of the Leopard" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 18, 1975 | |
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A dock worker and his wife are placed in witness protection after he exposes organized crime activities within his company and union; its an adjustment that the wife is unable to accept. Starring: Ann Shepherd, Gilbert Mack | ||||||
| 312 | 119 | "Fateful Reunion" | Himan Brown | Elizabeth Pennell | July 21, 1975 | |
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A scientist invents a supercomputer that can predict future events; he and his fiancee use it for party entertainment... but the fun dims when it makes a harrowing forecast involving their war buddy fathers. Starring: Robert Dryden, Jennifer Harmon | ||||||
| 313 | 120 | "The Poisoned Pen" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 22, 1975 | |
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The deaths of several people are tied to two things: they each received a mysterious letter, and they shared disdain for a marginally-talented actress. Starring: Roberta Maxwell, Michael Tolan | ||||||
| 314 | 121 | "Appointment in Uganda" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | July 24, 1975 | |
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A man obsessed with preparing for the afterlife suffers a heart attack and is clinically dead for a few minutes. During that time between life and death, he lives life as an elephant calf, and tries to incorporate lessons learned from the experience after he is revived. Starring: William Redfield, Arnold Stang | ||||||
| 315 | 122 | "Woman from Hell" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | July 25, 1975 | |
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While investigating her alleged suicide, a private detective reads the personal journal of an actress whose last film project found her caught up in conflict with its real-life subject matter — a coven of witches. Starring: Joan Lovejoy, Mandel Kramer, Nat Polen, Norman Rose, Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 316 | 123 | "The Lady Is a Jinx" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | July 28, 1975 | |
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A police detective falls for a woman whose previous lovers all met untimely deaths; the sister of her most recent victim requests his assistance in seeking justice for her brother. Starring: Larry Haines, Marian Seldes, Dan Ocko, Patricia Elliott | ||||||
| 317 | 124 | "He Moves in Mysterious Ways" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | July 30, 1975 | |
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A hospital clergyman literally risks his own health and life in order to give counsel to an injured dancer facing surgery. Starring: Leon Janney, Teri Keane, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin, Patsy Bruder | ||||||
| 318 | 125 | "Carmilla" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | July 31, 1975 | |
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In early 20th century Austria, a young woman and her widower father are charged with caring for a female ward; though the two women become close, the orphan harbors a secret that threatens to destroy their lives. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Marian Seldes, Court Benson, Martha Greenhouse, Staats Cotsworth Adapted from the novella by Sheridan Le Fanu | ||||||
August
| Series Ep.# |
Season Ep.# |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 319 | 126 | "The Onyx Eye" | Himan Brown | Sidney Sloan | August 1, 1975 | |
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A husband and wife experience good fortune immediately after purchasing a strange antique curio. But when their infant child dies, the wife suspects the charm is actually a source of great evil. Starring: Frances Sternhagen, Michael Wager, William Redfield, Bryna Raeburn, Sidney Sloan | ||||||
| 320 | 127 | "The Devil's Boutique" | Himan Brown | Bob Juhren | August 4, 1975 | |
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An arrogant fashion designer visits a boutique at a Caribbean resort city, claims some of the shopkeeper's designs as her own... and suffers excruciating lessons in stealing from the Devil himself. Starring: Joan Loring, Robert L. Green | ||||||
| 321 | 128 | "Hung Jury" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | August 5, 1975 | |
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A married, seemingly average account leads a side life of lust (with a prostitute) and danger (gambling debts). When bookies demand payment, he soon discovers a solution to his problems when he's empaneled on a jury hearing testimony to a murder he committed. Starring: Howard DaSilva, Robert Dryden, Guy Sorel, Joan Shay, Catherine Byers | ||||||
| 322 | 129 | "To Die is Forever" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | August 7, 1975 | |
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A wealthy eccentric plans to have himself and his terminally ill wife cryogenically preserved until a cure his found for her cancer. But his plans are disrupted when his body is overtaken by a deceased relative's spirit. Starring: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes | ||||||
| 323 | 130 | "The Grey Ghost" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | August 8, 1975 | |
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Deep in grief over her race car driver father's death, a woman abandons her husband for Italy, where she meets and agrees to sponsor a talented driver. While watching him race, she learns the truth about the crash that cost her father his life. Starring: Betsy Palmer | ||||||
| 324 | 131 | "Age Cannot Wither Her" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | August 11, 1975 | |
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An elderly man returns to shore alone after taking his young wife on a sailing trip. When a sheriff questions her disappearance, the man tells him a fantastic tale of eternal life. Starring: Joe Silver, Jennifer Harmon | ||||||
| 325 | 132 | "The Master Computer" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | August 13, 1975 | |
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A couple return from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records; a computer glitch is the culprit. Starring: Robert Dryden, Augusta Dabney | ||||||
| 326 | 133 | "The Root of All Evil" | Himan Brown | Roy Winsor | August 14, 1975 | |
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A copywriter finds $80,000 in his trash bin and uses it to escape life's drudgery; paranoia, and the robbers who stole that loot in a bank robbery, soon plague him. Starring: Norman Rose, Ann Shepherd | ||||||
| 327 | 134 | "The Unbearable Reflection" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | August 15, 1975 | |
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A state governor's despicable wife is tricked into killing her husband by the man's campaign manager — who's really the Devil aiming to claim her soul. Starring: Patricia Elliott, Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 328 | 135 | "Help Somebody" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | August 18, 1975 | |
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Anthony Price is on a lucky streak: His novel becomes a best seller, he inherits a fortune, and he finds the woman of his dreams. What Anthony doesn't have is happiness. That's when "Somebody" enters his life. Starring: William Redfield | ||||||
| 329 | 136 | "Welcome for a Dead Man" | Himan Brown | Henry Slesar | August 19, 1975 | |
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Released from prison after serving 21 years for murdering a payroll assistant, a crook sets out to find the stolen loot he stashed away... but discovers something much more important. Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
| 330 | 137 | "Circle of Evil" | Himan Brown | Sidney Sloan | August 21, 1975 | |
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Two special needs adults are placed under a caregiver's watch; she is soon plagued by a restless spirit seeking justice for his murder. Starring: Marian Seldes, Kristoffer Tabori | ||||||
| 331 | 138 | "Terror in the Air" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | August 22, 1975 | |
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A doctor is forced to land a plane and attend to a woman in labor when food poisoning strikes the crew of the plane they're flying. Starring: Robert Dryden, Jennifer Harmon | ||||||
| 332 | 139 | "Person to be Notified" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | August 25, 1975 | |
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A woman takes a job at the remote island home of an eccentric author, then sets out to prove the author's butler is up to no good. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Russell Horton, Gilbert Mack, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 333 | 140 | "The Eavesdropper" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | August 27, 1975 | |
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A couple is hired to spy on a renowned scientist and his wife at their estate in the Pocono Mountains. Starring: Arnold Moss, Ralph Bell, Joan Arless, Patricia Wheel | ||||||
| 334 | 141 | "Night of the Howling Dog" | Himan Brown | Murray Burnett | August 28, 1975 | |
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A minister and his daughter lead a camping trip on a deserted island... with a werewolf in the group's midst. Starring: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Norman Rose, Guy Sorel, Kristoffer Tabori Adapted from a story by Algernon Blackwood | ||||||
| 335 | 142 | "Murder by Proxy" | Himan Brown | Roy Winsor | August 29, 1975 | |
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Ed Hunter served as foreman on the jury that put Tim Cohain in prison for murder. Now released, Cohain is looking for revenge against Hunter. Starring: Mandel Kramer, Grace Matthews, Lesley Woods, Earl Hammond, Leon Janney, William Redfield | ||||||
September
| Series Ep.# |
Season Ep.# |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | 143 | "The Smile of Death" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | September 1, 1975 | |
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An obnoxious baron's illegitimate son enlists the spirit of his late mother to extort his birthright and ensure his rightful inheritance. Starring: Russell Horton, Joan Shay, Court Benson, Evie Juster, Ian Martin | ||||||
| 337 | 144 | "Portrait of Death" | Himan Brown | Elizabeth Pennell | September 2, 1975 | |
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While honeymooning in Venice, a woman sets out to view a rare painting she fell in love with while she was an art student in the city years earlier. When they find out it's been replaced by a counterfeit, the woman and her husband seek out her former teacher to find the original. Starring: Tony Roberts, Rosemary Rice, Robert Dryden, Gilbert Mack | ||||||
| 338 | 145 | "The Special Undertaking" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | September 4, 1975 | |
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A young country doctor and his wife confront a ghost in their new home, with an antique music box serving as the only clue to the spirit's identity. Starring: Jada Rowland, Don Scardino | ||||||
| 339 | 146 | "Sleepwalker" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 5, 1975 | |
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A woman who wants so badly to kill her husband begins to plot his demise in her sleep... which makes it hard for her to construct a possible alibi. Starring: Tammy Grimes | ||||||
| 340 | 147 | "The Other Life" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 8, 1975 | |
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A lonely housewife finds refuge in playing the ponies; but as her gambling debts mount, the distance between herself and her political aspirant husband grows further. Starring: Mercedes McCambridge, Ralph Bell | ||||||
| 341 | 148 | "The Ides of March" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 10, 1975 | |
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A wife desperately attempts to get her husband to cancel his business trip when she foresees his death in a vision. Starring: Nina Foch, Les Tremayne | ||||||
| 342 | 149 | "The Voice of Death" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | September 11, 1975 | |
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A washed-up ventriloquist finds the perfect dummy to continue his act; the doll's designer plans to possess his soul in exchange. Starring: Victor Jory | ||||||
| 343 | 150 | "The Ghost Plane" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | September 12, 1975 | |
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"For all intents and purposes, the plane in which we are traveling is not different from any normal jet... with two exceptions perhaps..." The plane in question is carrying passengers who have no recollection of who they are, why they came aboard, or where they're going. Starring: Richard Crenna, Janet Waldo, Casey Kasem, Virginia Gregg, Sam Edwards | ||||||
| 344 | 151 | "The Little Old Lady Killer" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 15, 1975 | |
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A police detective finds it hard to convince her colleagues that an elderly woman is the vigilante responsible for the deaths of several animal abusers. Starring: Diane Baker, Anne Seymour | ||||||
| 345 | 152 | "The Prison of Glass" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | September 16, 1975 | |
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Weighed down by the emotional baggage her mother, husband, and agent have all loaded on her (not to mention the death of her father), a talented actress seeks refuge in the world inside a glass snow globe. Starring: Lois Nettleton | ||||||
| 346 | 153 | "The Coffin with the Golden Nails" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 18, 1975 | |
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Determined to start a new life, the head of a Third World country's secret police undergoes cosmetic surgery. All goes well afterwards... until he falls for a woman he previously tortured. Starring: Howard DaSilva, Marian Seldes | ||||||
| 347 | 154 | "The Third Person" | Himan Brown | Arnold/Stella Moss | September 19, 1975 | |
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Two spinster cousins inherit an ancestral home, which is occupied by a long-dead cousin's ghost... who is quite the nationalist. Starring: Marian Seldes, Evie Juster Adapted from the short story by Henry James | ||||||
| 348 | 155 | "Solid Gold Soldiers" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 22, 1975 | |
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Two Civil War spies play a battle of wits and deception against both sides and each other in an effort to get $1 million in Confederate gold. Starring: Michael Wager, Evie Juster | ||||||
| 349 | 156 | "The Headless Hessian" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 23, 1975 | |
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A headless specter first frightens, then helps General George Washington's troops on the eve of their assault on Trenton. Starring: Lloyd Bochner, Jack Grimes, Mariette Hartley, Casey Kasem, Robert Maxwell | ||||||
| 350 | 157 | "The Angels of Devil's Mountain" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 24, 1975 | |
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Severe chest pains force a traveling salesman to make a stop off at a remote village, where he's astounded to learn he's the reincarnation of the town's long-dead Revolutionary War hero. Starring: Warren Stevens | ||||||
| 351 | 158 | "The Black Whale" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 25, 1975 | |
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A newly-literate slave in antebellum Texas longs to be free, but death is the fate of anyone who tries to liberate him. Starring: Brock Peters | ||||||
| 352 | 159 | "Assassination in Time" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | September 26, 1975 | |
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A time-traveling couple struggle with whether to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and in doing so alter the course of history. Starring: William Redfield, Jennifer Harmon, Bryna Raeburn, Gordon Gould | ||||||
| 353 | 160 | "The Thomas Jefferson Defense" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 27, 1975 | |
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Thomas Jefferson must defend an innocent Indian chief against both a murder indictment and the narrow-minded attitudes of a town ready to rig up a hangman's platform. Starring: Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 354 | 161 | "The Other Self" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | September 28, 1975 | |
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A psychologist examines a factory worker with an exemplary work record. His secret to focusing on tedious tasks? Having an obsession over the American Civil War, in partiular the Battle of Shiloh. Starring: Howard DaSilva, Joan Lovejoy | ||||||
| 355 | 162 | "You're Only Young Twice" | Himan Brown | Fielden Farrington | September 29, 1975 | |
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A scientist develops a formula that reverses the aging process, and seduces his sister-in-law, a middle-aged stage actress, into using it. Starring: Ann Shepherd, Norman Rose, Virginia Dwyer, Earl Hammond | ||||||
October
| Series Ep.# |
Season Ep.# |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356 | 163 | "Primrose Path" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | October 1, 1975 | |
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Displaying clear parallels to the Patricia Hearst case, this tale follows Maryann Melon, heir to a family-owned newspaper conglomerate and kidnapping victim — and possibly willing member — of a radical terrorist group. Starring: Mason Adams, Rosemary Rice, Ken Harvey, Ian Martin, Jack Grimes | ||||||
| 357 | 164 | "The Man Who Ran Away" | Himan Brown | Elspeth Eric | October 2, 1975 | |
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Upset over his wife's infidelity, David Trent drives to a nearby town and discovers a seemingly abandoned estate, where he meets a woman who's just as lonely as he is. Starring: Robert Dryden, Mercedes McCambridge | ||||||
| 358 | 165 | "Five Ghostly Indians" | Himan Brown | Roy Winsor | October 6, 1975 | |
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A vacationing college professor and an innkeeper discover a strange Indian arrowhead along a spot of Maine shoreline where an early explorer massacred a pentet of natives. Soon after, they and other inn guests are haunted by specters of the vengeful natives. Starring: Robert Dryden, Court Benson, Anne Pitoniak, James Gregory, Suzanne Grossmann | ||||||
| 359 | 166 | "Who Made Me?" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | October 7, 1975 | |
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Set in a future where every person is given societal rankings based on their abilities and intellectual capacity, a fighter pilot in "Group One" is challenged when his son desires the more attractive life of "Group Three" citizenry. Starring: Larry Haines, Don Scardino, Evelyn Juster, Marian Seldes | ||||||
| 360 | 167 | "They Shall Stone Them With Stones" | Himan Brown | Sidney Sloan | October 9, 1975 | |
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Mindreader Madame Dahrazum and her out-of-work husband put together a Vaudeville act. But trouble finds them when, during a show, Ms. Dahrazum sees visions of an unsolved murder... and soon after gains the attraction of the prime suspect in the case. Starring: Teri Keane, Jason Beck, Arnold Stang, William Redfield | ||||||
| 361 | 168 | "The Last Lesson" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | October 13, 1975 | |
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Threatened with death unless he pays off his monetary debts, compulsive gambler Clarence Porter marries the plain yet wealthy Penny Meadows. But things don't go according to plan when Penny refuses Clarence an inheritance... and he realizes that she's a person who's hard to kill off. Starring: Fred Gwynne, Marian Haley | ||||||
| 362 | 169 | "The Kiss of Death" | Himan Brown | -- | October 15, 1975 | |
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Starring: Curt Peterson | ||||||
| 363 | 170 | "Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods" | Himan Brown | -- | October 16, 1975 | |
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Starring: Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 364 | 171 | "Never in This World" | Himan Brown | -- | October 20, 1975 | |
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Starring: Alexander Scourby | ||||||
| 365 | 172 | "Million Dollar Murder" | Himan Brown | -- | October 21, 1975 | |
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Starring: Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 366 | 173 | "The Sealed Room Murder" | Himan Brown | -- | October 23, 1975 | |
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Starring: Howard DaSilva, Fred Gwynne | ||||||
| 367 | 174 | "The Summer People" | Himan Brown | -- | October 24, 1975 | |
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Starring: Tony Roberts | ||||||
| 368 | 175 | "A Living Corpse" | Himan Brown | -- | October 27, 1975 | |
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Starring: Robert Dryden, Kurt Peterson | ||||||
| 369 | 176 | "The Storm Breeder" | Himan Brown | -- | October 28, 1975 | |
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Starring: Michael Tolen, Fred Gwynne | ||||||
| 370 | 177 | "Ghost Powder" | Himan Brown | -- | October 29, 1975 | |
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Starring: Michael Wager, Marian Seldes | ||||||
| 371 | 178 | "Triptych for a Witch" | Himan Brown | -- | October 30, 1975 | |
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Starring: Margaret Hamilton | ||||||
| 372 | 179 | "It's Hell to Pay the Piper" | Himan Brown | -- | October 31, 1975 | |
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Starring: Ian Martin | ||||||
November
| Series Ep.# |
Season Ep.# |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 180 | "The Mortgage" | Himan Brown | -- | November 3, 1975 | |
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Starring: Larry Haines | ||||||
| 374 | 181 | "The Edge of the Scalpel" | Himan Brown | -- | November 5, 1975 | |
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Starring: Teri Keane, Gordon Gould | ||||||
| 375 | 182 | "Killing Valley" | Himan Brown | -- | November 7, 1975 | |
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Starring: Kim Hunter | ||||||
| 376 | 183 | "The Public Avenger" | Himan Brown | -- | November 10, 1975 | |
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Starring: Arnold Stang, Marian Hailey | ||||||
| 377 | 184 | "Party Girl" | Himan Brown | -- | November 11, 1975 | |
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Starring: Mason Adams | ||||||
| 378 | 185 | "Home Is Where the Ghost Is" | Himan Brown | -- | November 13, 1975 | |
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Starring: Gordon Gould | ||||||
| 379 | 186 | "The Money Makers" | Himan Brown | -- | November 14, 1975 | |
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Starring: William Redfield, Bryna Raeburn | ||||||
| 380 | 187 | "The Moonlighter" | Himan Brown | -- | November 17, 1975 | |
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Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
| 381 | 188 | "Fear" | Himan Brown | -- | November 19, 1975 | |
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Starring: Jack Grimes | ||||||
| 382 | 189 | "Lamps of the Devil" | Himan Brown | -- | November 20, 1975 | |
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Starring: Kristoffer Tabori | ||||||
| 383 | 190 | "The Hanging Judgement" | Himan Brown | -- | November 21, 1975 | |
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Starring: Mandel Kramer, Leon Janney | ||||||
| 384 | 191 | "The Serpent's Tooth" | Himan Brown | -- | November 24, 1975 | |
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Starring: Norman Rose, Paul Hecht | ||||||
| 385 | 192 | "The Lap of the Gods" | Himan Brown | -- | November 25, 1975 | |
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Starring: Larry Haines | ||||||
| 386 | 193 | "The Dead, Dead Ringer" | Himan Brown | -- | November 27, 1975 | |
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Starring: Don Scardino | ||||||
| 387 | 194 | "The Frammis" | Himan Brown | -- | November 28, 1975 | |
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Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
December
| Series Ep.# |
Season Ep.# |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388 | 195 | "With Malice Aforethought" | Himan Brown | -- | December 1, 1975 | |
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Starring: Carlos Carrasco | ||||||
| 389 | 196 | "Promise to Kill" | Himan Brown | -- | December 3, 1975 | |
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Starring: Gordon Gould | ||||||
| 390 | 197 | "Portrait of a Killer" | Himan Brown | -- | December 4, 1975 | |
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Starring: Michael Wager | ||||||
| 391 | 198 | "Pharaoh's Daughter" | Himan Brown | -- | December 5, 1975 | |
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Starring: Jack Grimes, Joan Shea | ||||||
| 392 | 199 | "How Quiet the Night" | Himan Brown | -- | December 8, 1975 | |
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Starring: William Redfield | ||||||
| 393 | 200 | "Stitch in Time" | Himan Brown | -- | December 9, 1975 | |
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Starring: Leon Janney | ||||||
| 394 | 201 | "You Can Change Your Life" | Himan Brown | -- | December 11, 1975 | |
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Starring: Ralph Bell | ||||||
| 395 | 202 | "Marry for Murder" | Himan Brown | -- | December 12, 1975 | |
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Starring: Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 396 | 203 | "Burn, Witch, Burn" | Himan Brown | -- | December 15, 1975 | |
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Starring: Howard DaSilva | ||||||
| 397 | 204 | "The Eleventh Hour" | Himan Brown | -- | December 17, 1975 | |
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Starring: Larry Haines, Carol Teitel | ||||||
| 398 | 205 | "Fireball" | Himan Brown | -- | December 18, 1975 | |
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Starring: Kristoffer Tabori | ||||||
| 399 | 206 | "The Corpse Wrote Shorthand" | Himan Brown | -- | December 19, 1975 | |
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Starring: Mandel Kramer | ||||||
| 400 | 207 | "The Image" | Himan Brown | -- | December 22, 1975 | |
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Starring: Norman Rose, William Redfield | ||||||
| 401 | 208 | "The Murder Market" | Himan Brown | -- | December 23, 1975 | |
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Starring: Rosemary Murphy | ||||||
| 402 | 209 | "A Christmas Carol" | Himan Brown | Ian Martin | December 24, 1975 | |
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Series host E. G. Marshall voices the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this dramatic retelling of Charles Dickens' classic holiday ghost story. Starring: E. G. Marshall, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, William Redfield | ||||||
| 403 | 210 | "License to Kill" | Himan Brown | Sidney Sloan | December 26, 1975 | |
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A woman is successful in liberating her husband from a sanitarium for the criminally insane. She insists her motives are altruistic, but it soon becomes clear that she has sinister ideas in mind. .Starring: Joan Lorring, Sidney Sloan, Larry Haines | ||||||
| 404 | 211 | "The Memory Killers" | Himan Brown | Sam Dann | December 29, 1975 | |
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Henry Clay Courtland travels to Munich to secure a lucrative account for his advertising firm. But ghosts from the past remind him of the true, horrendous identity of the corporation's president. Starring: Ralph Bell | ||||||
| 405 | 212 | "Sagamore Cottage" | Himan Brown | Bob Juhren | December 31, 1975 | |
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A young couple comes across an old woman, who lives in a strange house... and keeps an even stranger secret concerning her collection of miniature china dolls. Starring: Robert Kaliban, Carmen Matthews, Janet Waldo, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Maxwell | ||||||
References
- ^ "CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Complete Episode List & Guide". Radio Mystery Theater. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ Goldin, J. David (2010). "The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre". RadioGOLDINdex. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ Haendiges, Jerry (1998). "CBS Radio Mystery Theater ... Episodic Log". The Vintage Radio Place. Jerry Haendiges Productions. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ Flowers, Keith. "CBS Radio Mystery Theater Episode Guide". Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ Judge, Dick (September 5, 2008). "CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER compiled by Dick Judge". The Original Old Time Radio (OTR) WWW Pages. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
- ^ "CBS radio mystery theater - complete collection".
Sources
- Payton, Gordon; Grams, Martin Jr. (January 1999), The CBS radio mystery theater: an episode guide and handbook to nine years of broadcasting, 1974-1982, McFarland & Company, Inc., ISBN 0-7864-0559-7, retrieved July 1, 2010