0666 - Little Lucy's Lethal Libation (6/16/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.* A male ad executive is assigned to an account with an overbearing, publicity-shy female client and soon starts to believe he's the victim of a plot by women to take over the world.

0665 - Murder One (6/14/1977)Written by G. Frederick Lewis. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Teri Keane; Leon Janney.A wealthy widow is blackmailed by her maid for killing her husband, so she tries to turn the tables and frame the maid for her own crime.

0664 - First Woman in Space (6/13/1977)Written by Victoria Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Phyllis Newman; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Hans Conried.A pioneering female astronaut returns to Earth with a passenger, an alien living inside her and fighting to control her body in order to survive.

0663 - The Night We Died (6/10/1977)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Bob Readick; Joan Shay; William Griffis; Jackson Beck.A veteran of a "lunar revolt" tries to scam a war widow in this story that blends elements of sci-fi, con artistry, and murder mystery.

0662 - Dialogue with Death (6/9/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Fred Gwynne; Evie Juster.A man reunites with a childhood love, but soon finds difficulty dealing with her peculiar habit of talking to her parents and her horse who are all deceased.

0661 - The Curse of Conscience (6/7/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Mary Jane Higby; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Himan Brown (uncredited).A hustler encounters an elderly woman who tries to put him on the straight and narrow. But when he winds up in a bind, he takes advantage of her.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.

0660 - The Blood Red Wine (6/6/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes.Joel and Myra welcome into their home a stranger caught in a storm. But when the man dies of a heart attack, the couple ponder what to do.

0659 - The Two-Dollar Murders (6/3/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.A man kills a cop in an effort to cover up a romantic affair and a murder, but his plan is uncovered in the unlikeliest of manners.

0658 - A God Named Smith (6/2/1977)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Bob Kaliban; Himan Brown (uncredited).A child prodigy creates an entire planet of his own, and establishes himself as its god, in the intent to make it a better world than Earth.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as financial editor Lou Briggs in act 2.

0657 - The Boscombe Pool Mystery (5/31/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Dennis Coke.Sherlock Holmes investigates when the son of a wealthy landowner is murdered; despite irrefutable evidence against the lad, Holmes doubts his guilt.

0656 - The Silent Witness (5/30/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Earl Hammond.Visions of an open grave, and memories triggered by his new assistant's fiancée, plague a banker in Hawaii.

0655 - Guilty Secret (5/27/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Teri Keane.A U.S. Senator is worried that an indescretion from his past will be used against him while he campaigns for the presidency.

0654 - The Countess (5/26/1977)Written by Gerry Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Honore de Balzac.Cast: Marian Seldes; Roberta Maxwell; William Griffis; Court Benson; Russell Horton.A French countess recounts her brief attraction to a Spanish prisoner of war and her marriage to a brutal French dignitary.

0653 - Transmutation, Incorporated (5/24/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn.* Small-time gambler Bones Terwilliger must decide between good and evil when he does an act of kindness for a man who reveals himself as the Devil.

0652 - The Briefcase Blunder (5/23/1977)Written by Karen Thorsen. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Ann Williams; Ian Martin; Jackson Beck; Himan Brown (uncredited).* Harry finds a briefcase full of money in the back of his cab, but trouble befalls him when he turns it in to the police.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as an unnamed policeman in act 1.

0651 - Wine, Women, and Murder (5/20/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel; Bob Kaliban; William Griffis.A mild-mannered book seller is framed for murder while attending a literary festival in Germany.

0650 - A Matter of Customs (5/19/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Joan Copeland; Leon Janney; Himan Brown (uncredited).A detective novel enthusiast and her husband go on a sea cruise, where they repeatedly encounter another couple. But one couple's constant changing of husbands arouses suspicion in the other.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.

0649 - The Child's Cat's Paw (5/17/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Sarah Parker; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Guy Sorel.A young girl and a peculiar cat aim to spark a love connection between an elderly man and a gold-digging woman.The little girl is played by 12-year-old Sarah Jessica Parker.

0648 - Mayerling Revisited (5/16/1977)Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Paul Hecht; Joan Shay; Ian Martin.An engaged couple must confront the groom's rich, domineering father and his opposition to the nuptials.Defects: Poor audio quality.

0647 - Bottom of the World (5/6/1977)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Kristoffer Tabori; William Griffis; Robert Maxwell.* Set far in the future, this story follows a team of scientists fleeing a planet in deep freeze, while dodging an unknown set of "others" who want to prevent their departure.

0646 - Reunion Fever (5/5/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Phyllis Newman; Paul Hecht; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Joe Silver.* As a mysterious virus strikes attendees of a class reunion, one member of the class receives an offer: For a $10,000 fee, an antidote can be his.Defects: Occasional static.

0645 - The Luck Sisters (5/3/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Bryna Raeburn; Russell Horton; Carol Teitel.The story of twin sisters cursed by opposite types of luck and what their superstitious mining town neighbors will do to ensure a chance to get rich.

0644 - Much Too Much (5/2/1977)Written by Gerald Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Leo Tolstoy.Cast: Robert Dryden; Ian Martin; Court Benson; Earl Hammond.Based on a Leo Tolstoy story, this farce finds the ruler of a tiny kingdom needing to purchase a guillotine to execute a murderer.

0643 - Wuthering Heights (4/29/1977)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Emily Bronte.Cast: Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Russell Horton; Roberta Maxwell; Lloyd Battista.A prodigal son returns to his family's homestead hellbent on seizing control from the relatives that mistreated him during his youth.

0642 - The Second Chance Lady (4/28/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Teri Keane; Mandel Kramer; William Griffis.A door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman tries to stay alive after unwittingly stumbling onto a bank robber's lair.

0641 - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (4/26/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.Sherlock Holmes aids a friend who's been swindled by a group of red-headed men and in doing so uncovers a much larger scheme.

0640 - Bound East for Haiti (4/25/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Fred Gwynne; Ian Martin; Evie Juster.The first mate aboard a tramp steamer attempts to curse his captain with black magic in an effort to claim his girlfriend.

0639 - The Prisoner of Zenda (4/22/1977)Written by Robert Newman. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Anthony Hope.Cast: Howard Ross; Evie Juster; Lloyd Battista; Leon Janney; Dan Ocko.A new king's coronation is disrupted when he is drugged by his brother and replaced by a distant relative who bears a close resemblance to the new monarch.This episode includes AI-generated content.

0638 - Come Away Death (4/21/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; William Griffis; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Ian Martin.An old lawyer swaps jobs with The Grim Reaper in an effort to forestall his passing.

0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Alan Swift; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited).The captain of a doomed oil freighter gives his chief engineer the ship's log book which reveals the many violations of the ship's owner.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the doctor in act 3.

0636 - A House Divided (4/18/1977)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sophocles.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Larry Haines; Rosemary Rice; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond.A man returns from four years of Army service to seek revenge for the murder of his district attorney father.

0635 - Borderline Case (4/15/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Merry Flersheim; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey; Russell Horton; Ray Owens.The clairvoyant young daughter of a town sheriff learns about an old woman's smoky-gray pearl, the Star of Dehli, and its history.

0634 - The Phantom House (4/14/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mason Adams; Morgan Fairchild; Ann Pitoniak; Ian Martin.While summering in turn-of-the-century rural Virginia, a young girl is haunted by the image of a house destroyed more than 50 years before.

0633 - Man-Sized in Marble (4/12/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Roberta Maxwell; Frances Sternhagen; Fred Gwynne.An American on an extended working holiday in the British Isles discovers they're linked to a prophetic local legend centered around a blasphemous act in a cursed church.

0632 - The Meteorite (4/11/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: John Beal; Marian Seldes; Joe Silver; Evie Juster; Russell Horton.A meteorite that crashed into a farm field is claimed by a college professor, who discovers upon examination that it's much more than it appears to be.

0631 - Blood, Thunder, and a Woman in Green (4/8/1977)Written by Fletcher Markle. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Jackson Beck; Patricia Elliott; Robert Dryden; William Griffis.In the 1940s, a private detective stumbles into a murder investigation when his tabloid photographer friend is brutally slain over a controversial photo he captured.

0630 - The High Priest (4/7/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; William Griffis.A swindler tries to convince an art appraiser into declaring that his counterfeit painting is a million-dollar genuine article.

0629 - The Sensitive (4/5/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Teri Keane; Marian Haley; Ralph Bell; Nat Polen.An occult-averse skeptic joins in on a séance with his wife and his boss, and soon realizes that he can manifest spirits into the physical world.

0628 - So Shall Ye Reap (4/4/1977)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sophocles.Cast: Russell Horton; John Beal; Teri Keane; Ann Pitoniak; Arnold Moss.A small town in 1850s New Mexico suffers a curse that includes children dying and women becoming barren. The town's mayor desperately seeks a solution but in doing so discovers an unspeakable horror from his past.

0627 - You Bet Your Life (4/1/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Morgan Fairchild; Earl Hammond; Ray Owens.An expectant father and gambling addict swears off his addiction after a big loss but is back to playing the ponies after he loses his job.

0626 - Death is Blue (3/31/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin; Himan Brown (uncredited).Edward Bascomb hires private eye Julia Hoffman to look into the playboy financé of his unattractive sister.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Jerry (on the phone) in act 2.

0625 - The Coldest Killer (3/29/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Bob Readick; Lloyd Battista; Joan Shay; Gilbert Mack.Completely enamored with each other, a faithless wife and her husband's business partner scheme to dispatch the two hindrances to their affair.

0624 - The Warriors from Loanda (3/28/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Conrad.Cast: Robert Dryden; William Griffis; Joe Silver; Joan Arless.Heat, humidity, and disease take their toll on two unscrupulous ivory hunters after they're stranded in an isolated African jungle.

0623 - A Study in Scarlet (3/25/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin.An adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle novel that first paired Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on a murder case involving a valuable engagement ring and a mysterious word scrawled in blood.

0622 - The Gift of Doom (3/24/1977)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Euripides.Cast: Kim Hunter; Mason Adams; Arnold Moss; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn.The ancient Greek tragedy Medea is the inspiration for this episode set during the Klondike Gold Rush, where a snowbound prospector is saved by, falls for, and later desires to be rid of an indigenous witch whose magical touch has the power to heal — or kill.

0621 - The Imposter (3/22/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Don Scardino; Bryna Raeburn; Ann Pitoniak.A woman with no previous theatrical experience writes a full-length play with the assistance of an actor who's been dead for 50 years.

0620 - The Eighth Deadly Sin (3/21/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Larry Haines; Ian Martin.A famous writer falls in love with a seductive actress with a taste for adventure; but the relationship becomes strained when she risks her life and fortune in a high-stakes gamble.

0619 - Little Green Death (3/18/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Bob Dryden; Carol Teitel; Nat Polen; Himan Brown (uncredited).A hot-shot big-city lawyer is called on to defend a small-town bookstore owner accused of murder.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the bridge painter in act 3.

0618 - Jobo (3/17/1977)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Earl Hammond; William Griffis; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Jackson Beck.An archeologist and his daughter investigate why a slow-witted farmhand would be considered heir to the gods of Easter Island.

0617 - The Shining Man (3/15/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by E. and H. Heron.Cast: Bob Kaliban; Morgan Fairchild; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin.After relocating to Scotland for new employment, a young couple call on their parapsychologist uncle to investigate why the windows of their new house mysteriously glow at night.

0616 - Look Backward Sometimes (3/14/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond; Kristoffer Tabori; Martha Greenhouse.A tennis pro flees for Europe after a fight with her husband, but her character-judging skills come in handy as she and her fellow plane passengers try to survive after their plane crashes.

0615 - Till Death Do Us Part (3/11/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.A spinster becomes romantically entangled with her boss but when she learns he promised never to leave his wife, she hatches a plan to end that setup.

0614 - The Pleading Voice (3/10/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Corrine Orr; William Griffis; Gordon Gould; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn.A teenager recuperating from illness hears a voice begging to be let into a ruined building.

0613 - The Sign of the Four (3/8/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Jackson Beck; Earl Hammond; Joan Shay.A case of missing pearls leads Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to a secret society that plagues its former members long after they break from the pact.

0612 - Beyond the Barrier (3/7/1977)Written by Stella Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Arnold Moss; William Griffis; Evie Juster.After he is gravely injured in a car accident, a young research scientist has an out-of-body experience that reacquaints him with the people who greatly impacted his life.CBSRMT Trivia: Writer Stella Moss is the wife of Arnold Moss.

0611 - Answer Me (3/4/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Joan Lovejoy; Rosemary Rice; Dan Ocko.Distraught over his wife's death, a failed writer chucks it all and sets out for Mexico on foot. Along the way, he encounters a mother and daughter who share a strange bond.

0610 - The Overcoat (3/3/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol.Cast: Hans Conried; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Bob Dryden; Leon Janney.An underpaid Russian government clerk devotes his monetary savings to purchasing a tailor-made coat.

0609 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (3/1/1977)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Lloyd Battista; Carol Teitel; Robert Dryden; Court Benson.An adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous novel that finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating murder and ghostly legend at a Devon estate.

0608 - The Light That Failed (2/28/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Rudyard Kipling.Cast: Tony Roberts; Mason Adams; Bryna Raeburn; Jackson Beck.A painter and war correspondent aims to amass a fortune to win over the woman he loves.

0607 - Legend of Phoenix Hill (2/25/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.An archeologist takes his adopted son on an expedition to China that is besieged by setbacks.

0606 - Last Judgment (2/24/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Carmen Matthews; Teri Keane; Norman Rose; Nat Polen; Michael Wager.A young nurse becomes live-in caregiver to her father-in-law, but her world is shaken when she unwittingly learns how and why he's being haunted by dreams of his past.

0605 - Jane Eyre (2/22/1977)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Charlotte Bronte.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Arnold Moss; Lloyd Battista; Ann Pitoniak; Himan Brown (uncredited).An adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of love and loss in 19th century England, where a governess falls for the lord of the manner, and then makes a new life for herself when she discovers he is married.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the minister in act 2.

0604 - Orient Express (2/21/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Hans Conried; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond.An estranged couple are reunited and are caught up in international intrigue on the legendary train bound for Czechoslovakia.

0603 - A Heart of Gold (2/18/1977)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Bill Griffis; Russell Horton; Ann Sheppard; Himan Brown (uncredited).An evil, greedy, and murderous woman fulfills a desire to imprint her portrait on gold coins but the stamped image is more indicative of her vainglorious character.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Joey in act 2.

0602 - If Mischief Follow (2/17/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Williams; Gordon Gould; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Readick.Just as a doctor is ready to announce her engagement to a colleague, her supposedly-dead first husband reappears.

0601 - The Star Killers (2/15/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Norman Rose; Court Benson; Judith Light.A top nuclear researcher recounts for her therapist how she fell in love with a supposed space alien and was ultimately convicted of his murder.

0600 - Stamped for Death (2/14/1977)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lloyd Battista; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Ann Pitoniak.Two greedy brothers inherit their late father's priceless stamp collection; when they lose it in a fire, they try to swindle their elderly aunt and uncle out of theirs.

0599 - Masquerade (2/11/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.The disappearance of a valuable set of pearls at a masquerade ball throws a singer and her boyfriend into a case of espionage.

0598 - The Recluse (2/10/1977)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Patricia Elliott; Frances Sternhagen; Court Benson.A man inherits a family inn from his grandmother, and with it a trove of familial secrets.

0597 - The Aurora Group (2/8/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Ann Williams; Bryna Raeburn; Joe DeSantis; Leon Janney.A quarter with a mint mark nine years into the future is only the first peculiar thing Zachary Eberhardt notices while realizing a mysterious business organization is impacting his life.

0596 - I Pronounce You Dead (2/7/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Morgan Fairchild; Mary Jane Higby; Bob Kaliban; Russell Horton.Teenage angst leads a girl to witchcraft and a fear that she has killed her family.Defects: Occasional static.

0595 - The Ripple Effect (2/4/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Les Tremayne; Robert Dryden; Martha Greenhouse; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn.A politician attempts to recover several scandalous love letters from a bitter ex-mistress, unwittingly setting off a chain of events that may ruin several lives as well as his own.

0594 - The Cat is Dead (2/2/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Court Benson.Returning to France for an old friend's funeral, a married couple reminisce the first time they met in that country, when the wife was a member of the French Resistance and the husband was an American soldier.

0593 - A Casual Affair (1/31/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited).While traveling for business, Richard Pomeroy meets a woman at a restaurant and begins an affair with her. Soon, however, he is blackmailed into a dangerous situation.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited in act 2 as the voice on the phone and in act 3 as the man in the raincoat.

0592 - My Fair Lady-Killer (1/28/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Bill Griffis.A police detective investigates a series of deaths involving promiscuous women, but is puzzled when evidence points to the one person who doesn't fit the criminal profilers' description.

0591 - The White Wolf (1/26/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Kristoffer Tabori; Jada Rowland; Ann Sheppard; Paul Tripp.A werewolf stalks a family living in the remote wilderness; despite the mystery surrounding the creature, the children have strong suspicions as to who it really is.

0590 - License to Kill (1/24/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Fred Gwynne; Marian Seldes; Robert Maxwell.Defensive end Billy Chapman loses his spot on the football team. But with his wife facing a difficult (and expensive) medical crisis, Billy asks the coach for another shot.CBSRMT Trivia: "License to Kill" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 590: 1/24/77) and (Episode 403: 12/26/75).

0589 - Happy Death Day (1/21/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Carol Teitel; Ken Harvey.An obese woman seeks help from a renowned psychologist to explain her recurring nightmares of being pushed to her death by a faceless man.

0588 - A Woman in Red (1/19/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert L. Green; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Himan Brown (uncredited).A famous painting is stolen by an unlikely thief, one who has specific long-term plans for the work of art.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 2.

0587 - Son of Satan (1/17/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Joan Lovejoy; Ralph Bell.A couple rekindle acquaintances with an old friend who's joined a devil-worshiping cult, going so far as to entrust him to babysit their infant son.

0586 - Jimmy Valentine's Gamble (1/16/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Paul Hecht; Catherine Byers; Court Benson; Ken Harvey.Ready to crack safes again (after serving prison time for doing so), Jimmy Valentine has a change of heart when a banker's daughter steals his heart. But Jimmy must reuse his old skills when a crisis forces him to perform one last job.

0585 - Cherchez La Femme (1/15/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Bill Griffis; Himan Brown (uncredited).A French Quarter restaurateur hires O. Henry to track down the $25,000 she entrusted to a long-time customer who unexpectedly died.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the jeweler in act 2.

0584 - A Departmental Case (1/14/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; Teri Keane; Carol Teitel; Earl Hammond.* In Austin, Texas, O. Henry learns why an insurance commissioner tracked down and killed a wife-beating, bank-robbing desperado and how the killer and the victim weren't all that different.

0583 - Don't Die Without Me (1/13/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Russell Horton.O. Henry curiously observes a police investigation of two people who appeared to have committed suicide in the same room of a seedy boarding house.E.G. Marshall makes a mistake in his narration at the end of act 2.

0582 - Tobin's Palm (1/12/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Fred Gwynne; Jack Grimes; Marian Seldes; Gilbert Mack.An adaptation of the O. Henry story finds the titular character having his palm read in order to help find his missing fiancée. Instead, the fortune teller sends him on an amusing series of misadventures.

0581 - The Passing of Black Eagle (1/11/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Larry Haines; Evie Juster; Paul Tripp; Earl Hammond.A panhandler has two personalities: When drunk, he's a meek, easygoing beggar; when sober, he's a fearsome, grandiose, train-robber.

0580 - Two Renegades (1/10/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.A case of mistaken identity turns a con artist into a Panamanian army general; his incompetence attracts the interest of Panama's enemies.CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their fourth year, Mystery Theater presents seven consecutive adaptations of stories by O. Henry.

0579 - Conquest of Fear (1/7/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Rosemary Rice; Ian Martin; Sam Gray.In Spain, a desperado abducts a famous actress who convinces him to leave behind his life of crime and return to a previous career that made him famous — bullfighting.

0578 - The Man from Ultra (1/6/1977)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Court Benson; Robert Burr; Mandel Kramer; Roberta Maxwell.An interstellar traveler who can't comprehend love inadvertently ruins the mind of a talented but mentally fragile artist.

0577 - This Breed is Doomed (1/4/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Gilbert Mack.A con man tricks a small town's residents and takes away a piece of baggage known as irony.

0576 - Whose Little Girl Are You? (1/3/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Russell Horton; Bill Griffis.A tennis star recounts how she lost her stellar backhand shot and other events that put her into a pill-induced, suicidal, manic-depressive state.

0575 - Tomorrow's Murder (12/31/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Court Benson; Earl Hammond.Stressed sales manager Harold K. Starbright becomes even more anxious when he is shown a cemetery tombstone that displays his future death date.

0574 - Your Move, Mr. Ellers (12/30/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Bobby Readick; Roger DeKoven; Jackson Beck.Fondness for the game of chess figures into an insurance investigator's look into who may have stolen priceless gems from a jeweler's shop.

0573 - The Artist (12/28/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.Cast: Michael Wager; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Ann Pitoniak.Nebbish businessman Marc Harrison becomes enthralled by a knife-throwing performer and his assistant.

0572 - The Mark of Cain (12/27/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Bob Kaliban.A cattle baron hires a gunslinger with a unique mark in his hair and a dark past in his soul; his arrival arouses love in the rancher's daughter, but also anger in her betrothed.Defects: Poor audio quality.

0571 - The Magus (12/25/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Jada Rowland; Carol Teitel; Russell Horton.A practitioner of the black arts charms a young servant girl.

0570 - Double Zero (12/23/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Bill Griffis; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.Police work a case of a murdered private eye whose wallet contained five $20 bills, each bearing two zeroes written in red ink.

0569 - The Lone Survivor (12/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey.A plane crash at sea has one survivor, who cannot remember who he is. A police detective, an airline executive, and a doctor work to find out the man's identity.

0568 - Date of Death (12/20/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Norman Rose; Joan Copeland; Evie Juster.* A hypochondriac begins to worry when his doctor tells him he has an aortic aneurism. But fear is later fused with anger when the doctor later denies ever giving him the diagnosis.

0567 - A Quiet Evening at Home (12/17/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond.After witnessing a murder at a train station, an unhappily married woman is hesitant to testify lest her reason for being there be revealed.

0566 - The Doctor's Evidence (12/16/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Tony Roberts; Ralph Bell; Guy Sorel; Catherine Butterfield.Telepathy plays into a story of an unfaithful husband whose wife dies in an accidental fall but her son suspects murder.

0565 - The Smoking Pistol (12/14/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Ann Pitoniak; Rosemary Rice; Bob Kaliban.A cop's son (an undercover detective) is murdered and a suspect is found with the weapon; the cop thinks it's an open-and-shut case, but doubts enter his mind when the suspect's mother (who claims her son didn't pull the trigger) begs him to investigate further.

0564 - Hit Me Again (12/13/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Patricia Elliott; Jackson Beck; Ian Martin.Much to his wife's distress, a financial planner ditches his job for a new career as a professional gambler, where he applies his experience in actuarial science to counting cards in blackjack.

0563 - Identity Crisis (12/10/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Ann Williams; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden; Joe Silver.A brain transplant weighs heavily on the doctor performing it, the wives of the donor and the recipient and the corrupt contractors who want to make sure the surviving brain (that of a state senator) stays quiet.

0562 - Nobody Dies (12/9/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Ann Sheppard; Jack Grimes; Morgan Fairchild.* A young mother becomes housekeeper for a well-to-do pregnant widow. As their children grow they develop a relationship.

0561 - Enough Rope (12/7/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster.A swindler is saved from a hangman's noose by a woman claiming to be his guardian angel.

0560 - Child of the Sea (12/6/1976)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond.A man on an ocean swim has his life saved by a beautiful woman.

0559 - Child of Misfortune (12/3/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Joan Copeland; Court Benson.The life of a pathologist, and his wife, is upended when a teenage girl moves in after tragic circumstances.

0558 - How to Kill Rudy (12/2/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Ralph Bell.Rudy Slaymaker discovers that his favorite detective novelist writes tales that predict true crimes. But Rudy must take preemptive action when he discovers the author's first book is about his own future.

0557 - Now You See Them, Now You Don't (11/30/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Ian Martin; Martha Greenhouse; Earl Hammond.During World War V (2175 A.D.), a doctor is tasked to find out why combat shock patients in a military hospital are suddenly disappearing.

0556 - The Man Who Couldn't Get Arrested (11/29/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Joan Shay; Bill Griffis; Court Benson.Parallel realities collide when a Wall Street broker can't determine whether his wife is alive or has been murdered.

0555 - Blood Will Tell (11/26/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Ken Harvey.* For life insurance purposes, Norman Claymore must disclose to his employer's personnel department how his father died.

0554 - M-U-R-D-E-R (11/25/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Ralph Bell; Teri Keane; Marian Seldes; Marian Haley.After his business partner walks off with their company's funds and commits suicide, Max Picket plays on a Ouija board with his wife and their friends. What the planchette spells out agitates Max.

0553 - The Awakening (11/23/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond.A police detective investigates a psychiatrist's murder, with the only clue being an audio tape of the murderer's conversation with the victim.

0552 - Meeting by Chance (11/22/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Bobby Readick.* Two strangers caught in a rainstorm seek shelter in a well-kept house whose only occupant is a blind cat.

0551 - A Question of Identity (11/12/1976)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; Ian Martin.Hillary Cummings is kidnapped, not for the typical reasons. It all comes down to a matter of identity.CBSRMT Trivia: "A Question of Identity" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 551: 11/12/76) and (Episode 731: 10/28/77).Defects: Poor audio quality.

0550 - Strikeforce (11/11/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Patricia Elliott; Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Gilbert Mack.A doctor begins to question everything he's believed about his late birth father (who went missing during the war) when he spots a corpse in the morgue, on which was tattooed the emblem of his father's military regiment.

0549 - The Colony (11/9/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Morgan Fairchild; Frances Sternhagen; Jackson Beck; Guy Sorel.After spotting a UFO, a vacationing couple reports their sighting to the sheriff in a sleepy New Hampshire town after which they find themselves in jail.

0548 - The Graveyard (11/8/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Ralph Bell; Evie Juster; Guy Sorel.A man mourning for the woman he dedicated his life to learns the truth about her death in a hard way.

0547 - The Secret Chamber (11/5/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ian Martin; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Leon Janney.A realtor tells of how a woman who, after losing her lover in war, disappeared and returned as a ghost to a house that dates back to Revolutionary times.

0546 - City of the Dead (11/4/1976)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by H. G. Wells.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Earl Hammond; Court Benson; Catherine Byers.* Two late-19th century marine biologists explore a five-mile-deep Caribbean Ocean trough, where they encounter a strange civilization of hostile, man-like creatures.

0545 - The Queen of Cats (10/31/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes; Betsy Beard.A woman (and possible witch) is suspected of using her 63 cats to stalk and murder children in a small town.CBSRMT Trivia: This is the only episode with Tammy Grimes and Jack Grimes; however, they are not related.

0544 - Witches' Sabbath (10/30/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Leon Janney; Marian Haley; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited).Two beautiful women invite Perry Harnishfeger for a night of fun. But the women are actually witches who introduce Perry to the Prince of Darkness.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Joe in act 3.

0543 - The Unborn (10/29/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Robert Dryden; Bob Kaliban.Newly widowed Duchess Margo Baranya longs to a return to her youth. The devilish financier she's been having a dalliance with is gradually granting that wish.

0542 - Absolute Zero (10/28/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jada Rowland; Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.Linda Russell feels guilt for not being at her mother's bedside when she died.

0541 - The Deathly White Man (10/27/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Betsy Palmer; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.A woman takes a caretaker job in a remote castle, where the lord and lady of the house are haunted by a seemingly ghostly image and a dark family secret.

0540 - Somebody Stop Me!Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster.Unattractive cop Bert turns mass murderer when he kills the women who turn down his sincere offers for dates.

0539 - To Hang by the Neck (10/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Ann Pitoniak; Martha Greenhouse; Bill Griffis.With the Civil War concluded, Becky Pryor returns to a Texas ranch and, with a Northerner ranch hand's help, tries to determine if, one year earlier, friend Carrie Conway's death by hanging (on the eve of her wedding) was suicide or foul play.

0538 - The Mission of Atropos (10/19/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Joan Lovejoy; Jackson Beck; Joan Shay; Robert Maxwell.A reporter investigates the death of a chemical plant's physician, who had uncovered two mysterious fatalities at her factory, which the doctor suspected were related to an illegal substance produced at the factory.

0537 - Killer's Appointment (10/18/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Michael Wager; Bryna Raeburn; Bill Griffis.Lydia Prentiss loves her boyfriend so much that she takes the rap for his crimes of assault and theft against his employer. But then he abandons her while she is in prison.

0536 - A Point in Time (10/15/1976)Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Russell Horton; Teri Keane; Court Benson.Two men on a hiking expedition encounter a strange New Mexico town that appears stuck in the 1920s.

0535 - The Living Corpse (10/14/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Hurd Hatfield; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Joan Shay.A sober member of Philadelphia society has long hidden a wilder double life; his fun-loving girlfriend wants him to end the secrecy and recommends that he murder his ailing mother.

0534 - The God Killers (10/12/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Earl Hammond; Leon Janney; Ken Harvey.A secretary is accused of murdering her boss, an author of violent crime fiction. She insists she's innocent, pinning the blame on one of the author's most sinister characters who, she claims, will verify her story in person.

0533 - My Wife Doesn't Understand Me (10/11/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Teri Keane; Rosemary Rice.Dissatisfied with his marriage and career, a research scientist finds solace in the arms of his new secretary who has more than love on her mind.

0532 - The Tortured Twins (10/8/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Paul Hecht.After love at first sight, Adam Duncan marries stage actress Joyce Adams. But Adam realizes he married the wrong Adams sister when he meets Joyce's twin.

0531 - Pool of Fear (10/7/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Morgan Fairchild; William Redfield; Ann Sheppard; Nat Polen.For a $10,000 fee, Beth Stillwell talks ex-con Matt Brewster into posing as her fiancé and drowning the stepmother she contempts.

0530 - Private Stock (10/5/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ian Martin; Catherine Byers; Earl Hammond; Russell Horton.Despite clear evidence, police captain Jim Turner can't bring to arrest his daughter, Ginnie, for a rock star's murder.

0529 - The Midas Touch (10/4/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Bobby Morse; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden; Jackson Beck.Con artist Jim Pangborn and his sidekick successfully swindle a balding bank president into buying a "magic hair restorer."

0528 - The Clairvoyant (10/1/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Marian Seldes; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Paul Hecht.Clairvoyant Madame Sonya recalls how, on the eve of World War II, she read a happy future for an American woman, but a horrifying one for her British fiancé and his father.

0527 - Not for Sale (9/30/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Rosemary Murphy; Gordon Gould; Court Benson; Jack Grimes.After she inherits her late uncle Milo's antique shop (where he was murdered during a robbery attempt) and the building that houses it, Milo's ghost advises Faye Colfax not to sell the property to the man who lives above the shop.

0526 - One Girl in a Million (9/28/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Ralph Bell; Evie Juster; Leon Janney; Russell Horton.Alfred Bester adapts his short story "Time is the Traitor" for this futuristic tale about a rock-star business consultant with twin psychological desires.

0525 - The Ghostly Private Eye (9/27/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Paul Hecht; Betty Winkler; Guy Sorel; Ian Martin.Psychic detective Flaxman Low investigates a manor in Surrey that its owner believes is cursed by a violent poltergeist.CBSRMT Trivia: Appearing in this episode are Paul Hecht and Larry Haines whose real name is Larry Hecht. They are not related.

0524 - Queen of the Deadly Night (9/24/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Arnold Moss; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Kaliban; Court Benson.After a woman in the Dark Ages sees her husband killed on their wedding night, his apparition appears to advise her that she's destined to become Queen of the Khazars provided she passes a crucial test.

0523 - Don't Play with Matches (9/23/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond; Gilbert Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited).Thanks to fire chief Delbert Casseroll's prevention program, fire calls in Caswell Corners have become almost non-existent.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited near the beginning of act 3.

0522 - The Rainbow Man (9/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Jada Rowland; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton.An Old West con artist helps a man who lost his fortune to a cardshark.

0521 - A Very Dear Ghost Indeed (9/20/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.Thanks to a washed-out bridge, a father and daughter traveling to Ireland in the late 19th century are waylaid at an old castle.

0520 - To Whom It May Concern (9/17/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Dryden; Earl Hammond.Rebecca Randolph Owen has mysteriously avoided death more than several times and discovers those escapes from the Angel of Death's clutches have come with a personal price.

0519 - Dr. Peterson's Pills (9/16/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Leon Janney; Rosemary Murphy; Joe Silver; Catherine Byers.In his 25 years as a doctor in small-town Maine, Emery Peterson has possessed just about every type of cure-all for his patients.

0518 - Journey to Jerusalem (9/14/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Vincent Guardenia; Joan Shay; Evie Juster; William Redfield; Himan Brown (uncredited).Elwood longs to be young again and be appreciated for his personality and not his business success.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Cardigan, head of plant security in act 1.

0517 - The Tell-Tale Corpse (9/13/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Catherine Byers; Earl Hammond; Court Benson; Guy Sorel.Just out of prison, Ernie and Sid visit the aunt of a deceased fellow prisoner, who can help open a chest that contains $100,000.

0516 - A Magical Place (9/10/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Anne Seymour.A middle-aged couple find the house they rented as newlyweds, and rent it again in an aim to rekindle their marriage and recapture the joys of their youth.CBSRMT Trivia: The Poem recited by Tim to Eleanor in this episode is from "Hymn of Empedocles" by Matthew Arnold.

0515 - A Two-Bit Fortune (9/9/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Morgan Fairchild; Ian Martin; Leon Janney.Auto mechanic Mike Wilson comes to the aid of a bum who claims to be the billionaire businessman Stanford Spruce. Mike doesn't believe him until he learns that he's the sole heir of Spruce's entire fortune.

0514 - Killer's Helper (9/7/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster.John Masters has neglected his wife, Margaret, for so long that when he invites newly promoted protégé Marty Carroway home for dinner, Margaret asks Marty to not only start an affair with her, but to kill John and take his place as head of the company.

0513 - Graven Image (9/6/1976)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Robert Dryden; Hetty Galen.Jodie Barnes is a talented singer on the county fair circuit when he meets talent agent Craig Herbert. Their partnership makes Jodie a national star but a frightful product that bears Jodie's likeness proves all too much.

0512 - The Magic Cay (9/2/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.Tom Reynolds leaves behind his wife, children, and boring job and, upon the advice of a psychiatrist friend, takes a two-week vacation on a remote Caribbean island.

0511 - The Night Shift (8/30/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; William Griffis; Earl Hammond.Eddie O'Brian loathes working 9-hour shifts each day as a bus driver until he is assigned a brand new bus.

0510 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles (8/26/1976)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by H. G. Wells.Cast: William Redfield; Marian Haley; Russell Horton; Arnold Moss.This adaptation of H. G. Wells' short story chronicles a man who realizes he can alter fortunes and make wishes reality out of sheer will.

0509 - The Train Stops (8/23/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Ann Sheppard; Gene Francis.A small-town doctor's daughter falls in love with a mysterious man who comes to town on the same train every week and continues to do so even after the town loses its spot on the train schedule.

0508 - The Golden People (8/19/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster.* Richard Paradon has the looks, charm, and smarts to make money in an unsavory way — by bilking beautiful, wealthy women out of theirs.CBSRMT Trivia: William Redfield died two days before this episode aired. He was 49 years old. Redfield acted in 82 episodes. His last appearance will be in episode #531, "Pool of Fear" (10/7/76).

0507 - Your Grade is A (8/16/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Bob Kaliban; Ralph Bell; Joan Shay; Joe Silver.The wife of a creative writing student is found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning; was her death accidental, suicide or foul play?

0506 - The Haliday Prediction (8/12/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Morgan Fairchild; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.Cash Haliday fills his weekly newspaper column on crime and corruption with predictions that come true. Cash's talent could be a case of uncanny insight, ESP, or just wishing things into reality.

0505 - Overnight to Freedom (8/9/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Robert Dryden; Earl Hammond; Mandel Kramer; Rosemary Rice.An American POW escapes his captors and tries to reach a French Underground contact.

0504 - Lovers and Killers (8/5/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Robert Maxwell.The fate of a lothario accused of murdering his lover's husband rests in the hands of a jury in particular David Miller (Juror #2), who didn't want to fulfill his civic duty.

0503 - Every Dog Has His Day (8/2/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Court Benson; Russell Horton; Morgan Fairchild; Ian Martin.As his sons argue over who should receive his estate, and his lawyer's daughter ponders which of the two she's truly in love with, an ailing millionaire has only two faithful servants by his side — his butler, Chadsworth, and his dog, Whiskey.

0502 - Shotgun Wedding (7/29/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Patricia Elliott; Leon Janney; William Griffis.Gus Virko sets colleague Charley Demerest up with his daughter. Despite Charley's apprehension, it's a perfect romantic match that soon turns into a nightmare.

0501 - The Brain Without Mercy (7/26/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.Dr. Werner Diethardt finds a severely injured skyjacker who made off with $2 million and removes the crook's brain, so that it can tell him where he hid the loot.

0500 - The Men with the Magic Fingers (7/22/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Catherine Byers; Earl Hammond.A carnival owner at the turn of the century creates a lifelike doll, Leonora, that can predict customers' futures.

0499 - Future Eye (7/19/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Evie Juster; Court Benson; William Redfield; Catherine Butterfield.An investigator from the future is sent back to the present day to retrieve a data bank, no bigger than a matchbox, that holds a chronology of time up until the year 2976.Defects: Background noise.

0498 - The Last Trip of Charter Boat Sally (7/15/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Teri Keane; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton.The captain of a tugboat-turned-fishing charter is implicated by a scheming woman and her beach-bum boyfriend for the murder of the woman's husband.

0497 - Blood Red Roses (7/12/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Arnold Moss; William Redfield; Bob Kaliban.His son's death at the hands of mobsters shakes the usually pacifist beliefs of Nick Birko.

0496 - Loser Takes All (7/1/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Paul Hecht; Ian Martin; Nat Polen.Theatrical agent Jake Alexander takes a professional and personal interest in Delphi Carr, whom Jake considers the world's most beautiful woman.

0495 - Forty-Five Minutes to Murder (6/28/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Leon Janney; Court Benson; Sam Gray; Joan Shay.A years-long business feud ends with a peace offering from chemical company associate Jim Raglan to vice-president Emmet Martindale: A bottle of cognac laced with poison.

0494 - Child of Fate (6/24/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jada Rowland; Ann Williams; Guy Sorel; Ken Harvey.Ignored by her busy father and invalid mother, Halcyon Trent created an imaginary friend named Gerald. When Halcyon makes new, real friendships Gerald becomes really, and dangerously, jealous.

0493 - Checkmate (6/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Haley; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn.A rookie police detective and her crotchety veteran partner encounter an apartment building full of peculiar suspects while investigating the murder of a genius chess player's friend and frequent opponent.

0492 - Pension Plan (6/17/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney; William Redfield.* On the eve of his retirement, a purchasing manager discovers that a career of being honest and straightforward has left him with no financial reward whatsoever.

0491 - The Unthinkable (6/14/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Teri Keane; Russell Horton; Robert Maxwell.While wife Roxanne lands a job as a bank manager's assistant. Her out-of-work husband does housework until he learns from an equally down-on-his-luck architect information that could be profitable for both.

0490 - Free the Beast (6/10/1976)Written by Ralph Goodman. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Joan Lovejoy; Ian Martin.A freak accident that claims the life of an insane asylum inmate leads to an investigation centering on the horrifying familial secrets surrounding another inmate who's been having clandestine conversations with an unseen visitor.

0489 - The Corpse That Would Not Die (6/7/1976)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Emile Zola.Cast: Patricia Elliott; William Redfield; Mary Jane Higby; Roger DeKoven; Arnold Moss.A man murders his best friend so that he can marry his wife, but their relationship begins to erode by the weight of their sins.

0488 - Blue Justice (6/3/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Leon Janney; Jackson Beck; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden.A corrupt assistant prosecutor in a totalitarian state convicts, for capital murder, a man he knew was innocent.

0487 - Ghost Town (5/31/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lois Nettleton; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin; Nat Polen; Russell Horton.A man who has escaped from a mental institution carjacks a schoolteacher and orders her to drive to a deserted Death Valley town to find an old relative.

0486 - Demon Lover (5/27/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond.A college professor finds himself the unwilling object of a colleague's obsessive, and violent, romantic advances.

0485 - A Mexican Standoff (5/24/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joe Silver; Catherine Byers; Robert Dryden; Sam Gray.After small-town Nebraska mailman George Adams is honored as "Mr. Good Citizen USA," he and his wife are invited to an all-expenses-paid trip to Mexico City.

0484 - The Walking Dead (5/20/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Rosemary Rice; Jack Grimes; Joan Shay; Gilbert Mack.On a planet where crime is unknown, an organically-constructed android servant becomes tired of his work and goes on a deadly spree of violence.

0483 - Blind Witness (5/17/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Carmen Matthews; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond.Police, and the assailant, are on the hunt to find a blind woman who unknowingly witnessed the murder of a pharmacist.

0482 - The Secret Sharer (5/13/1976)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Conrad.Cast: Norman Rose; Mandel Kramer; William Redfield; Court Benson.An adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story about a fugitive, his alter ego, and the ship captain who accommodates them both.

0481 - The Ghost of San Juan Hill (5/10/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Marian Haley; William Redfield; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.A couple's wedding plans are disrupted by the bride's deceased husband, who had supposedly perished while charging up San Juan Hill in the Spanish–American War.

0480 - What A Change in Hilda (5/6/1976)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lois Nettleton; Robert L. Green; Bryna Raeburn; Nat Polen; Himan Brown (uncredited).* Impressed by its results on her untalented friend (who is now a top concert singer), Hilda Turner starts seeing a doctor who claims anyone can attain their heart's desire solely through meditation. The charge for the service is only $100 but in the long run, the results are more than what Hilda bargained for.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited and appears at the end of act 3.

0479 - The Cornstarch Killer (5/3/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes; Earl Hammond.Police are baffled by a series of murders; the perpetrator appears to be a virtuous woman who can bring the wrath of God down on anyone who approaches her with impure intentions.

0478 - Two Plus Two Equals Death (4/29/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Robert Dryden; Sam Gray.Peter Gerard takes his father's place in a traveling circus act and falls in love with one of the show's ballerinas who, unfortunately for Peter, has a cruel identical twin sister.

0477 - The Three Elders of Lifeboat Landing (4/26/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Ann Sheppard; Mandel Kramer; Robert Phelps; Guy Sorel.A New York hamlet seems to be an idyllic place (clean air, no crime, etc.) but as an inquiring reporter soon finds out, anyone who disturbs such bliss, in any way, must pay a steep price.

0476 - The Serpent of the Nile (4/25/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Lois Nettleton; Carol Teitel; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Paul Hecht.This is a retelling of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra in which a Roman politician is beguiled by the queen of Egypt.

0475 - The Prince of Evil (4/24/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Evie Juster; Court Benson; Hetty Galen; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin.A man with loads of charm proceeds with his bloody ascension to the throne in this vivid retelling of Shakespeare's Richard III.

0474 - Long Live the King is Dead (4/23/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Tony Roberts; Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Bob Kaliban.A retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which an heir to the Danish throne seeks revenge after his murderous uncle claims the crown.

0473 - The Green Eyed Monster (4/22/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Arnold Moss; Marian Seldes; Joan Arless; Court Benson; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin.Misplaced jealousy and blind rage drive a military commander to commit the ultimate betrayal against his beloved wife in this adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello.

0472 - The Love Song of Death (4/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Morgan Fairchild; Joan Shay; Bob Kaliban; Guy Sorel; Earl Hammond.An adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a tale of star-crossed lovers in the middle of a blood feud between their families.

0471 - The Assassination (4/20/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Norman Rose; Robert Dryden; Joan Shay; Russell Horton; Ian Martin.Adapted from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, this episode chronicles Caesar's final victories, his murder, and its aftermath.

0470 - Murder Most Foul (4/19/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Shakespeare.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Carol Teitel; William Redfield; Court Benson; Russell Horton.Scottish warriors Macbeth and Banquo encounter a trio of witches who make a series of chilling prophecies.CBSRMT Trivia: This episode is the first of seven consecutive adaptations of Shakespeare plays written by Ian Martin for Mystery Theater. The titles of the episodes are taken from a line in the play.

0469 - Strange Passenger (4/15/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Nat Polen; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Frank Behrens.Out of work, and disenchanted with his profession anyway, a lawyer volunteers to fly off to a distant planet and receive training by aliens.

0468 - Wishes Can Be Fatal (4/13/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Carmen Matthews; Teri Keane; Gordon Gould; Jennifer Harmon; Russell Horton.A nursing home resident uses the mysterious power of needlepoint embroidery to torment her wicked daughter-in-law.

0467 - The Safe Judge (4/12/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patsy Bruder; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; William Redfield.An upstanding judge finds his reputation on the line when he's pressured to clear a gangster's son of drug possession charges.

0466 - Fool's Gold (4/9/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Teri Keane; Sam Gray; Court Benson.A college professor indulges his obsession for finding a dead pirate's sunknen (and heavily cursed) treasure.

0465 - Sleeping Dogs (4/8/1976)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Court Benson; Guy Sorel; Robert Maxwell.Against all recommendations from his colleagues, her current husband, and the American consular, the wife of a paratrooper who lost his life in World War II ventures to Paris to search for the French Resistance fighter who betrayed her husband to Nazi forces.CBSRMT Trivia: "Sleeping Dogs" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 465: 4/8/76) and (Episode 1249: 10/9/81).

0464 - The Paradise Cafe (4/7/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Court Benson; Evie Juster; William Redfield; Len Gochman.A notorious tycoon confesses a heinous crime to his psychiatrist, in an effort to exorcise the murderous demon that possesses him.

0463 - The Boy Wonder (4/6/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Robert Dryden; Ken Harvey; Martha Greenhouse; Dan Ocko.* A school principal, a lawyer, and other adults go on a mad search for Stuart Buchanan and his friends all because of the 10-year-old Stuart’s school composition.

0462 - Time Killer (4/5/1976)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Rosemary Rice; Jackson Beck; Russell Horton; Arnold Moss.Believing time is as elastic as space, a parapsychology professor transports himself to the early period of the Great Depression.

0461 - Vanity Dies Hard (4/2/1976)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin; Mary Jane Higby.An arrogant, vengeful mystery writer thinks he's pulled off the perfect crime: He's murdered his cheating wife's lover, he's pinned her for the crime and he's helping police with the investigation.

0460 - The White Ghost (4/1/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Ann Williams; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.Donald Taylor ends his secret affair with Trudy Nelson and returns to his invalid wife. It leads to Trudy threatening to kill Donald.

0459 - The Spit and Image (3/31/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Patricia Elliott; Ralph Bell; Earl Hammond.A retired football player is hired to serve as the stand-in for a reclusive, eccentric billionaire.

0458 - The Intruders (3/30/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lois Nettleton; Carmen Matthews; Fred Gwynne; Russell Horton.A woman is troubled by a trio of strangers in her home; they do not acknowledge her presence, leading her to believe they are ghosts.

0457 - The Saxon Curse (3/29/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Oscar Wilde.Cast: Paul Hecht; Catherine Byers; Court Benson; Guy Sorel; Himan Brown (uncredited).An arrogant aristocrat learns from a fortune teller that he will carry out the perfect murder and not get caught.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the "celebrated doctor" in act 3.Defects: Some background noise.

0456 - Extortion (3/26/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Evie Juster; Mandel Kramer; William Redfield; Joan Shay; Russell Horton.A state senator learns his wife is being blackmailed for a fatal hit-and-run accident she committed during her college days.

0455 - The Transformation of Joebee (3/25/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Hans Conried; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Joe Silver.After years of pulling practical jokes, Joseph B. Jefferson mends his ways and advises two friends (and former joke targets) on a plan that could possibly be yet another prank.

0454 - Brain Drain (3/24/1976)Written by Ralph Goodman. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Robert Dryden; Staats Cotsworth; Carol Teitel.A government agent explores the disturbing deaths of noted scientists, which appear to be connected to a beautiful woman and a deranged scientist's heinous experiments.

0453 - The Covered Bridge (3/23/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jada Rowland; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn.A bridge transports Peg, on her honeymoon with Ted, from the 1970s to the 1770s and into an arranged marriage with someone else.

0452 - Stampede (3/22/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kris Tabori; Fred Gwynne; Catherine Byers; Gilbert Mack; Earl Hammond.After Commanche warriors murder her husband and their beet crop and farm are destroyed by a stampede, Ellie Tate Gottenschalk joins an all-male cattle drive.

0451 - A Matter of Love and Death (3/19/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lois Nettleton; William Redfield; Marian Haley; Lloyd Battista.Helen Collins walks into a police station and confesses to an unbelieving sergeant that she has killed her celebrity husband.

0450 - The Other Side of the Coin (3/18/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin.A supernatural accident causes an ex-police sergeant and a mob-tied con artist to swap bodies.

0449 - Crime Casts a Shadow (3/16/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Evie Juster; William Redfield; Jay Gregory; Ian Martin.* In need of cash, Gay Armstrong tries to sell her late mother's pearl necklace; but then she learns the pearls are fake, just as her stepfather offers her $15,000 for the necklace.

0448 - The Aliens (3/15/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Mandel Kramer; Robert Dryden; Marie Cheatham.A classified US/USSR experiment draws together two secret agents (one American, one Russian), who realize that the project their governments are working on could potentially destroy mankind.

0447 - The Man Who Preyed on Widows (3/12/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Joan Shay; Russell Horton; Jackson Beck.Despite being swindled out of her money, a widow refuses to take action against the grifter who conned her.

0446 - Pandora (3/11/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Norman Rose; Joan Lovejoy; Don Scardino.Hundreds of thousands of years in the future, a woman named Mara is condemned to death for inflicting sorrow on a hate-free, fear-free society.

0445 - I Thought I Saw A Shadow (3/10/1976)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Nat Polen; Joan Shay; Gordon Gould; Lloyd Battista.* Scientist Dr. John Gilbert is his own test subject for an invisibility serum which only separates him from his shadow.

0444 - The Queen of Spades (3/8/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Alexander Pushkin.Cast: Michael Tolan; Ann Sheppard; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden.A Russian soldier pursues a wealthy countess to seek a secret at winning in faro.

0443 - The Infernal Triangle (3/5/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Morgan Fairchild; Joe Silver; Catherine Byers; William Redfield.Ann Fairchild has found happiness with her husband-to-be, Hugh Denning. But the return of Ann's older sister, Eve, threatens Ann and Hugh's romantic bliss and rekindles a sibling rivalry.CBSRMT Trivia: Morgan Fairchild plays a character named Ann Fairchild in this episode.

0442 - The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (3/4/1976)Written by Arnold and Stella Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Russell Horton.Two monks are sent to a monastery in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, where one of them meets and falls for the daughter of the town's hangman.

0441 - Afterward (3/2/1976)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edith Wharton.Cast: Celeste Holm; Larry Haines; Joan Shay; Guy Sorel; Ian Martin.* A ghostly tale, adapted from Edith Wharton's short story, involving a nouveau riche woman, her husband, his business dealings, and a vengeful spirit.

0440 - The Death Trail (3/1/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Bob Kaliban; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Marian Seldes; Ralph Bell.In late 1860s Texas, bank president Wayne Prescott is given $200,000 by his former Army commanding officer to invest in cattle.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Death Trail" (Episode 440: 3/1/76) is similarly named as "Death Trail" (Episode 1184: 4/13/81).

0439 - Half A Life (2/27/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Tony Roberts; Marian Haley; Earl Hammond.On a lark, mousy government engineer Dr. Winifred Prentiss visits a singles bar and meets a handsome man who immediately proposes marriage.

0438 - The Providential Ghost (2/26/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Beatrice Straight; Hetty Galen; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson; Gilbert Mack.In quick succession, 8-year-old Lisha de Pew Miller loses her parents and then her beloved grandfather, forcing her to live with her two aunts who want her inheritance.

0437 - General Laughter (2/25/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Mandel Kramer; Sam Gray.* In lieu of a written suicide note to her husband and children, a distressed yet consummate actress chooses to record on tape her motives and last breaths. Elspeth Eric pens a tale about suicide. Mercedes McCambridge's tour-de-force performance brings it to life.

0436 - The Patient Visitor (2/23/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Robert Dryden; Ken Harvey; Bryna Raeburn.* Despite being at an advanced age (78) and suffering from a failing heart, retired judge Justin Travers vows to put his jurisprudence skills to use one final time to aid a past love.

0435 - The Bloody Legend (2/20/1976)Written by Milt Wisoff. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Arnold Moss; Teri Keane; Earl Hammond; Robert Maxwell.Dash Saxon becomes obsessively immersed in the study of Beowulf, so much so that evidence connects him to carnage at an animal shelter and a double homicide.

0434 - Goodbye, Benjamin Flack (2/19/1976)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Lovejoy; Court Benson; Ralph Bell.Deep-in-debt businessman Guthrie Flack concocts a scheme to kill identical cousin Benjamin, take his identity, and collect the insurance money.Defects: Some background noise.

0433 - The Angry God (2/17/1976)Written by Saul Panitz. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Nat Polen.A jewel thief makes off with a valuable necklace and, with the help of an American tourist, escapes police detection.

0432 - Angel of Death (2/16/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Hetty Galen; Shelly Bruce.* A distraught nurse contemplates suicide after the death of her son and the growing estrangement with her husband.

0431 - The Blue Roan Stallion (2/13/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Rosemary Rice; Earl Hammond; Joe Silver.After Dan Bowles saves a ranch owner's life, he is immediately hired as a ranch hand and falls for the rancher's daughter. But the ire of more than just the ranch foreman is raised when it is learned that Dan has half-breed Indian ancestry.

0430 - The Golden Chalices (2/12/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Carmen Matthews.A gift from a patient arouses a memory in psychoanalyst Hans von Fodor, who with wife Lili fled Kispest, Hungary after their wedding 30 years ago.

0429 - You Owe Me A Death (2/11/1976)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Vicky Vola; Russell Horton; William Redfield; Ann Pitoniak.A woman is haunted by her twin sister, who died when they were very young. To put the spirit to rest, she must first unravel the mysteries surrounding her twin.

0428 - The Horror of Dead Lake (2/9/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Prince; Gordon Gould; Ann Sheppard; George Petrie; Gil Mack.Claude & Polly Baxter are delighted to have inherited a castle and a neighboring lake. But joy turns to fright when they discover the castle has been home to a demented embryologist crossing Venus flytraps with birds and that the lake is home to something even more horrific.

0427 - Straight from the Horse's Mouth (2/6/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Morse; Augusta Dabney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Mandel Kramer; Earl Hammond.Mousy bookkeeper Hubert Purley buys a work horse named Mervin, who may not be the racing thoroughbred Hubert mistook him to be, but who can tell him (literally) how to turn a $2 bet at the track into a life-changing windfall.

0426 - The Children of Death (2/5/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden.In a post-apocalyptic world where hate rules and men and women live separately in hostile tribes, a High Priest's son reluctantly takes part in a deadly game wherein participants must hunt each other down for the sake of growing, through procreation, their respective tribes.

0425 - The Dead Deserve to Rest (2/3/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Russell Horton; Martha Greenhouse; William Redfield; Teri Keane.Distraught over her husband's death at the hands of a drunk driver, Tish Meredith becomes easy prey for a false medium who swindles her into believing he can help her contact her husband.Defects: Muffled audio on and off.

0424 - First Prize -- Death (2/2/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Evie Juster; Roger DeKoven; Sam Gray.Despite being a celebrated sociologist, John Desmond has been constantly passed over for the highest honor in the field, the Parkhurst Medal.

0423 - Castle Kerfol (1/30/1976)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edith Wharton.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Ian Martin; Guy Sorel.After an American is confronted by a pack of dogs while touring a British castle for a possible purchase, a neighbor clues her in on the history of the castle and its former inhabitants.

0422 - Mirror, Mirror (1/28/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Carmen Matthews; Marian Haley; Nat Polen.Jessica Chapman sets out to discover whether a gold-framed, full-length mirror she gave to former college roommate Clare Connor played a part in Clare's descent from "the fairest of them all" into a life of unhappiness and familial dysfunction.Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0421 - The Ferret (1/26/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Elliot Reid; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Robert Maxwell.A lawyer for Energy Exploration, Inc. sets up a scheme to entrap the corrupt EEI executive who's sabotaging the company's offshore oil drilling efforts.

0420 - The Slick and the Dead (1/23/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Rosemary Rice; Mandel Kramer; Josephine Premice; Earl Hammond.* A talented dancer with a sordid past is murdered in a hotel room. It's a traditional "whodunit" mystery that's highlighted by series host E. G. Marshall stepping in during the final act and inviting listeners to take a guess as to who the murderer may be.

0419 - The Lady of the Mist (1/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Rosemary Murphy; William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin.Lord Charles' first wife fell into the lake and was never seen again. Ten years later, he has returned with a young wife who plans to take over the manor.

0418 - There's No Business Like (1/19/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Loring; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn.* A time traveler goes forward 100 years and learns first-hand that the show business world of 2076 has a deadly side for the criminals who are sentenced to perform its so-very-real, all-too-lethal stunts.

0417 - The Red Frisbee (1/16/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Jada Rowland; Teri Keane.After they meet on a beach in the Antilles, Ben becomes drawn to Nikki's gift of intuition and tragic familial story while to his surprise, Nikki gains insights from just his red Frisbee.

0416 - The Elixir of Death (1/14/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden.After escaping big-city life for small-town bliss, Dr. Peter Nevins discovers that the mysterious drink the town is famous for has deadly ingredients.

0415 - What the Shepherd Saw (1/12/1976)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Russell Horton; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; William Redfield.A young shepherd in the shadows of Stonehenge witnesses a killing involving his master and the master's wife but must prove that he did not see a single thing.

0414 - The Mysterious Stranger (1/11/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Tony Roberts; Joe Silver; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.Theodore Fischer meets an angel who promises to grant his every desire, an angel named Satan.

0413 - The Stolen White Elephant (1/10/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Ian Martin; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Peter Donald.Inspector Blunt of the NYPD leads the investigation after a sacred white elephant belonging to Queen Victoria goes missing.Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0412 - The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1/9/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Ralph Bell; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond; Court Benson.* A small-town newspaper editor tells of how a sack of gold coins left behind by a mysterious stranger corrupts the residents of a town that had prided itself for its honesty.

0411 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1/8/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Arnold Moss.A blow to the head during a fight sends Hank Morgan from 19th century Connecticut to the era of Camelot.Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0410 - The Russian Passport (1/7/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Robert Morse; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond; Dan Ocko.Lonesome and alone while traveling through Europe, Alfred Parrish encounters an eccentric, retired U.S. Army officer who encourages him to see Russia without a passport.Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0409 - Is He Living or is He Dead? (1/6/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Alexander Scourby; Court Benson; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn.A trio of artists living in abject poverty in the south of France concocts a scheme to increase the value of their paintings and their sales. The catch: One of them has to play dead.Defects: Static throughout the episode.

0408 - Tom Sawyer, Detective (1/5/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mark Twain.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Paul Hecht; Evie Juster; Bob Kaliban; Gilbert Mack.Tom Sawyer grows up and faces a difficult case: Prove the innocence of his Uncle Silas in a homicide.CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their third year, Mystery Theater presents seven consecutive adaptations of stories by Mark Twain.

0407 - Insight Into Murder (1/2/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Teri Keane; Court Benson; Earl Hammond; Joan Arless.Flashbacks to 1810 convince a defense attorney that he witnessed a murder in a past life. He finds the killer living in the present, and vows to not only prove his current client's innocence, but also seek justice in both the past and present crimes.

0406 - One of the Missing (1/1/1976)Written by Stella and Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Jennifer Harmon; Arnold Moss; Mason Adams.A Union Army soldier, along with his buddy, is sent on a reconnaissance mission into enemy territory; a freak explosion leaves him with injuries and visions of his own funeral.Defects: Occasional static.

0405 - Sagamore Cottage (12/31/1975)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Bob Kaliban; Carmen Matthews; Janet Waldo; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Maxwell.* A young couple rents a cottage from an old woman who lives in a strange house which has a dark secret.

0404 - The Memory Killers (12/29/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Patricia Wheel; Robert Dryden; Nat Polen.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.

0403 - License to Kill (12/26/1975)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Loring; Larry Haines; Earl Hammond; Sid Sloan; Mary Jane Higby.A woman is successful in liberating her husband from a sanitarium for the criminally insane.CBSRMT Trivia: "License to Kill" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 403: 12/26/75) and (Episode 590: 1/24/77).

0402 - A Christmas Carol (12/24/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Charles Dickens.Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; William Redfield.Series host E. G. Marshall voices the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this dramatic retelling of Charles Dickens' classic holiday ghost story.Mystery Theater only aired two Christmas episodes during its nine-year run. The first, "A Very Private Miracle," aired only once, on Christmas Eve of 1974.The second, "A Christmas Carol," aired on every Christmas Eve from 1975 to 1981 and was the only episode to star Mystery Theater host E. G. Marshall as Ebenezer Scrooge.

0401 - The Murder Market (12/23/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Rosemary Murphy; Robert Dryden; Ann Pitoniak; Ian Martin.Stuck with a humdrum job and a banal fiancé, a young woman feels challenged by a dynamic business entrepreneur and begins a new career avenue which turns into high intrigue when she becomes the prime suspect in a homicide.

0400 - The Image (12/22/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; William Redfield; Teri Keane; Marian Seldes.* In a quest to perfect his image, a ruthless, self-absorbed writer forces his will upon his wife and friends.

0399 - The Corpse Wrote Shorthand (12/19/1975)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Lovejoy; Russell Horton; Joan Shay; Berry Kroeger.Bank accountant Will Crawford spent 5 years in jail for securities embezzlement, a crime he did not commit. Newly released and determined to clear his name, Crawford and a newspaper reporter question his ex-colleagues.

0398 - Fireball (12/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Hugh Marlowe; Earl Hammond; Guy Sorel.When strange things start happening on their estate, the wife of a defense contractor is convinced the new blacksmith they've hired is actually the Roman god of fire, Vulcan.

0397 - The Eleventh Hour (12/17/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Carol Teitel; Mary Jane Higby; Don Scardino; Arnold Moss.Feeling guilt over how he has amassed his fortune, a wealthy business owner answers a personal ad from a woman who claims she is a being from another galaxy.

0396 - Burn, Witch, Burn (12/15/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Marian Seldes; Kirk Peterson; William Redfield; Court Benson.A fictitious incident in the life of Cotton Mather, Puritan minister and intellectual during the era of the Salem witch trials.

0395 - Marry for Murder (12/12/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Patsy Bruder; Evie Juster; Arthur Anderson; Dan Ocko.* Two sisters with different agendas hire the same private detective to look into the affairs of the same man.

0394 - You Can Change Your Life (12/11/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden; Martha Greenhouse.A police detective is bewildered by the murders of two women, but later learns of the connection they shared with a third murder victim.

0393 - Stitch in Time (12/9/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Rosemary Rice; Earl Hammond.A billionaire welcomes into his home the niece he has not seen in 9 years. But his secretary has doubts about the girl's identity and motives.

0392 - How Quiet the Night (12/8/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Patricia Elliott; Marian Seldes; Court Benson.Russell Porter is engaged to wealthy Sibyl Malone, then his former girlfriend Cora Jean Buxton shows up.

0391 - Pharaoh's Daughter (12/5/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Ian Martin; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Jordan Charney.Leonore Drake and her paramour frame a hapless drunkard for their murder of a taxi driver who discovered Drake's millionaire husband dead in his cab.

0390 - Portrait of A Killer (12/4/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Jada Rowland; Russell Horton.An elderly man stands in quiet fascination at a museum painting believed to be the last remaining artwork of an obscure artist. The man learns he can project himself into the painting and possibly alter the tragic history behind it.

0389 - Promise to Kill (12/3/1975)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Earl Hammond; Russell Horton; Hetty Galen; Lesley Woods; Roy LeMay.* A Vengeful Dave Farmer arranges to have Vernon White, who killed Farmer's wife and daughter, slain in prison.

0388 - With Malice Aforethought (12/1/1975)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Carlos Carrasco; William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Len Gochman; Robert Maxwell.* Insisting he was fired upon first, police sergeant Gil Robey shoots and kills a suspect during a drug bust. But no drugs or weapon were found.Defects: A little background noise.

0387 - The Frammis (11/28/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Robert Dryden.A diamond-like yet worthless piece of glass makes its way from an honest jeweler's shop to a Royal Army officer to a reigning monarch's priceless collection. But then the king asks for an appraisal on the gem.

0386 - The Dead, Dead Ringer (11/27/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Don Scardino; Evie Juster; Leon Janney; Jackson Beck.Mob boss Mario Procacci asks policeman Bruce Hart to deliver a warning message to the lothario husband of Procacci's daughter, Penny.

0385 - The Lap of the Gods (11/25/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Martha Greenhouse; Hetty Galen; William Redfield; James McCallion.Drowning his sorrow in alcohol since his wife's death puts Walter Davis into a coma and into a hospital where his spirit transfers from the present day into the body of a sea captain in the 1820s.

0384 - The Serpent's Tooth (11/24/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Paul Hecht; Ann Sheppard; Robert Dryden.In pre-World War I Vienna, art dealer Jacob Kohn and wife Rachel give temporary shelter to a young, homeless artist who is sickly, behaving oddly and is driven by disturbing visions.

0383 - The Hanging Judgment (11/21/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Ken Harvey; Evie Juster; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.Dr. Sam Grant and his girlfriend, Sherril Stafford, are both charged with the murder of Grant's wife. Though they admit to a possible motive the pair swear to their attorney that they did not commit the crime.

0382 - The Lamps of the Devil (11/20/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Joan Shay.Noah Artwright returns home from fighting in the Civil War to find his fiancée has married someone else and that his job as a whaler has been made obsolete by the discovery of crude oil.

0381 - Fear (11/19/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Marian Seldes; Jane White; Earl Hammond.Diminutive bank teller Edgar Ellerbe is accused of robbing another branch of his own bank.

0380 - The Moonlighter (11/17/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Lovejoy; Bob Kaliban; Robert Dryden.* Needing extra cash to help satiate his wife's extravagant tastes, Stanley Morrison learns from his buddy of a way they can double their incomes.Defects: Background noise.

0379 - The Money Makers (11/14/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; William Redfield; Jack Grimes.Two counterfeiters set up their secret operation in an abandoned house, unaware that it's inhabited by a ghost.

0378 - Home is Where the Ghost Is (11/13/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Patricia Elliott; William Redfield; Gilbert Mack.Dr. Ramsey Joslin is haunted by the ghost of his late wife, Emily, who advises him to be careful in dealing with a defecting Russian scientist.

0377 - Party Girl (11/11/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Dan Ocko.A Congressman and gubernatorial candidate tries to cover up the suicide of a prostitute he had a tryst with.

0376 - The Public Avenger (11/10/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Arnold Stang; Marian Haley; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Himan Brown (uncredited).A business executive's assistant is alarmed when it's theorized that a mild-mannered colleague may be the vigilante who's been murdering several well-known criminals.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as an unnamed dry cleaner at the end of act 1 and beginning of act 2.

0375 - Killing Valley (11/7/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; William Redfield.* Polly Preston returns to the small town she grew up in to write a tell-all exposé about the powerful people who ostracized her parents years earlier.Defects: Muffled audio on and off.

0374 - The Edge of the Scalpel (11/5/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Gordon Gould; Don Scardino; Robert Kaliban; Joan Shay.Dr. Kirk Malcolm faces a dilemma: Perform a complicated yet life-saving surgical procedure on the husband of the nurse he loves.

0373 - The Mortgage (11/3/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Robert Maxwell.A college professor becomes deeply worried when his picture appears in the newspaper for his doing a good deed: It may lead to his being activated as a Russian double agent, disrupting his happily placid life.

0372 - It's Hell to Pay the Piper (10/31/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Walter Scott.Cast: Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson; Guy Sorel.A poor Scottish farmer pays his rent but fails to get a receipt from his feudal landlord, who later dies. Then the landlord's son demands that the farmer clear his debt.

0371 - Triptych for a Witch (10/30/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Margaret Hamilton; Kristoffer Tabori; Evie Juster; Gilbert Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited).A witch masquerades as the kindly, recently widowed great aunt of a newlywed couple, and moves in to their home along with a pair of peculiarly behaving pets.CBSRMT Trivia: Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz") stars in her only Mystery Theater episode. She plays...a witch, of course.Himan Brown is uncredited as Jake in act 1.

0370 - Ghost Powder (10/29/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Guy Sorel.As his political rivalry with Thomas Jefferson grows, John Adams has another matter on his plate: The French chateau he and wife Abigail have moved into is haunted.

0369 - The Storm Breeder (10/28/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Austin.Cast: Michael Tolan; Fred Gwynne; Ann Pitoniak; Arnold Moss; Ian Martin.A young judge aims to give rest to a lost soul who, with his young daughter, has been cursed to forever wander New England in search of a home while a dark storm cloud follows.

0368 - A Living Corpse (10/27/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Kirk Peterson; Patricia Elliott.Professor Amadeus Valdemar, an expert on hypnosis who's dying of consumption, talks Dr. Craig Nugent into hypnotizing him to forestall the Grim Reaper.

0367 - The Summer People (10/24/1975)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Jennifer Harmon; Grace Matthews; Leon Janney; William Redfield.* Seeking a place to pursue their artistic crafts during the summer, Jane and Mike Slater discover Granville, a town the couple learn is difficult to leave.

0366 - The Sealed Room Murder (10/23/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by M. D. Post.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Fred Gwynne; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.A sheriff and a judge take on the onerous task of solving the murder of the county's most repulsive resident.

0365 - Million Dollar Murder (10/21/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Patricia Elliott; Catherine Byers; Robert Dryden; Nat Polen.Facing a liquidation of his furniture company's assets, Dick Nelson is offered $1 million by a wealthy woman, provided he kill a close friend.

0364 - Never in This World (10/20/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; Ian Martin; Marian Seldes.When David Campbell discovers the ruins of an old church, he's drawn into challenging an ancient Gaelic curse.

0363 - Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods (10/16/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Jada Rowland; Santos Ortega; Joan Loring; Mary Jane Higby.After a newlywed couple honeymooning in Maine become lost and separated in the Dutchman's woods, the husband comes under the enticement of a spirit.

0362 - The Kiss of Death (10/15/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.Cast: Kirk Peterson; Patsy Bruder; Arnold Moss; Bryna Raeburn; Gilbert Mack.Despite the warnings of his mentors, an aspiring doctor in Padua, Italy falls in love with the daughter of the town's crackpot physician.

0361 - The Last Lesson (10/13/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Marian Haley; Leon Janney; Dan Ocko.Threatened with death unless he pays off his monetary debts, compulsive gambler Clarence Porter marries the plain yet wealthy Penny Meadows.

0360 - They Shall Stone Them with Stones (10/9/1975)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Jackson Beck; Arnold Stang; Bryna Raeburn; William Redfield.Mindreader Madame Dahrazum and her out-of-work husband put together a Vaudeville act. But trouble finds them when, during a show she sees visions of an unsolved murder.

0359 - Who Made Me? (10/7/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Don Scardino; Evie Juster.* 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.

0358 - The Five Ghostly Indians (10/6/1975)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Guy Sorel; Ann Pitoniak; Suzanne Grossman; Jay Gregory.A vacationing college professor and an innkeeper discover a strange Indian arrowhead along a spot of Maine's shoreline where an early explorer massacred six natives.

0357 - The Man Who Ran Away (10/2/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Robert Dryden; Martha Greenhouse; William Redfield.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.

0356 - The Primrose Path (10/1/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Rosemary Rice; Ken Harvey; Ian Martin; Jack Grimes.Maryann Melon is heir to a family-owned newspaper conglomerate, a kidnapping victim and possibly a willing member of a radical terrorist group.

0355 - You're Only Young Twice (9/29/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Norman Rose; Virginia Dwyer; Earl Hammond.A scientist develops a formula that reverses the aging process.

0354 - The Other Self (9/28/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Joan Shay; Russell Horton.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 particular the Battle of Shiloh.

0353 - The Thomas Jefferson Defense (9/27/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Leon Janney; Russell Horton; Jada Rowland; Bob Kaliban.Thomas Jefferson must defend an innocent Indian chief against both a murder indictment and the narrow-minded attitudes of the townspeople.

0352 - Assassination in Time (9/26/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jennifer Harmon; William Redfield; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Gordon Gould.A time-traveling couple struggle with whether to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and in doing so alter the course of history.

0351 - The Black Whale (9/25/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Brock Peters; Bret Morrison; Lynne Hamilton; Marvin Miller; Ken Lynch.A newly literate slave in antebellum Texas longs to be free, but death is the fate of anyone who tries to liberate him.

0350 - The Angels of Devil's Mountain (9/24/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Warren Stevens; Anne Seymour; James McCallion; Berry Kroeger.Severe chest pains force a traveling salesman to make a stop off at a remote village, where he's astounded to learn that everyone in town recognizes him.

0349 - The Headless Hessian (9/23/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lloyd Bochner; Jack Grimes; Marriette Hartley; Casey Kasem; Robert Maxwell.A headless specter first frightens, then helps General George Washington's troops on the eve of their assault on Trenton.

0348 - Solid Gold Soldiers (9/22/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Court Benson; William Redfield.Two Civil War spies play a battle of wits and deception against warring forces, allies, and even each other in an effort to secure $1 million in Confederate gold.CBSRMT Trivia: Starting with this episode, the next seven episodes commemorate the U.S. bicentennial with stories about people and events of U.S. history.

0347 - The Third Person (9/19/1975)Written by Arnold and Stella Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Henry James.Cast: Evie Juster; Marian Seldes; Arnold Moss; Court Benson.Two spinster cousins inherit an ancestral home, which is occupied by a long-dead cousin's ghost.

0346 - The Coffin with the Golden Nails (9/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Marian Seldes; Ralph Bell; Kristoffer Tabori.Determined to start a new life the head of a Latin American country's secret police undergoes cosmetic surgery. All goes well afterwards until he falls for a woman, he previously tortured.Defects: Occasional static.

0345 - The Prison of Glass (9/16/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lois Nettleton; John Newland; Hans Conried; Peg LaCentra; Berry Kroeger.Weighed down by the emotional baggage her mother, husband, and agent have all loaded on her a talented actress seeks refuge in the world inside a glass snow globe.

0344 - The Little Old Lady Killer (9/15/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Dianne Baker; Anne Seymour; Alan Reed; Marvin Miller; Berry Kroeger.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.

0343 - The Ghost Plane (9/12/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Richard Crenna; Janet Waldo; Casey Kasem; Virgina Gregg; Sam Edwards.* Two people wake up on a special airplane and have no idea how they got there or where they are going.

0342 - The Voice of Death (9/11/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Victor Jory; Amzie Strickland; Bret Morrison.A washed-up ventriloquist finds the perfect dummy to continue his act; the doll's designer plans to possess his soul in exchange.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Voice of Death" (Episode 342: 9/11/75) is similarly named as "Voices of Death" (Episode 91: 5/14/74) and "The Voices of Death" (Episode 271: 5/9/75).

0341 - The Ideas of March (9/10/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Nina Foch; Les Tremayne; Bret Morrison; Lou Krugman.* A wife desperately attempts to get her husband to cancel his business trip when she foresees his death in a vision.CBSRMT Trivia: Starting with this episode the next five episodes do not have any of the Mystery Theater regulars in the cast.

0340 - The Other Life (9/8/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Elliot Reid.A lonely housewife finds refuge in playing the ponies; but as her gambling debts mount, the distance between herself and her husband grows further.

0339 - Sleepwalker (9/5/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel; Sam Gray.A woman who wants so badly to kill her husband begins to plot his demise in her sleep.

0338 - The Special Undertaking (9/4/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Don Scardino; Jada Rowland; Staats Cotsworth; Ann Pitoniak; Robert Maxwell.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.

0337 - Portrait of Death (9/2/1975)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Rosemary Rice; Tony Roberts; Robert Dryden; Gilbert Mack.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.

0336 - The Smile of Death (9/1/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Court Benson; Ian Martin; Joan Shay; Evie Juster.An obnoxious baron's illegitimate son enlists the spirit of his late mother to extort his birthright and ensure his rightful inheritance.

0335 - Murder by Proxy (8/29/1975)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Lesley Woods; Grace Matthews; Leon Janney; William Redfield; Earl Hammond.Alex Hunter served as foreman on the jury that put Tim Cohane in prison for murder. Now released, Cohane is looking for revenge.

0334 - Night of the Howling Dog (8/28/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Algernon Blackwood.Cast: Mason Adams; Norman Rose; Marian Seldes; Kristoffer Tabori; Guy Sorel.A minister and his daughter lead a camping trip on a deserted island with a werewolf in the group's midst.

0333 - The Eavesdroppers (8/27/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Arnold Moss; Patricia Wheel; William Redfield; Ralph Bell; Joan Arless.* A couple is hired to spy on a renowned scientist and his wife at their estate in the Pocono Mountains.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Eavesdroppers" (Episode 333: 8/27/75) is similarly named as "The Eavesdropper" (Episode: 883 8/23/78).

0332 - Person to Be Notified (8/25/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Gilbert Mack.A woman takes a job at the remote island home of an eccentric author, then sets out to prove the author's lawyer is up to no good.

0331 - Terror in the Air (8/22/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Jennifer Harmon; Earl Hammond; Richard Seth; Hetty Galen.* 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.

0330 - Circle of Evil (8/21/1975)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Kristoffer Tabori; Mary Jane Higby; Rosemary Rice; Ian Martin.Two special needs adults are placed under a caregiver's watch; she is soon plagued by a restless spirit.

0329 - Welcome for A Dead Man (8/19/1975)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Gil Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited).* Released from prison after serving 21 years for murdering a payroll assistant, a crook sets out to find the stolen loot he stashed away.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the bartender in act 1.

0328 - Help, Somebody (8/18/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Court Benson; Joan Shay; Dan Ocko.* Anthony Price is on a lucky streak: He inherits a fortune his novel becomes a best seller, and he finds the woman of his dreams. What could go wrong?

0327 - The Unbearable Reflection (8/15/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Mandel Kramer; Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel.A state governor's despicable wife is tricked into killing her husband by the man's campaign manager.

0326 - The Root of All Evil (8/14/1975)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Ann Sheppard; Elliot Reid; Marian Seldes; George Petrie.* 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.

0325 - The Master Computer (8/13/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Augusta Dabney; Robert Dryden; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Robert Maxwell.* A couple return from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records.

0324 - Age Cannot Wither Her (8/11/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Joe Silver; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey; Earl Hammond.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.

0323 - The Grey Ghost (8/8/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Betsy Palmer; William Redfield; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.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.

0322 - To Die is Forever (8/7/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Jack Grimes; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney.A wealthy eccentric plans to have himself and his terminally ill wife cryogenically preserved until a cure is found for her cancer.

0321 - Hung Jury (8/5/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Catherine Byers; Joan Shay; Bob Dryden; Guy Sorel.A married, seemingly average accountant 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.

0320 - The Devil's Boutique (8/4/1975)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Loring; Robert L. Green; Jada Rowland; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin.A vain fashion designer visits a boutique at a Mediterranean resort city and suffers excruciating lessons in stealing from the shopkeeper.CBSRMT Trivia: Mystery Theater used 33 writers to write 1,399 episodes; only three wrote more than 100 episodes: Sam Dann (439), Ian Martin (244) and Elspeth Eric (117).

0319 - The Onyx Eye (8/1/1975)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Michael Wager; William Redfield; Bryna Raeburn; Sidney Sloan.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.

0318 - Carmilla (7/31/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Marian Seldes; Staats Cotsworth; Court Benson; Martha Greenhouse.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.

0317 - He Moves in a Mysterious Way (7/30/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Patsy Bruder; Leon Janney; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.* A hospital clergyman risks his own health and life in order to give counsel to an injured dancer facing surgery.

0316 - The Lady is a Jinx (7/28/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Patricia Elliott; Dan Ocko.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.

0315 - Woman from Hell (7/25/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Norman Rose; Mandel Kramer; Paul Hecht; Nat Polen.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.

0314 - Appointment in Uganda (7/24/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Arnold Stang; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.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 another life that makes him re-evaluate his life.

0313 - The Poisoned Pen (7/22/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Catherine Byers; Michael Tolan; Earl Hammond; Richard Seth.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.

0312 - Fateful Reunion (7/21/1975)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Jennifer Harmon; Ken Harvey; William Redfield.* A scientist invents a supercomputer that can predict future events; he and his fiancée use it for party entertainment but the fun dims when it makes a harrowing forecast involving their war buddy fathers.CBSRMT Trivia: The tune "Every Blossom Dies" which was introduced in episode

0311 - The Spots of the Leopard (7/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Russell Horton; Gil Mack; Leon Janney.A dock worker and his wife are placed in witness protection after he exposes organized crime activities within his company and union; it's an adjustment that the wife is unable to accept.

0310 - Nightmare's Nest (7/17/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Rosemary Rice; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Maxwell; Ian Martin.A reclusive scientist purchases a remote country estate, but the malevolent spirit who haunts the grounds is sure to disturb the peace.CBSRMT Trivia: The main theme music for Mystery Theater was taken from the CBS archives. That particular piece of music was composed by Nathan Van Cleave and was featured in a Twilight Zone episode called “Two” (1961; Season 3, episode 1) featuring Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as the only two survivors of a post-apocalyptic war. The music plays in the scene where Bronson knocks out Montgomery in a confrontation; they are both soldiers on opposing sides of the war. Incidental music can be heard throughout Mystery Theater episodes if you pay close attention, and you are familiar with original Twilight Zone series.

0309 - Goodbye, Karl Erich (7/16/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Sam Gray.The diary of Dr. Heinrich Stammler recalls how, in 1927 Germany, he treated a young man after his father's death in war.

0308 - Snake in the Grass (7/14/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Sandy Dennis; Ralph Bell; Arnold Stang; Robert Dryden.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.

0307 - The Widow's Auxiliary (7/11/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lenka Peterson; Gordon Gould; Carol Teitel; Arnold Moss; Court Benson.* A woman must save her husband from the lure of a local men's association, who wants his mechanical aptitude to advance their agenda.

0306 - The Ghostly Rival (7/10/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Will MacKenzie; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Earl Hammond.A young man strikes a deal with a mysterious creature to gain enough wealth to rival (and impress) his prospective father-in-law.

0305 - The Triangle (7/8/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden.The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Bermuda Triangle tells of a lost paradise within the mysterious void.

0304 - Guilty (7/7/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Ann Pitoniak; Nat Polen; Jean Gillespie.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.CBSRMT Trivia: "Guilty" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 304: 7/7/75) and (Episode 1132: 11/3/80).

0303 - The Slave (7/4/1975)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Fred Gwynne; Patsy Bruder; Mary Orr.* The stakes are high when two men make a daring bet.

0302 - Murder Will Out (7/3/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Robert Maxwell; Leon Janney; Gilbert Mack.A New York police detective goes to Miami in search of the man who killed his father, who was also an NYPD cop.

0301 - Come Back with Me (7/2/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Ian Martin; William Redfield.A businessman going through hard times goes back in time to visit the watering hole he enjoyed in his younger days.CBSRMT Trivia: This episode features the following Big Band classics:"Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller (1939)"Marie" by Tommy Dorsey (1937)"In the Mood" by Glenn Miller (1939)

0300 - The Golden Cauldron (6/30/1975)Written by Ralph Goodman. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Patricia Elliott; Clarice Blackburn; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton.A ghastly whodunit involving a trio of friends, a modern-day weapon, and a supposedly haunted castle overlooking Stonehenge.CBSRMT Trivia: Producer/Director Himan Brown borrowed the creaking door and the “pleasant dreams” ending comment from the old-time radio show “Inner Sanctum Mysteries” (1941-1952) which he also created.

0299 - The Rape of the Maia (6/27/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Arnold Stang; Norman Rose; Jackson Beck; Earl Hammond; Joan Shay.All evidence points to a famous dress designer in a notorious gambler's murder.

0298 - That Hamlet Was a Good Boy (6/26/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Will MacKenzie; Jennifer Harmon; Grace Matthews; Joe Silver; Leon Janney.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.

0297 - The Mask of Tupac Amaru (6/24/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ruby Dee; Michael Wager; Robert Dryden; Dan Ocko.Tension between an anthropology grad student and her fiancée is aggravated when they come into contact with an ancient Incan artifact.

0296 - The Mills of the Gods (6/23/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Copeland; Tony Roberts; Paul Hecht; William Redfield.An American touring Europe becomes enamored by a Parisian man, in Holland, much to the chagrin of her fiance.

0295 - Can You Trust Your Husband? (6/20/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Mandel Kramer; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey; Sam Gray.* After he's arrested on drug trafficking charges, a woman holds firm to her belief of her husband's innocence even though evidence suggests she does not know him as well as she had thought.

0294 - The Climbing Boy (6/19/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Court Benson; Ian Martin.In 1819 England, two noble women help an abused young chimney sweep.

0293 - Frame-up (6/18/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.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 clear her name.

0292 - The Smile of Deceit (6/16/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Arnold Moss; Joan Shay; Robert Dryden.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.

0291 - Stairway to Oblivion (6/13/1975)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Guy Sorel; Mary Jane Higby; Nat Polen.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.

0290 - A Case of Negligence (6/12/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Alan Hewitt; Hetty Galen; Gil Mack.* 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.

0289 - The Queen of Darkness (6/10/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Julie Harris; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Gordon Gould.A vain, out-of-work actress is recruited to play the queen of an obscure monarchy.

0288 - Fallen Angel (6/9/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Court Benson; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes; Carol Teitel.A manic-depressive writer believes an angel from Heaven is his muse, but he's prone to binge-drinking whenever the angel departs.

0287 - The Transformer (6/6/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Mandel Kramer; Earl Hammond.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.

0286 - The Plastic Man (6/5/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Don Scardino; Joan Loring; Russell Horton; Catherine Byers.A shallow playboy becomes entangled with a married woman, and is subject to the destructive powers of her parapsychologist husband.

0285 - The Devil's Leap (6/4/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin; Kristoffer Tabori.A famous film star works to reunite an estranged father and son after the mysterious death of their wife and mother.

0284 - River of Hades (6/2/1975)Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Norman Rose; Bryna Raeburn; George Petrie; Richard Lynch.A dancer from a foreign country becomes the object of a stalker in New York City.

0283 - Someday I'll Find You (5/30/1975)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Betsy Palmer; Joan Shay; Larry Haines; Gil Mack; Robert Maxwell.* 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.

0282 - Just One More Day (5/29/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Theodore Bikel; Evie Juster; Jackson Beck; Ken Harvey; Jack Grimes.* On his last day on the beat, a retiring cop has foreboding premonitions of his own death in a shootout.

0281 - The Executioner (5/27/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Jacqueline Brooks; Arnold Moss.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.

0280 - The Witches' Almanac (5/26/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.Cast: Virginia Payne; Robert Dryden; Jada Rowland; Marshall Borden; Dan Ocko.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.

0279 - Markheim: Man or Monster? (5/23/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Grace Matthews; Rosemary Rice; Guy Sorel; Ian Martin.Denied an inheritance from his wealthy grand 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.

0278 - Return to Shadow Lake (5/22/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Nat Polen; Joan Loring; Bob Kaliban; Robert Maxwell.A couple braves a blizzard to reach their summer cabin at Shadow Lake to investigate a possible break in. Upon arrival, the wife starts hearing disembodied voices, but the situation quickly escalates into something far more startling.

0277 - Don't Let It Choke You (5/21/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert L. Green; Jennifer Harmon; Court Benson; Ann Pitoniak; Larry Robinson.A 45-year-old widowed antique dealer is forced to take in a 17-year-old orphan girl as his ward. He is then faced with the challenges of bridging the generational gap with her.

0276 - The Diamond Necklace (5/19/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney.A modest couple, struggling to make ends meet, are invited to a posh dinner party hosted by the owner of the department store where the husband works. Has their luck changed?

0275 - The Rise and Fall of the Fourth Reich (5/16/1975)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; Ken Harvey.The story is set in Mexico during the 1970s and follows a group of scientists who discover an elderly German man, hinted to be a former Nazi leader, possibly even Adolf Hitler himself.

0274 - Deadly Dilemma (5/15/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Prince; Patricia Elliott; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin; Hetty Galen.Flight 801 is on its way from South America to New York. Someone onboard the plane has a bomb, and it’s up to the stewardess and the co-pilot, to identify the culprit before disaster strikes.

0273 - Where Angels Fear to Tread (5/13/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson; Robert Dryden.A professor of paranormal psychology experiments with astral projection, but the undertaking goes wildly out of control.

0272 - For Tomorrow We Die (5/12/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Beatrice Straight; Ralph Bell; Evie Juster; Russell Horton; Nat Polen.* A man is convicted of murdering his wife. Although he claims he's innocent he spends 25 years in prison. After his release he seeks out an old flame who is unaware of his past.

0271 - The Voices of Death (5/9/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Mary Jane Higby; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin.A seasoned corporate executive, expecting a promotion to company president after years of dedicated service, is devastated when the board chooses a younger candidate instead.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Voices of Death" (Episode 271: 5/9/75) is similarly named as "Voices of Death" (Episode 91: 5/14/74) and "The Voice of Death" (Episode 342: 9/11/75).Defects: Muffled audio in spots.

0270 - Taken for Granite (5/8/1975)Written by Hank Warner. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Shay; Joan Arless; Robert Dryden; Jim Dukas.A disturbed artist serves as the caretaker of a garden filled with lifelike statues.

0269 - The Transformation (5/7/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Mary W. Shelley.Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin; Evie Juster.A reckless young man in Genoa, Italy, encounters a mysterious, misshapen creature after a shipwreck during a storm.

0268 - The Paradise of the Devil (5/5/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Bob Kaliban; Catherine Byers; Peter Collins; Gil Mack.The daughter of a murdered warehouse night watchman wants to find his killer. The police are of little help, so she hires a private detective.

0267 - The Final Witness (5/2/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lou Jacobi; Joan Loring; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Maxwell; Leon Janney.A man finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when he witnesses a crime during a routine visit to a store. His detailed account of the event puts him at odds with his wife and draws the attention of dangerous figures connected to the incident.

0266 - Mad Monkton (5/1/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Wilkie Collins.Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Marian Seldes; Russell Horton; Ken Harvey; Paul Hecht.This gothic tale follows Stephen Monkton, the last of a cursed family line plagued by hereditary madness. Driven by an obsessive quest, Stephen seeks to break the curse by locating his uncle’s lost body in Naples and returning it to the family vault in America.

0265 - Black Widow (4/29/1975)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Hetty Galen; Jackson Beck; Dan Ocko.* A union leader’s sudden death sparks suspicion when his widow begins acting strangely. A detective investigates the mysterious circumstances, uncovering a web of intrigue tied to an unusual weapon: the black widow spider.

0264 - The Phantom of the Opera (4/28/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Gaston Leroux.Cast: Gordon Gould; Court Benson; Carol Teitel; Paul Hecht.The Gaston Leroux classic in which a mysterious and disfigured figure haunts the shadows of a grand opera house.

0263 - Till Death Do Us Join (4/25/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.Cast: Don Scardino; Roberta Maxwell; Guy Sorel; Arnold Moss.A young artist becomes entangled in a chilling and mysterious arrangement involving love, wealth, and a sinister figure from Rotterdam.

0262 - Bullet Proof (4/24/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Elliott; Mason Adams; George Petrie; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin.* A man is accused of murdering a thug when it is discovered that the thug was killed by the bullets from his gun even though it has always been in his possession.

0261 - Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die (4/23/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jada Rowland; Ann Pitoniak; Joan Shay; Ian Martin.A young woman travels to Malvern Grange to help out her aunt. As she settles into the isolated estate, she encounters a web of tension and unease, heightened by an old woman’s cryptic behavior and haunting presence.

0260 - Sting of Death (4/21/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Prince; Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Martha Greenhouse.Somebody is playing a deadly game with an unusual clock.

0259 - A Challenge for the Dead (4/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn.Police officer Johnny Gordon aims to nail, for murder, a gangster who used to be his friend.

0258 - Through the Looking Glass (4/17/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Jack Grimes; Evie Juster; Russell Horton; Ken Harvey.* Kathy & Doug Sellars get new neighbors, one of whom is an inventor that offers Doug a solar energy device that will revolutionize the world.

0257 - My Own Murderer (4/15/1975)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Robert Dryden; Catherine Byers; Suzanne Grossman; Ian Martin; Sam Gray.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.

0256 - The Intermediary (4/14/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Ralph Bell; Leon Janney.* 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.

0255 - The Phantom Stop (4/11/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Nat Polen; Carol Teitel; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited).* 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.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Mr. Goldman in act 2 and act 3.

0254 - The Death of Halpin Fraser (4/10/1975)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.Cast: Michael Wager; Grace Matthews; Arnold Moss; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson.A trip through Purgatory awaits a young man who's haunted by the voices of his mother, his father-in-law, and the wife he murdered.

0253 - The Altar of Blood (4/9/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Jennifer Harmon; Mason Adams; Ian Martin.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.

0252 - The Benjamin Franklin Murder Case (4/7/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Staats Cotsworth; Russell Horton; Gil Mack.Future Founding Father Ben Franklin helps solve a murder in a Philadelphia mansion in 1750.

0251 - Roses Are for Funerals (4/4/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Carole Shelley; Tony Roberts; Mildred Clinton; Dan Ocko; Himan Brown (uncredited).The story of a cross-Atlantic romance turns into a case of murder and intrigue, with a fake leopard skin coat as key evidence.Himan Brown is uncredited as an unnamed character, in the museum, in act 2.

0250 - The Garrison of the Dead (4/3/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Lovejoy; Court Benson; Leon Janney; Bob Kaliban.After his hanging for murdering a reporter who wrote about him, a hustler is given a second chance at life to fulfill his dream of becoming a writer.

0249 - The Killer Inside (4/1/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Anne Meara; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.A woman's mundane life is stirred when her transporting of a package to Europe puts her into the middle of international intrigue.

0248 - Killer of the Year (3/31/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Teri Keane; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Ken Harvey.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.

0247 - Key to Murder (3/28/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Maxwell; Robert Dryden.A police detective probes the case of two murders that took place in rooms sealed from the inside with no apparent exits.

0246 - The Velvet Claws (3/27/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Gilbert Mack.A young man tells his therapist how he escaped from a town whose residences have an unhealthy preoccupation with cats.

0245 - Death is a Dream (3/26/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Michael Wager; Bob Kaliban; Jack Grimes; Bryna Raeburn.A woman has a dream about her brother being murdered, prompting her to pursue the killer even without proof of the crime.

0244 - The Deadly Double (3/24/1975)Written by Vicky Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney.A woman escapes from a mental institution and forcefully swaps places with her sane sister.

0243 - The Man Must Die (3/21/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Prince; Augusta Dabney; Kristoffer Tabori; Ian Martin.Instead of a death penalty, a court judge administers a 20-years-to-life prison sentence to a convicted murderer; the ruling angers the judge's son.

0242 - The Doppelganger (3/20/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Rosemary Rice; Tony Roberts; Russell Horton.A psychologist's daughter spurns her fiancé for a hoodlum boyfriend who forces her to have an abortion.

0241 - It's Murder, Mr. Lincoln (3/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Keir Dullea; Jennifer Harmon; Paul Hecht; Joe Silver; Robert Dryden.Against the legal establishment's warnings, young lawyer Abraham Lincoln aggressively presses forward in defending a client against a murder charge.

0240 - Every Blossom Dies (3/17/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; George Petrie; Catherine Byers; Evie Juster.All the evidence in a young woman's murder points to the police detective investigating the case.CBSRMT Trivia: The moody song "Every Blossom Dies" which is heard throughout this episode is used again to great effect in the climax of episode

0239 - The Cezar Curse (3/14/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.Cast: Richard Kiley; Roberta Maxwell; Ann Pitoniak; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin.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.

0238 - Death Pays No Dividend (3/13/1975)Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Guy Sorel; Court Benson; Ken Harvey.* 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.

0237 - The Dark Closet (3/12/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Jada Rowland; Kristoffer Tabori; Frances Sternhagen; Earl Hammond.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.

0236 - The Stuff of Dreams (3/10/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Jack Grimes; Dan Ocko.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.

0235 - The Eye of Death (3/7/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Hackett; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden; Joan Shay.A photographer tries to prove her stepfather murdered her mother, taking desperate measures when he plans to marry again.

0234 - When the Death Bell Tolls (3/6/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mary Jane Higby; Rosemary Rice; Joan Lovejoy; Russell Horton; Ian Martin.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.

0233 - The Pit and the Pendulum (3/4/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Tony Roberts; Marian Seldes; Norman Rose.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.

0232 - The Wakeful Ghost (3/3/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Virginia Payne; Jada Rowland; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.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.

0231 - An Identical Murder (2/28/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Elliot Reid; William Redfield; Roberta Maxwell; Robert Dryden.Identical twins Jack and Vince Benton are both in love with the same woman, but Ann Slater loves only Jack. Then one of the twins dies.

0230 - Them!Written by Ralph Goodman. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Alan Hewitt; Jordan Charney; Augusta Dabney; Evie Juster; Jim Ducas.A lawyer and former judge takes it upon himself to kidnap and imprison acquitted criminals.

0229 - The Strange Case of Lucas Lauder (2/26/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Lansing; Lenka Peterson; Ralph Bell; Ira Lewis; Patricia Pierdon.As he is about to be executed, a condemned murderer tells the warden he's possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper, who will soon possess the warden.

0228 - Hell Hath No Fury (2/24/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Patricia Wheel; Teri Keane; Ken Harvey.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.

0227 - The Weavers of Death (2/21/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Bob Kaliban; Joe Silver; Bryna Raeburn; Catherine Byers.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.

0226 - Must Hope Perish (2/20/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Hugh Marlowe; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden.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.

0225 - Love Me and Die (2/18/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Sheppard; Mason Adams; Robert Dryden; Robert L. Green.Emily Barlow is haunted by the ghost of her first husband on her honeymoon.

0224 - The Death Wish (2/17/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ann Pitoniak; Roberta Maxwell; Jada Rowland; Court Benson; Michael Zaslow.* 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.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Death Wish" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 224: 2/17/75) and (Episode 1069: 3/19/80).

0223 - The Shadow of the Past (2/14/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Clarice Blackburn; Sam Gray; Gilbert Mack; Jack Grimes.Dr. Benno Koenig recognizes a patient as Karlheinz Meier, a guard at the Nazi concentration camp where he and his wife were imprisoned.

0222 - A Small Question of Terror (2/13/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Gordon Gould; Joan Shay; Leon Janney.* A woman is interrogated by a ruthless police state official asking her to confess to something without telling her what she is suspected of doing.

0221 - Journey Into Nowhere (2/10/1975)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Arnold Moss; Joan Lovejoy; Court Benson; Evie Juster.An archeologist finds artifacts connected with a goddess who vows revenge on anyone who exposes her power.

0220 - Death is so Trivial (2/7/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Kristoffer Tabori; Suzanne Grossman; Bryna Raeburn; Dan Ocko.After perishing in a hit-and-run accident, James Blake vows to spend his afterlife preventing the equally unnecessary deaths of others.

0219 - The Sire De Maletroit's Door (2/6/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.Cast: Michael Wager; William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden.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.

0218 - Death in the Stars (2/4/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Paul Hecht; Ian Martin; Rosemary Rice; Mary Jane Higby.* A newspaper executive is upset when her paper's horoscope column predicts her imminent death.

0217 - Death on Skis (2/3/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Rosemary Murphy; Larry Haines; Ralph Bell; Norman Rose.Kay Wylie and her husband vacation at a ski resort that's been the scene of several brutal murders in past years.

0216 - The Disembodied Voice (1/31/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Celeste Holm; Wesley Addy; Robert Dryden; Mildred Clinton.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.

0215 - The Night of the Wolf (1/30/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Joan Shay; Evie Juster; Ken Harvey; Russell Horton.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.

0214 - Windandingo (1/28/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Court Benson; Mason Adams; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn.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.

0213 - A Coffin for the Devil (1/27/1975)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Keir Dullea; Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Peter Collins; Nat Polen.A man summons a group of experts 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.

0212 - The Follower (1/26/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jerry Orbach; Carol Teitel; Nat Polen; Jackson Beck.A New York talent agent is dogged by someone or something following his every footstep.

0211 - The Flowers of Death (1/24/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Larry Haines; Robert Maxwell; Gil Mack.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?

0210 - Sleepy Village (1/23/1975)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Martha Greenhouse; Court Benson; Ken Harvey.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."

0209 - Concerto in Death (1/22/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ian Martin; Marian Seldes; Carol Teitel; Lon Clark.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.CBSRMT Deja vu: This episode is similar to episode 146 “The Hand That Refused to Die.” The protagonist in both episodes is named Anton. This episode is about a violinist while the earlier episode was about a pianist. Both episodes were written by George Lowther.

0208 - The Precious Killer (1/20/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Beatrice Straight; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Ann Pitoniak; Dan Ocko.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,

0207 - Ghost Talk (1/17/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Lenka Peterson; Elliot Reid; Robert Dryden; Gordon Gould.* After Paul's death, his wife Melba promises she'll love and remember him always.

0206 - A Death of Kings (1/16/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Robert Dryden.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 scientific discovery.

0205 - Faith and the Faker (1/14/1975)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Mary Jane Higby; Bryna Raeburn; Guy Sorel; Russell Horton.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.

0204 - The Witness is Death (1/13/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Shay; Ken Harvey; Sam Gray; Ian Martin.After being shot by an 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.

0203 - The Cask of Amontillado (1/12/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Richard Kiley; Frances Sternhagen; Roberta Maxwell; Leon Janney; Robert Dryden.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.

0202 - The Tell-Tale Heart (1/11/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Ann Sheppard; Robert Dryden.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.

0201 - The Masque of the Red Death (1/10/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Staats Cotsworth; Karl Swenson; Lois Smith; Jack Grimes; Evie Juster.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.

0200 - Berenice (1/9/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Norman Rose; Michael Tolan; Joan Lovejoy; Roberta Maxwell.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.

0199 - The Oblong Box (1/8/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Richard Mulligan; Grace Matthews; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.On a transatlantic cruise, Cornelius Wyatt brings with him a peculiar pine box that, as his college friend and his wife later learn, contains something ghastlier than the painting Cornelius insists it contains.

0198 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1/7/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Paul Hecht; Guy Sorel; Corrine Orr; Dan Ocko.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.

0197 - The Premature Burial (1/6/1975)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Keir Dullea; Paul Hecht; Guy Sorel; Marian Seldes.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.CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their second year, Mystery Theater presents seven consecutive adaptations of stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

0196 - The Many Names of Death (1/5/1975)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; William Redfield; Marian Haley.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.

0195 - The Reluctant Killer (1/2/1975)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Roberta Maxwell; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.* 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.

0194 - The Deadly Pearls (1/1/1975)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kate Reid; Paul Hecht; Grace Matthews; Court Benson.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.

0193 - The Golem (12/30/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Lansing; Mildred Clinton; Patricia Elliott; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden.As a man tries to save a young Jewish woman and her grandfather from Nazi pursuers, the old man begins to construct a creature from ancient Hebrew legend to save them.

0192 - Turn About is Foul Play (12/26/1974)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Vicky Vola; Jackson Beck; Sid Sloan.* A man conspires with his girlfriend to kill his wealthy, sickly wife. He changes his mind at the last moment, but someone else carries out the job.

0191 - A Very Private Miracle (12/24/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Jennifer Marlowe; Virginia Payne; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.A touching Christmas tale about a cantankerous multimillionaire and a little girl who wants him to play Santa Claus.CBSRMT Trivia: Mystery Theater only aired two Christmas episodes during its nine year run. The first, "A Very Private Miracle," aired only once, on Christmas Eve of 1974.The second, "A Christmas Carol," aired on every Christmas Eve from 1975 to 1981 and was the only episode to star Mystery Theater host E. G. Marshall as Ebenezer Scrooge.

0190 - Give the Devil His Due (12/23/1974)Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Joe Silver; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Peter Donald.* An over-the-hill dancer sells her soul to the devil to regain her youth and talent, but consequences arise when she reneges on the deal.

0189 - The House of the Voodoo Queen (12/19/1974)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Loring; Jordan Charney; Renee Roy; Dan Ocko; Gilbert Mack.The story of a New Orleans house haunted by a malicious spirit; the couple who just inherited it; and another woman who seduces the husband in order to gain possession of it.

0188 - Charity is Never Dead (12/18/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Virginia Payne; Rosemary Rice; William Prince; Patricia Wheel; George Petrie.* Two patients are brought into a hospital ER: An elderly woman, badly injured in a department store explosion, who cannot find the granddaughter she was just reunited with; and a younger woman with a head injury and amnesia.

0187 - Stephanie's Room (12/16/1974)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Dryden.After a housewife moves with her husband back to her hometown of New York City, she visits the house in which she grew up, soon developing a symbiotic relationship with the aged, childless woman who now resides there.

0186 - Is the Lady Dead? (12/12/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Joan Loring; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney.While on a trip to England, American businessman Barney Kreuger marries a woman on a whim. But two weeks after the nuptials, his wife dies, causing Barney to become obsessed with bringing her back to life.

0185 - The Damned Thing (12/10/1974)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.Cast: Arnold Moss; Robert Dryden; Joan Tompkins; Evie Juster; Robert Kaliban.A coroner conducts an inquest into a wealthy man's death; witnesses offer different recollections of the incident.

0184 - The Fatal Connection (12/9/1974)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Nick Pryor; Robert Maxwell; Joan Shay.Expectant couple Hal & Norma Glenford inherit a New York City brownstone once owned by Hal's great-grandfather; the home contains 1890s decor, including an antique phone that sends the Glenfords back in time to relieve their ancestors' sordid, unscrupulous lives.

0183 - The Body Snatchers (12/5/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Patricia Elliott; Ralph Bell; Court Benson; Ken Harvey.The sight of a medical school classmate prompts a drunkard to ruefully recall how he got caught up in a sordid trade — robbing graves to sell cadavers to the school "in the name of medicine and research."

0182 - A Bride for Death (12/4/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Bryna Raeburn; Marian Seldes; Earl Hammond.An unlucky poet finds love and affection from a neighbor, a melancholic woman awaiting her fiancé's return from the war.

0181 - The Dice of Doom (12/2/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Carol Teitel; Ian Martin; Gordon Gould; Robert Dryden.Through the use of two special dice, a 19th century gambler tries to outwit The Devil and alter the fate he was bound to by an ancestor's mistake.

0180 - The Aaron Burr Murder Case (11/28/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; George Petrie; Joan Shay; William Redfield; Leon Janney.* A movie recreation of the Burr–Hamilton duel ends with the actor playing Aaron Burr fatally shooting the man portraying Alexander Hamilton.

0179 - Courtyard of Death (11/26/1974)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Ann Pitoniak; Mason Adams; Jean Gillespie; Jackson Beck; Roger DeKoven.The tale of Grigori Rasputin, the lecherous monk who became advisor to Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family.

0178 - The Sighting (11/25/1974)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Nat Polen; Ralph Bell; Joe Silver; Robert Dryden.Sarah and David Hughes have different reactions after witnessing a UFO landing: He wants to deny what he saw, while she becomes amiable to the aliens.

0177 - The Death Watch (11/21/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jay Gregory; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.A man wins a cursed pocket watch in a game of chance and becomes obsessed with keeping it wound.

0176 - Tattooed for Murder (11/20/1974)Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Stefan Schnabel; Rosemary Rice; Ralph Bell.Erika Kramer, having escaped her cruel father to become the "Tattooed Princess" in the carnival, has returned home years later in an effort to save her younger sister.

0175 - The Strange Voyage of the Lady Dee (11/18/1974)Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Augusta Dabney; Paul Hecht; Corrine Orr; Margaret Barker; Dan Ocko.A young couple and their daughter become lost in fog on a boat trip; a spirit lures them to a strange island whose lone inhabitant may not have the family's best interests at heart.

0174 - The Thirty-Sixth Man (11/14/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ross Martin; Ann Pitoniak; Robert Harris; Carol Teitel; Robert Dryden.The Devil aims to tempt a shopkeeper in order to prevent him from joining a group of 36 righteous men who can save a sinful world.

0173 - I Must Kill Edna (11/12/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Elliot Reid; Joan Loring; Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond.Soon after marrying an older, wealthy woman, a man begins an affair with a younger, aspiring stage actress.

0172 - Wave of Terror (11/11/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Carmen Matthews; Suzanne Grossman; Gordon Gould; Ian Martin.As a great tidal wave heads for Hawaii, two young lovers' proposed marriage is frowned upon by both the groom's mother (a Polynesian queen) and the bride's father (a wealthy plantation owner).

0171 - How Eberhard Won His Wings (11/7/1974)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Hans Conried; Marian Haley; Jackson Beck; Bryna Raeburn; Martha Greenhouse; Arnold Moss.Timid bank teller Eberhard Edwards is so righteous to everyone that he literally grows angel wings; now the butt of embarrassing jokes, he and his wife must find a sinful way to shed them.

0170 - Terror on the Heath (11/6/1974)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Sheppard Strudwick; Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Lon Clark; Chris Gampel.A man becomes convinced he's the reincarnation of a famous 19th century murderer.

0169 - Bury Me Again (11/4/1974)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Vicky Vola; Gilbert Mack; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited).* A survivor of a horrible train wreck assumes the name of a victim so that he and his wife can collect on the dead man's sizeable life insurance policy.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the hotel clerk in act 2 and act 3.

0168 - The Demon Spirit (10/31/1974)Written by Milt Wisoff. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by S. Anski.Cast: Norman Rose; Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Nat Polen; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes.After being told his betrothed's father gave her hand in marriage to another suitor, a student ponders using the evil skills he learned from a miracle worker to prevent the wedding.

0167 - The Black Room (10/29/1974)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; George Petrie; Peter Collins.The story of a man who, for reasons undisclosed, is kidnapped and imprisoned in a room devoid of light and diversions.

0166 - Possessed by the Devil (10/28/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Donald Buka; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Guy Sorel; Leon Janney.A minister's young son is hospitalized with a supposedly fatal skull injury; the boy's recovery may be due to possession by a spirit.

0165 - A Cage for Augie Karo (10/24/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Robert Maxwell; Earl Hammond.Incarcerated criminal Augie Karo may have found a way out of prison when an elderly fellow inmate gives him a vial of powder that can put him to sleep for centuries.

0164 - See Naples and Die (10/23/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko; Ken Harvey.A U.S. Senator fears for his daughter's well-being and his political future when he learns she's about to marry the target of his subcommittee's investigation.

0163 - Mind Over Matthew (10/21/1974)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: William Redfield; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.A 40-year-old bachelor marries a woman half his age, but her power to heal leads him to believe she might be a witch.

0162 - The Last Escape (10/17/1974)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Joseph Julian; Russell Horton; Bob Kaliban.Aging escape artist The Great Ferlini plans a headline-making endeavor, one that even Harry Houdini couldn't complete; his wife and her lover wants to make sure he does not succeed.CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on 1/31/1961.

0161 - Picture on a Wall (10/15/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Dianne Baker; John Newland; Anne Seymour; Dennis Cole.An aspiring stage ingenue finds a visitor in the courtyard of her new Greenwich Village apartment, a man who says he's the grandson, and is also the spitting image, of a figure on a painting in the apartment.

0160 - A Scaffold for Two (10/14/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: John Beal; Bret Morrison; Denise Alexander; Casey Kasem.Waylaid on a small island, a lawyer becomes witness to the locals' own brand of justice a kangaroo court determined to hang a man who was already acquitted of murder on the mainland.

0159 - The Doll (10/10/1974)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joanne Linville; Ross Martin; Virginia Gregg; Karl Swenson.Jealous over the upcoming marriage of his old friend's daughter, an anthropologist arranges to have a voodoo doll made in the woman's likeness to stop the nuptials.CBSRMT Trivia: "The Doll" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 159: 10/10/74) and (Episode 1182: 4/8/81).

0158 - Trapped (10/9/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Nina Foch; Charles Aidman; Lesley Woods; Joan Tompkins; Joe DeSantis.An ailing woman is convinced her husband, and her new caregiver are plotting to kill her, and conspires with her old nurse to stay alive.

0157 - Sister of Death (10/7/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kay T. Stevens; Amzie Strickland; Alan Reed; Bret Morrison.At a public auction, a recently married woman purchases a portrait that happens to depict her new husband's first wife who was murdered during a robbery.

0156 - The Golden Blood of the Sun (10/3/1974)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: John Forsythe; Rita Gam; Arnold Moss; Berry Kroeger.After moving from New England to Florida, a timeshare salesman hits a run of rainy days and bad luck. Believing him to be cursed, his boss sends the salesman to Mexico.

0155 - The Bride That Wasn't (10/1/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Janet Waldo; Anne Seymour; Lurene Tuttle; Bill Quinn; Bernard Barrow.Two weeks after becoming engaged, Amy Prentice travels to the home of her fiancé who's already married and has no recollection of ever meeting Amy.

0154 - Murder to Perfection (9/30/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; John Newland; Joseph Campenella.* Nikki Carpenter is horrified when her fiance's brother candidly confesses to murdering Nikki's sister, his previous wife.

0153 - The Spectral Bride (9/26/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Joan Loring; Patricia Elliott; Robert Dryden; Jordan Charney."In older days, an alchemist was a man accorded most infinite respect..." but here, it's an alchemist's late daughter that demands respect.

0152 - The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff (9/25/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Augusta Dabney; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond.A construction worker becomes emotionally distraught after losing his sight in an accident.

0151 - Island of the Lost (9/23/1974)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin.A middle-aged man travels to an island resort to surprise his young beloved, but uncertainty about their relationship leads to doubts about himself.

0150 - The Garden (9/19/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Jack Grimes; Nancy Coleman; Joe Silver.A man and woman find themselves imprisoned in a peculiar forest that has two sides: one is as deathly frightening; the other is gentle and enticing.

0149 - Thicker than Water (9/17/1974)Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jay Gregory; Robert Dryden; Bob Kaliban; Grace Matthews; Ira Lewis.* A lawyer tries to prove to a jury, and to himself, that his mugger client is innocent of murder by asking to perform a chemical test on the knife allegedly used in the killing.CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast as "The Test" on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on 2/20/1962.

0148 - What Happened to Mrs. Forbush? (9/16/1974)Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Patricia Wheel; Gordon Gould; Billie Lou Watt; Mary Jane Higby; Guy Sorel.Marjorie & Bert Desmond and their son Robbie rent a long-abandoned seaside home for the summer. After they move in, the ghost of a sea captain's wife who lived there two centuries earlier warns Marjorie they'd better leave.

0147 - The Trouble with Murder (9/12/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Morse; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Jackson Beck; Ian Martin.Brooklyn police are baffled by the deaths of four women found naked and headless.

0146 - The Hand That Refused to Die (9/11/1974)Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mandel Kramer; Marian Seldes; Carol Teitel; Russell Horton.A gifted concert pianist is devastated when his right hand is amputated after an auto accident.CBSRMT Trivia: The classical piece in this episode is Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66.

0145 - Double Exposure (9/9/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Larry Haines; Joan Shay; Sam Gray.Susan Hollis runs across two people who claim that she is someone else. One claims that she was her neighbor while the other claims she was his wife, who abandoned him and their two children.

0144 - Deadline for Death (9/5/1974)Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joseph Julian; Michael Tolan; June Gable; Guy Repp.Sam Rogers testifies against his former partner-in-crime, Johnny Promo, but goes into seclusion in the wake of Johnny's promise that Sam will die within 30 days of his execution.

0143 - The Imp in the Bottle (9/3/1974)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.Cast: William Redfield; Joan Loring; Ian Martin; Santos Ortega; Leon Janney.Barry Holden inherits an amulet containing an imp that can grant wishes of wealth but to save his soul, Barry must sell the talisman for less than he paid for it.

0142 - The Return of Anatole Chevenic (9/2/1974)Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Alexander Scourby; Ann Pitoniak; Gil Mack; Sid Sloan.* Hans Chevenic works long hours for his sadistic uncle Anatole, who in return gives meager pay and no assurance of an inheritance; it leaves Hans fantasizing about Anatole's death.