Episode Guide

[brian1984_2001]

0001 The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill

Original Air date: 770106

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Leon Janny, Roger DeKoven

Plot: An old woman takes on a border who is ill. As he dies, he makes a strange deathbed confession that gets her into trouble.

Rating: 7.0 It was the first show, and they were tinkering with EG's role in the show, but all the elements are there.

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0002 Return of the Moresbys

Original Air Date: 740107

Stars: Patrick O'Neill, Marian Seldes, Dan Ocko, Nick Pryor

Plot: A man kills his wife after he finds out she gave all their money away. He is sure she has come back to life as cat to torment him.

Rating 8.0 This episode embodies much of what CBSRMT would encompass in the coming year. Our introduction to CBSRMT mainstays MArian Seldes and Leon Janny who both shine. Recommended

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0003 The Bullet

Original Air Date: 740108

Writer Sam Dann (His 1st script)

Stars: Larry Haines, Evie Juster, Leon Janny, Martin Newman, Ralph Bell

Plot: The "wrong man" dies in combat and must travel back to get the man who should have died in combat to give up his life to set the cosmos straight.

Rating: 8.0 Sam Dann's first script is deep and the story well acted. Recommended.

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0004 Lost Dog

Original Air Date: 740109

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Kim Hunter, George MAthews, Robert Dryden (His first episode), Gilbert Mack, Mandy Pantinkin

Plot: A petty thug torments his wife --- who is afraid of dogs --- by buying a doberman and trying to make her live with it. She has different ideas.

Rating: 8.5 Truly a classic and an episode most fans can readily identify. Highly recommended.

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0005 No Hiding Place

Original Air Date: 740110

Writer: Sidney Sloan

Stars: Larry Haines, Jackson Beck, Anne Meecham, Sydney Walker, Tom Keena

Plot: A man who is about to become CEO of his father-in-law's corporation is blackmailed for a horrible misdeed in his past.

8.0 Excellent suspense thriller. We get to hear Beck's crusty villian voice for the first time. Recommended

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0006 Honeymoon with Death:

Original Air Date: 740111

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Lois Nettleton, Tony Roberts, Teri Keane, Norman Rose (First episode for 4 CBSRMT mainstays)

Plot: When A young woman comes home from her "honeymoon" her husband vanishes and her sister tells her the entire marriage was a dream. She tries to convince a young cop that her husband was murdered.

Rating: 7.0 Strong characters and good acting carry this incredibly contrived script.

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0007 I Warn You Three Times

Original Air Date: 740112

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Joan Loring, Sam Gray, Mason Adams

Plot: A woman's husband gets out of the car in a snowstorm in NY City to clear the car windows and vanishes into thin air. His reasons for disappearance are compelling.

Rating: 8.5 Loring is truly compelling in her role as the "wife". Creepy story.

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0008 Cold Storage

Original Air Date: 740113

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Ruby Dee, John Baragray, Bryna Raeburn, Roxy Roker

Plot: When a man finds out his deceased mother is actually alive, he locks her in the basement so he may inherit her home and her wealth.

Rating: 7.5

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0009 Death Rides a Stallion

Original Air Date: 740114

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Paul McGraff, Barbara Worthington, Henry Belevar

Plot: A Lothario is tormented by the ghost of a woman he used who later died in a horse riding accident.

Rating: 7.0 Some of the acting is a little over the top, but the story is good.

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0010 The Resident

Original Air Date: 740115

Writer: Elspeth Eric (Her first script)

Stars: Carmen Mathews (her first), Joan Lorring, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A retired woman moves from the city to the country and is tormented by a cat and a young woman who move in against the woman's will. The cat's name is EVIL.

Rating: 7.5 The predictable end is given a little twist with its unusual presentation. The cat is very annoying.

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0011 Accounts Receivable

Writer: Sidney Sloan

Stars: William Prince, Joseph Julian, Ralph Carter, Joan Lovejoy, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin

Plot: A son brings his ailing, paroled father home from the hospital. Meanwhile, he must find $15000 to buy out his business partner or lose his business.

Rating: 6.5 Kind of sappy, but well acted.

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0012 You Can Die Again

Original Air Date: 740117

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Richard Mulligan, Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Bryna Raeburn, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A man is convinced that he murdered his wife. he is also convinced that he has been having an affair with another woman. However, he can't convince a police detecitve of either.

Rating:6.0 The story is convoluted and difficult to follow.

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0013 Ring a Ring of Roses

Original Air Date: 740118

Writer: S.J. Wilson

Stars: Glynnis O'Connor, George Petrie, Sydney Walker, Elspeth Eric, Hollan Taylor, Carol Hilliard

Plot: A young couple stumble across a ghostly scene of a man trying to whip a little girl. They find themselves wrapped up in a family curse and an old murder.

Rating: 7.0 Great story brought down by some silly science and uneven performances.

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0014 The Girl Who Found Things

Original Air Date: 740119

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Norman Rose, Bryna Raeburn, Ann Costello, Robert Dryden, Barbara Caruso.

Plot: A couple take in a young, delinquent girl with a talent for finding lost objects -- and dead bodies.

Preview: "The Chinaman Button" making this an original broadcast recording

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0015 The Chinaman Button

Original Air Date: 740120

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Mason Adams, Paul Hecht, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell, Will Hare

Plot: A man desperate for money is offered the chance to make a fortune. All he has to do is commit an anonymous murder where he won't even have to see the victim.

Rating: 9.0 One of the all time best. Superb morality tale that challenges your own beliefs. Story is strong and characters are well developed.

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0016 Dead for a Dollar

Original Air Date: 740120

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Paul Hecht, Joseph Julian, Tony Roberts, Joan Lovejoy, Mary Jane Higby, George Petrie

Plot: Two men plot to murder the businessman who swindled them. When they are pre-empted by somebody else, they are left to pay the price while receiving none of the rewards.

Rating: 7.5 Well written crime drama.

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0017 A Very Old Man

Original Air Date: 740122

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Santos Ortega, Norman Rose, Bryna Raeburn, Billie Redfield

Plot: An ancient man has the power to heal people with his touch and has uncanny insight into people's character and motives.

Rating: 7.0 Little too sappy in places, but otherwise a decent story. Rose shines.

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0018 Nothing but the Truth

Original Air Date: 740123

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Arnold Moss, Ralph Bell, Kristopher Tabori, Clarissa Blackburn, William Redfield

Plot: A college professor tries to take the blame for his wayward son who has hit and killed a pedestrian. A young detective suspects the truth, but can't convince his boss of it.

Rating: 8.5 Rich characters and solid acting support this solid morality tale.

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0019 Deadly Honeymoon

Original Air Date: 740124

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Besty Von Furstenburg, Michael Wager, Elspeth Eric, Mason Adams

Plot: A woman learns that detectives are tailing her new husband because they suspect he killed his first wife.

Rating: 7.5 A bit farfetched, but it keeps twisting and turning unexpectedly.

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0020 Speak of the Devil

Orginal Air Date: 740125

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars:: Jada Rowland, Nick Pryor, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin

Plot: A young bride is tormented by a demon after attending a seance just before her wedding.

Rating: 7.0

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0021 The Ring of Truth

Original Air Date:740126

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Dan Ocko, Santos Ortega, Mandel Kramer, Ian Martin

Plot: A father destroys his daugter's relationship with a man by forcing her to offer testimony against him in a vehicular homicide case. Several lives are ruined.

Rating: 7.0

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0022 Time and Again

Original Air Date: 740127

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: John Beale, Carmen Mathews, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin

Plot: A clock repairman finds a clock that grants its owner an extra hour in a day. The price is just a small amount of blood. . .

Rating: 9.5 One of the very best! Martin's finest work. Highly Recommended.

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0023 Three Woman

Original Air Date: 740128

Writer: elspeth Eric

Stars: Ruth Ford, George Petrie, Elspeth Eric, Joan Loring, Roger DeKoven

Plot: A writer's publisher wants him to change the end of a book to more fully exploit the heroine. He is afraid because he fears his character is indeed alive.

Rating: 6.0 Sappy, sappy, sappy.

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0024 The Man Who Heard Voices

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Larry Haines, Augusta Dabney, Leon Janny, Suzanne Grossman

Plot: A successful attorney is haunted by the voice of the wife he killed in a mercy killing ten years prior. It threatens the relationship he is having with his new girlfriend with whom he started an affair shortly after his wife fell ill.

Rating: 8.0 The story is pretty good, but the ending is spectacular. Recommended.

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0025 Mother Love

Original Air Date: 740130

Writer: Bob Juhren (his first)

Stars: Joan Hackett, Mason Adams, Leon Janny, Evie Juster, Roger DeKoven, Vinnette Carroll

Plot: A young woman, unable to conceive, seeks out a fortune teller who says she can help her have a baby for $6000 and a strange favor.

Rating: 8.5 Creepy with an ending reminiscent of "Rosemary's Baby"

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0026 The Man Who Asked for Yesterday

Original Air Date: 740131

Writer: Ian Martin

stars: Mandel Kramer, Paul Hecht, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A man is gunned down by his wife. When he arrives in the afterlife, he begs to be allowed to live the last part of his life over.

Rating: 7.5 Intriguing tale. Even though you can predict the ending, you keep rooting for the guy.

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0027 The Dead Ringer

Original Air Date: 740201

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Leon Janny, Joan Lovejoy, Larry Haines, Paul Hecht, Robert Dryden

Plot: A woman finds a man who looks exactly like her husband. She uses him to help murder her husband.

Rating: 7.0

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0028 A Ghostly Game of Death

Original Air Date: 740202

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: William Prince, Ralph Bell, Joan Tyson, William Redfield, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A ghost hunter tries to drive the ghost of an old sea captain's wife out of a house so a new buyer can live in it to tear it down to build condominiums.

Rating: 7.5 Well told "chick-flick" type haunted house story.

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0029 Sign of the Beast

Original Air Date: 740203

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Dan Ocko, Tom Keena, Paul McGrath, Lois Smith

Plot: An impetuous female archeologist violates the customs of a local tribe by offering them praise and she steals their artifacts. She finds their price high.

Rating: 7.5 The premise is foolishly contrived, but the story is well paced and well acted.

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0030 Here Goes the Bride

Original Air Date: 740204

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Ruby Dee, Michael Wager, Teri Keane, Bryba Raeburn, Ian Martin

Plot: A woman arrives at the estate of her new husband to find his former wife' s spirit still haunts the place. She died under suspicious circumstances.

Rating: 8.5 Eerie haunted house tale. Highly recommended.

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0031 The Lady Was a Tiger

Original Air Date: 740205

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Joan Lorring, William Redfield, Roger DeKoven, Ian Martin, Chris Gamble

Plot: An out of work newspaper reporter is framed for murder in France by a double agent spy.

Rating:6.0 Linear, slow to develop spy story.

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0032 After the Verdict

Original Air Date: 740206

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Tony Roberts, Joseph Julian, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden, Barbara Caruso, Sam Gray

Plot: A young lawyer finds out the man he defended for murder is actually guilty. He must decide how to put things right.

Rating:7.0

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0033 Conspiracy to Defraud

Original Air Date: 740208

Writer: Sidney Sloan

Stars: Paul Hecht, Suzanne Grossman, Ruth Warrick, George Petry, Leon Janny, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A federal drug agent goes to France to trace heroin shipments. A Greek drug dealer torments him and his new love interest.

Rating: 7.5 engaging spy drama.

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0034 The Deadly Hour

Original Air Date: 740209

writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, John Baragray, Jack Grimes

Plot: A short, insecure man goes insane after finding out that his wife is having an affair and does not speak for many years. He describes to his psychologist how he trapped a man and woman in a cave to listen to them die.

Rating: 7.0 Intriguing and haunting story dripping with the emotion and melo-drama that often ruin Eric's work.

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0035 Dead Man's Mountain

Original Air Date: 740210

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Alan Hewitt, Bryna Raeburn, William Redfield, Robert Dryden

Plot: A developer wants to develop a cursed mountain. Everyone who climbs the mountain loses what they love the most

Rating: 6.0 Foolish and sappy at times

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0036 A Dram of Death

Original Air Date: 740212

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Michael Tolan, Evie Juster, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, Ira Lewis

Plot: A college professor becomes convinced that he is reincarnated. He is worried that he will be punished for breaking a 200 year old engagement.

Rating: 8.0 Good story with strong characters. Recommended

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0037 Dig Me Deadly

Original Air Date: 740213

Writer: Hank Warner

Stars: Louise Larabee, Mason Adams, Ralph Bell, Corrine Orr, Ann Costello, Kristopher Tibori

Plot: When archeology students uncover a strangely decomposed body in the Arizona desert, A lady detective is called in to solve the mystery.

Rating: 8.5 Superb dialogue and an intriguing mystery make this one Highly Recommended.

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0038 Under Grave Suspicion

Original Air Date: 740214

Writer: S.J. Wilson

Stars: Ralph Bell, Patricia Wheel, Robert Dryden, William Redfield

Plot: A couple's marriage is under strain while a college professor's wife is having an affair. He kills them both and is then is stranded by a hurricane.

Rating: 4.0 Boring story that Ralph Bell can't save with a decent performance.

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0039 A Lady Never Loses Her Head

Original Air Date: 740216

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Kim Hunter, Nick Pryor, Court Benson, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn

Plot: After a whirlwind romance, and American woman marries an aristocratic Brit. When she moves into her husband's manorhouse, she is haunted by a headless specter on horseback who bears a striking resemblence to her

Rating: 6.5. Decent story, but it is not one of Hunter's strongest performances.

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0040 The Walking Corpse

Original Air Date: 740217

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Tony Roberts, Vinnette Carroll, Suzanne Grossman, Robert Kaliban, Ian Martin, Jackson Beck

Plot: A Banana Republic dictator uses an army of zombies to take over a small island country. An American couple on their honeymoon stumble into his plot.

Rating: 3.0 A foolish script and insipid dialogue make this one a real clunker.

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0041 Blizzard of Terror

Original Air Date: 740218

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Lois Smith, Larry Haines, Leon Janny

Plot: A couple with marital difficulties are forced to seek refuge from a blizzard in a remote cabin. they find it inhabited by a man who might be a serial killer.

rating: 9.0 Top notch script and Janny's performance steals the show. Highly recommended.

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0042 Sea Fever

Original Air Date: 740219

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: George Mathews, Brett Morrison, Marian Seldes, Leon Janny, William Redfield

Plot: A jealous sea captain sends men to their deaths for even looking at his wife. Unfortunately, some men just can't resist.

Rating: 6.5

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0043 The Walls of Jericho

Original Air date: 740221

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Ian Martin, Ralph Bell, Sydney Walker, Guy Sorel

Plot: An elderly private club attendant finds that he is able to conjur ghostly figures from his imagination.

Rating: 8.0 Elspeth does what she often tries, but fails: create strong characters. Recommended

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0044 The Horla

Original Air Date: 740222

Writer: Guy de Maupassant adapted by Sam Dann

Stars: Paul Hecht, Dan Ocko, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden

Plot: A man becomes obsessed with a ship in the harbor he is convinced harbors a terrible evil that is the doom of mankind

rating: 8.5

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0045 The Horse That Wasnt' for Sale

Original Air Date: 740224

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Mercedes McCambridge, Arnold Moss, William Redfield, Earl Hammond

Plot: A woman is forced to sell most of her father's horses after he dies. She holds on to the best horse -- much to the consternation of her father's competitors.

Rating: 7.5. McCambridge does a fine job with this decent suspense thriller.

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0046 The Edge of Death

Original Air Date: 740226

Writer: Saul Pattis

Stars: Patrick O'Nea, Marian Seldes, Leon Janny, Ian Martin

Plot: A farmer spots a man with no face who he is sure holds a miracle cure for the illness that is killing his wife.

Rating: 8.0 Well developed script that built the tension and desperation nicely. Recommended

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0047 Choice of Witnesses

Original Air Date: 740228

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Paul Hecht, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden

Plot: A "professional" balckmailer is targeted by his victims who hatch an elaborate plan to get him.

Rating: 8.0 Complex story that is well acted. Recommended

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0048 Out of Sight

Original Air date: 740302

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Julia Meade, Sydney Walker, Ira Lewis, Jack Grimes

Plot: A space mission with the first woman in space (Sally Ride?) is tormented by aliens they cannot see.

Rating: 8.5 Fantastic story with a spooky premise. Loses half a point for the prevailing discussion of women vs men.

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0049 Prognosis Negative

Original Air Date: 740303

Writer: Sidney Sloan

Stars: William Redfield, Bryna Raeburn, Mason Adams, Earl Hammond, Martha Greenhouse

Plot: A fake medium takes in a military created psychopath to enhance her act. She is playing with fire while the military searches for their lost soldier

Rating: 8.0 Some holes in the story, but suspensful nonetheless.

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0050 This Will Kill You

Original Air Date: 740304

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Norman Rose, Larry Haines, Roger Dekoven, Evie Juster, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A demonologist puts a curse on a newspaper writer who gives his book a bad review. The only way he can get rid of his death curse is to pass it along to someone else.

Rating: 6.0 30 minutes of story in 40 minutes of script.

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0051 The Sending

Original Air Date: 740306

Writer: Robert Newman

Stars: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Phoebe Dorin, Tony Roberts

Plot: A college professor dupes unwitting co-eds into donating their youth to his wife.

Rating: 7.0

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0052 The Creature from the Swamp

Original Air Date: 740307

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Jack Grimes, Joan Lorring, Ian Martin, Robert Dryden Leon Janny,

Plot: A man rescues a woman from quicksand and is later stalked by a creature that inhabits the swamp.

Rating: 7.0

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0053 A Long Time to Die

Original Air Date: 740309

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Mandel Kramer, Grace Mathews, Arnold Moss, Nat Polen, Mason Adams

Plot: A criminologist and an American Indian swap lives and find they are unable to deal with their new and strange surroundings. One must testify before Congress, the other before a tribal council.

Rating: 5.0 Left me saying "So what?" Not a strong script.

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0054 The Thing in the Cave

Original Air Date: 740311

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Robert Kaliban, Marian Seldes, Michael Wager, Teri Keane

Plot: Two couples are trapped in a cave with its notorious resident.

Rating: 4.0 A foolish script and over acting add up to a poor rating.

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0055 A Sacrifice of Blood

Original Air Date: 740312

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Stars: Patricia Rowe, Ralph Bell, Don Scardino, Ian Martin

Plot: A pairr of archeologists find a baby boy in an Aztec temple of evil. They decide to raise the boy -- much to their regret.

Rating: 8.0 Haunting and riveting. Scardino's teen-age voice creates the illusion of innocence.

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0056 A Little Night Murder

Original Air Date: 740313

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Tony Roberts, Suzanne Grossman, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Jack Grimes

Plot: A serial killer stalks women in the city to fulfill a promise he made to them when he was a child-- a promise to kill them.

Rating: 8.5 Intriguing and riveting! Highly recommended.

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0057 Fall of the House of Usher

Original Air Date: 740314

Writer: Edgar Allen Poe adapted by George Lowther

Stars: Kevin McCarthey, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, Arnold Moss

Plot: Adaptation of Poe's classic tale of a castle haunted by the living dead.

Rating: 8.5 One of the creepiest stories from the man who defined the genre. Superb adaptation that is well acted. [b:b90b1a6ee7]Highly recommended.[/b:b90b1a6ee7]

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0058 Sea of Troubles

Original Air Date: 740318

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Staats Cotsworth, Ian Martin, Dan Ocko

Plot: With the help of his brother, a man plots to murder his wife while crossing the Atlantic on a ship.

Rating: 8.0 Complex script that is presented well to create suspense.

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0059 Frankenstein Revisited

Original Air Date: 740319

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Stars: Michael Wager, Leon Janny, Evie Juster, William Redfield, Ralph Bell

Plot: A news team plans to cover the 400th anniversary of the death of Baron Von Frankenstein. When they get there, they find that Dr. Frankenstein and his creation might still be around -- and looking for fresh blood.

Rating: 9.0 One of the best remembered and most loved of all episodes. [b:634ebc7f74]Highly recommended[/b:634ebc7f74].

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0060 Ghost at the Gate

Original Air date: 740321

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Beatrice STrait, Paula Truman, John Baragray

Plot: A man continues his love affair with his wife and his mistress beyond the grave.

Rating: 2.0 The main character is so pathetic, you want to kill him again.

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0061 Ordeal By Fire

Original Air Date: 740321

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Julie Newmar, Mandel Kramer, Guy Sorel, Sydney Walker, Earl Hammond

Stars: A woman asks her boyfriend to try to help her father who is turning his home into a fortress. He soon finds out his soon-to-be father in law must give $1 million to a cult or be burned to death.

Rating: 8.0 Well acted and intriguing story. Recommended.

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0062 Diary of a Madman

Original Air Date: 740325

Writer: Guy de Maupassant adapted by Sam Dann

Stars: Larry Haines, Evie Juster, William Redfield, Robert Dryden

Plot: A judge chronicles his secret life of random, dispassionate murder.

Rating: 9.0 Guy de Maupassant translates well to CBSRMT. This is one of the best. Highly recommended.

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0063 Death by Whose Hands

Original Air Date: 740326

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Stephan Schnabel, Robert Drivas, Roger Dekovan, Marian Seldes, Ira Lewis

Plot: set at the turn of the century; a surgeon attaches the hands of a dead piano player to the arms of his rival. The consequences are deadly.

Rating: 6.5 ok story, somewhat over acted.

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0064 It's Simply Murder

Original Air Date: 740327

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Jack Gifford, Marian Haley, Ian Martin, Dan Ocko, Bryna Raeburn

Plot: A mousy man dreams of getting away from his domineering wife. He concocts a uncharacteristic scheme of robbery and murder -- with the help of an "admirer".

Rating: 7.0 Sometimes darkly humorous. Well acted.

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0065 The Unearthly Gift

Original Air Date: 740328

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Betsy Palmer, Ian Martin, Mason Adams, Jackson Beck

Plot: The cook of a lumberjack camp has the ability to foresee events. When she has a horrible vision of the new man in camp, she decides to act to prevent another death.

Rating: 6.5 This closely resembles some of Elspeth Eric's work. Too mushy for me. Might appeal to those who enjoy that sort of thing.

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0066 The Black Cat

Original Air Date: 740401

Writer: Edgar Allen Poe adapted by Sam Dann

Stars: Norman Rose, Robert Dryden, Evie Juster, Marian Seldes, Joe DeSantis

Plot: A man finds out that when he married his wife, he also married her cat with whom she has a close relationship. The cat convinces him that he will murder his wife.

Rating: 8.0 Spooky, well written episode. Adams shines in his haunted character. Recommended if you can get past the sound of that damned cat.

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0067 The Pharoh's Curse

Original Air Date: 740402

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Kim Hunter, Arnold Moss, Ian Martin, George Petrie, Dan Ocko

Plot: An archeologist and a songstress unearth valuable jewels, artifacts and a curse in an Egyptian tomb.

Rating: 8.0 Takes a little while to get going, but accelerates nicely into an exciting, spooky story. Hunter is superb.

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0068 Die! You're On Magic Camera

Original Air Date: 740403

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Nick Pryor, Teri Keane, Joan Lovejoy, Joseph Julian, William Redfield.

Plot: An aspiring photographer obtains a special camera that takes photographs of future events. He soon finds that the people who made the camera want it back. So do those whom were photographed.

Rating: 7.5

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0069 The Thing Inside

Original Air Date: 740404

Writer: Robert Newman

Stars: Ralph Bell, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Kaliban, Leon Janny

Plot: An artist and his wife acquire a glass paperweight at an antique shop. The artist develops a fixation on it -- and when a greedy developer dies, the woman suspects that her husband has been taken over by an evil spirit.

Rating: 8.5 A real thriller with a wonderful climax. One of Bell's finest performances. Highly recommended.

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0070 The Locked Room

Original Air Date: 740408

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Jack Grimes, Corrine Orr, Sydney Smith, Jack Grimes

Plot: A newly-wed couple are harrassed by the girl's mother because she is sure that the man is marrying her ugly daughter for her money.

Rating: 6.5 The plot twist is fairly predictable.

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0071 Murder Museum

Original Air Date: 740409

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Marian Seldes, Michael Wager, Leon Janny, Robert Dryden

Plot: A museum dedicated to criminals becomes the scene of the retelling of a real murder when the relative of one of the "exhibits" protests his placement in the museum.

Rating: 8.0 Great story to which one must pay attention lest they get lost in the flashback sequences.

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0072 Out of Focus

Original Air Date: 740410

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Ralph Bell, Dan Ocko, Joan Lorring, William Redfield, Earl Hammond, Suzanne Grossman

Plot: An advertising executive falls for a model who seduces him. She seems to be his dream woman until she reveals her true, evil purpose.

Rating: 7.0

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0073 Strange Company

Original Air Date: 740411

Writer: Bob Juhren

Stars: Bryna Raeburn, Lori March, George Petrie, Gilbert Mack

Plot: An old woman with a large stash of money is tormented by visitors who no one else can see. Her nephew and his wife are unsympathetic and use the occurences to slowly rob her.

Rating: 8.0 Well developed story and strong characters.

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0074 Only the Dead Remember

Original Air Date: 740415

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Tony Roberts, Mandel Kramer, Bryna Raeburn, George Petrie, Lon Clark

Plot: War buddies conspire to kill the fellow former POW who ratted out their escape attempt from a Korean POW camp. They want to avenge the death of one of their own 20 years after the war's end.

Rating: 6.5 Bit confusing at times. Not Roberts' best performance.

[brian1984_2001]

0075 Men Without Mouths

Original Air Date: 740416

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Dan Ocko, Ira Lewis, Joe Silver, Patricia Elliot

Plot: A mobster takes in the daughter of a dead compatriot and raises her as his own. As he approaches his twilight years, he's haunted by visions of creatures without mouths. His adopted daughter son-in-law try to help him.

Rating: 8.0 Good story with a solid ending. One of the most remembered shows in the show's history.

[brian1984_2001]

0076 The Horror Within

Original Air Date: 740417

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Stars: Earl Hammond, Robert Dryden, Joseph Julian, Don Scardino, Deloris Sutton

Plot: Following the death of his girlfriend, a young man prays for special powers to prevent future pain and suffering in the world. But as his faith weakens, his desire to use the powers grows.

Rating: 7.0 Scardino carries a somewhat weak script with his stellar performance.

[brian1984_2001]

0077 Portrait of Death

Original Air Date: 740418

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Nat Polen, Marian Seldes, Jackson Beck, Roger DeKoven, Jack Grimes

Plot: An artist who is renown for his portraits has the misfortune of having his models die shortly after he completes their painting. His next subject: his sister in law which causes his brother much anguish and worry.

Rating: 5.5 Not one of Dann's stronger scripts. Predictable.

[brian1984_2001]

0078 The Wishing Stone

Original Air Date: 740422

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Clarissa Blackburn, William Prince, Ann Costello, Jack Grimes, Robert Dryden

Plot: A young woman acquires a stone that will make her wishes come true and she tries to use it to change her miserable circumstances. However. the wishes never turn out as she would have them.

Rating: 4.0 Not a particularly original idea and a horrid performance from Clarissa Blackburn make this one one to avoid.

[brian1984_2001]

0079 Ghost Driver

Original Air Date: 740423

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Augusta Dabney, Mason Adams, Mary Jane Higby, Nick Pryor, Norman Rose

Plot: A ghost driver terrorizes the owners and visitors of an old New England lodge.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0080 The Hand

Original Air Date: 740424

Writer: Guy de Maupassant adapted by Ian Martin

Stars: Guy Sorrell, Mildred Clinton, Alexander Scourby, Ian Martin

Plot: A man fears the coming of a vendeta after he receives a human hand in the mail.

Rating: 8.5 Superb adaptation of the de Maupassant story. Highly recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0081 Sunset to Sunrise

Original Air Date: 740425

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Marian Seldes, Bryna Raeburn, William Redfield, William Johsntone

Plot: A woman recounts how her mother became a vampire.

Quality: 4.0 Seldes can't save this clunker of a story.

[brian1984_2001]

0083 The Venus D'Ile

Original Air Date: 740430

Writer: Proster Merrimac adapted by Sam Dann

Stars: Dan Ocko, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, Joan Lovejoy, Norman Rose

Plot: A down on his luck gambler marries for money. However, when he carelessly places the ring on a statue, he finds himself betrothed to a goddess.

Rating: 8.0 Difficult to follow at times, but a good story with rich characters.

[brian1984_2001]

0082 All Living Things Must Die

Original Air Date: 740429

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Ralph Bell, Mercedes McCambridge, Larry Haines,

Plot: A woman's domineering husband lets her have little contact with the outside world. The only friends she is allowed are her houseplants. When he threatens to take those away, her friends fight back.

Rating: 7.5 McCambridge lifts this script to another level. Not bad sound effects.

[brian1984_2001]

0084 The Death Bell

Original Air Date: 740501

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: William Redfield, Guy Sorrell, Marian Seldes, Michael Tolan

Plot: A man researching his family heritage runs afowl of the IRA who think he is a cop.

Rating: 5.5 A so-so spy thriller.

[brian1984_2001]

0085 Dracula

Original Air Date: 740502

Writer: Bram Stoker/George Lowther

Stars: Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Hecht, Marian Seldes, Michael Wager, Steven Snavel

Plot: A retelling of the Stoker tale of the undead. A young woman is terrorized by the Prince of Darkness.

Rating: 8.0 McCambridge McShines in her role as the damel and distress and lifts this retelling to another level. Recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0086 Murder with Malice

Original Air Date: 740506

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Staats Costworth, Marsha Rod, Nick Pryor, Ira Lewis

Plot: A man hypnotizes his sister to convice her to kill their father.

Rating: 5.5 Silly plot.

[brian1984_2001]

0087 The Suicide Club

Original Air Date: 740507

Writer: Robert Lewis Stevenson adapted by George Lowther

Stars: Lloyd Batista, Marian Seldes, Dan Ocko, John Baragrey, Barry Nelson

Plot: A high stakes gambler joins a club where he may be asked to commit someone else's suicide, or be forced to commit suicide.

Rating: 8.5 One creepy story that is exceptionally well acted. Highly Recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0088 The Breaking Point

Original Air Date: 740508

Writer: Hank Warner

Stars: Roger DeKoven, Bryna Raeburn, Nat Polen

Plot: A scientist discovers how to project his thoughts. He targets his wife's subconscious to influence her to murder -- him!

Rating. 4.5

[brian1984_2001]

0089 A Tiny Drop of Poison

Original Air Date: 740509

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Tammy Grimes, Paul Hecht, Earl Hammond, Robert Dryden

Plot: A former hippie radical -- now a respected politician -- sufferes guilt for a murder she committed 5 years prior. Her husband -- a detective -- has been assigned the cold case.

Rating: 8.5 Grimes is superb in this intriguing story with tremendously strong characters. Highly recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0090 The Lodger

Original Air Date: 740513

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Kim Hunter, Michael Wager, Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Joseph Julian,

Plot: The widowed owner of a boarding house fears that one of her tenants might be a serial killer called "The Ripper".

Rating 8.0 Twists and turns nicely.

[brian1984_2001]

0091 Voices of Death

Original Air Date: 740514

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Mandel Kramer, Ralph Bell, Evie Juster, Robert Kaliban

Plot: An actor is tormented through the television set by the ghost of a dead producer who wants him to kill his widow.

Rating: 5.5

[brian1984_2001]

0092 The Forever Man

Original Air Date: 740515

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Paul Hecht, Leon Janny, Dan Ocko, William Redfield, Bryna Raeburn

Plot: A young loser is offered free cars, apartments, and money in exchange for his body. An old milliionaire wants to "trade souls" with him so that he can have a young body again.

Rating: 7.5 common story concept, but Janney shines.

[brian1984_2001]

0093 The Trouble with Ruth

Original Air Date: 740516

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Marian Seldes, Jack Grimes, Gilbert Mack, Jackson Beck, George Petrie

Plot: A kleptomaniac trying to go straight is blackmailed when she relapses. Jewel thieves demand that she steal a diamond pin for them or they will tell her husband who will divorce her.

Rating: 8.0 Well developed main character. You can almost feel sorry for her in her desperate situation.

[brian1984_2001]

0094 The Crack in the Wall

Original Air Date: 740521

Writer: Sidney Sloan

Stars: Ann Costello, Robert Maxwell, Robert Dryden, Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy

Plot: A couple grieves the loss of their daughter in a house fire. A crack in the basement wall of their new house can not be repaired despite several tries. They begin to hear the cries of their deceased daughter through that crack.

Rating: 9.0 Well acted, great characters, and spooky story. Highly recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0095 The Longest Knife

Original Air Date: 740521

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Gilbert Mack, Bryna Raeburn, Marian Seldes, Jack Grimes, Leon Janny

Plot: A woman vows revenge upon the third world dictator who killed her son.

Rating: 4.0 Story lacks any real depth or subtlety

[brian1984_2001]

0096 The Bleeding Statue

Original Air Date: 740523

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Patricia Elliot, Paul Hecht, Tony Roberts, Grace Mathews, Kurt Bent

Plot: A magician speaks to his heirs from the grave via tape. When he disappoints most of them by leaving his entire estate to his daughter, he promises her protection via a statue in the courtyard.

Rating 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0098 Phantom Lullaby

Original Air Date: 740529

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Rosemary Murphy, Robert Dryden, Arnold Moss, Mason Adams, Corrine Orr

Plot: A mother and father rent an expensive apartment for their daughter who is coming out of a bad relationship and an abortion. She is soon consumed by the spirit that inhabits the apartment.

Rating: 6.5

[brian1984_2001]

0097 Mirror for Murder

Original Air Date: 740527

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy, William Redfield, Robert Dryden

Plot: A woman tired of living in her husband's shadow and playing second fiddle to his job, believes she has lost her reflection in the mirror. She must rediscover her sense of self.

Rating: 4.0 .

[brian1984_2001]

0099 Dressed to Kill

Original Air Date: 740530

Writer: Bob Juhren

Stars: Robert Morse, Bryna Raeburn, Michael Tolan, Dan Ocko, Earl Hammond

Plot: An out-of-work actor concocts a scheme to fake his death and then "play" his wife in order to collect the insurance payoff.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0100 To Kill with Confidence

Original Air Date: 740603

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Marian Seldes, George Petrie, Gilbert Mack, Larry Haines

Plot: A newlywed couple traveling across the country has car trouble and stops in a small town for repairs. She leaves him to go have lunch. When she comes back, her husband, the mechanic, and the garage are gone.

Rating: 8.5 The suspense is outstanding and the plot twist masterful.

[brian1984_2001]

0101 Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge

Original Air Date: 740604

Writer: Ambrose Bierce adapted by Sam Dann

Stars: William Prince, Mildred Clinton, Jack Grimes, Leon Janney, William Redfield

Plot: A Confederate spy escapes the hangman's noose at Owl Creek Bridge. He flees through enemy territory, headed back to Dixie.

Rating: 9.5 Superb adaptation of this fantastic story many of us enjoyed as a child. Highly recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0102 Deadly Darling Deloris

Original Air Date: 740606

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Nat Polen, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Roger DeKoven

Plot: A computer leads a revolt of "the metals" against the abuse of their human forgers and hammers.

Rating: 3.0 Just pure foolishness of a story and script that's not even campy. A role I bet Ms. Seldes would like to forget.

[brian1984_2001]

0103 Bargain in Blood

Original Air Date: 740610

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Tony Roberts, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, Mandel Kramer, Jack Grimes, Gilbert Mack

Plot: A young man acquires the ability to trade afflictions with sick people. He tries to make a living at it to impress the woman he loves and her father.

Rating: 7.5 It's not hard to sympathize with the character in this episode

[brian1984_2001]

0104 The Rat

Original Air Date: 740612

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Michael Wager, Joan Lorring, Robert Kaliban, Ralph Bell

Plot: A scientist develops a super-intelligent rat and sics it on the man who is having an affair with his wife.

Rating: 3.0 Rip off of the movie "Willard".

[brian1984_2001]

0105 House of the Seven Gables

Original Air Date: 740612

Writer: Nathaniel Hawthorne adapted by Ian Martin

Stars: Norman Rose, Arnold Moss, Bryna Raeburn, Jada Rowland, Staats Cotsworth

Plot: The classic tale of a cursed family living in a cursed home and how that curse is passed from generation to generation.

Rating: 7.0 Impossible to do this classic tale justice in just 43 minutes.

[brian1984_2001]

0106 Three Times Dead

Original Air Date: 740617

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Suzanne Grossman, William Redfield, Sam Gray, Dan Ocko

Plot: A retelling of "The Monkey's Paw" involving an antique dealer, a cop, and a small statue that grants wishes.

Rating: 4.0 Lame retelling of a great story.

[brian1984_2001]

0107 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Original Air Date: 740618

Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson adapted by George Lowther

Stars: Kevin McCarthey, Court Benson, Marian Seldes, Ian Martin

Plot: A doctor and his alter ego created by an experiment gone awry.

Rating: 8.0 Decent adaptation of Stevenson's best work. Recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0108 The Secret Doctrine

Original Air Date: 740620

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Mercedes McCambridge, Nick Pryor, Mildred Clinton, Bill Johnston, Robert Dryden

Plot: An obsessed fan has a witch develop a love potion so she can make a famous movie star fall in love with her.

Rating: 3.0 Tries to terrify and ends up sounding foolish.

[brian1984_2001]

0109 Escape! Escape!

Original Air Date: 740624

Writer: Bob Juhren

Stars: Teri Keane, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Bob Kaliban

Plot: With the help of a womantwo convicts escape from prison. They flee to a house in the woods and try to hide. They chose the wrong house.

Rating: 8.5 Spooky episode. Raeburn stands out

[brian1984_2001]

0110 Where Fear Begins

Original Air Date: 740625

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Kim Hunter, Mason Adams, Allan Huewitt, Ian Martin, Phoebe Doran

Plot: A young woman receives a panicked phone call from her sister who screams in terror before dying. She discovers her sister was taking a medication prescribed by a strange doctor.

Ratiing: 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0111 Yesterday's Murder

Original Air Date: 740627

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Mercedes McCambridge, Patricia Wheel, Robert Maxwell, Leon Janny,

Plot: A down-on-her-luck woman receives the opportunity to go back and change her life and her fortunes, righting past wrongs.

Rating 8.0 McCambridge shines in her performance.

[brian1984_2001]

0112 The Hurricane

Original Air Date: 740701

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: George Julian, Evie Juster, Jack Grimes, Gordon Gould

Plot: A young couple, seeking refuge from a storm, find themselves secluded in a remote beach house with two strange men.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0113 The Secret Life of Bobby Deland

Original Air Date: 740703

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Michael Tolan, Marian Seldes, Gilbert Mack, Hetty Galen, Martha Greenhouse

Plot: A strange, young orphan is adopted by a couple who lost their child in an accident. He is able to cure headaches and is a thief. All the kid wants is his mother. . .

Rating: 4.0

[brian1984_2001]

0114 The Young Die Good

Original Air Date: 740704

Writer: Murray Burnett

Stars: Patricia Elliot, Carol Tietel, Ira Lewis, Dan Ocko

Plot: A couple moves in next door to a strange house with a strange inhabitant. One sees an old, desicated woman. The other sees a young attractive woman. The difference of vision exacerbates their marital difficulties.

Rating: 8.0 suspensful, well acted drama.

[brian1984_2001]

0115 Too Many Women Can Kill You

Original Air Date: 740708 (My eighth birthday)

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Larry Haines, Evie Juster, Guy Sorrell, Bryna Raeburn

Plot: A man who kills his wife is haunted by his blackmailing maid by day and the ghost of his wife at night.

Rating: 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0116 And Death Makes Us Even Steven

Original Air Date: 740709

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Michael Tolan, Paul Hecht, Joan Lovejoy, Ian Martin

Plot: An evil twin plots to murder his twin so that he can claim the inheritance his father cheated him out of.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0117 The Devil God

Original Air Date: 740711

Writer: Mary Jane Higby

Stars: Ruby Dee, Mandel Kramer, Leon Janny, Guy Sorrell

Plot: A young couple inherit a ranch with a palimino horse that belongs to an Indian god. When the couple get greedy and try to claim the horse of their own, they run afoul of the god.

Rating: 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0118 The Canterville Ghost

Original Air Date: 740715

Writer: Oscar Wilde adapted by George Lowther

Stars: Arnold Moss, Marian Seldes, Mildred Clinton, Robert Dryden, William Redfield

Plot: A ghost tries very hard to scare the residents of an ancient castle and instead irritates and amuses them.

Rating: 6.0 I loved the story as a child, but didn't think much of this adaptation.

[brian1984_2001]

0119 The Real Printer's Devil

Original Air Date: 740717

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Paul Hecht, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin, Jada Rowland

Plot: A young couple think they've stumbled onto a bargain in a cheap, Central Park West apartment. Apartment 13 is haunted.

Rating: 8.0 Thrilling episode despite the somewhat hokey beginning. Recommended.

[brian1984_2001]

0120 The Dream Woman

Original Air Date: 740718

Writer: Wilkie Collins adapted by George Lowther

Stars: Kevin McCarthey, Teri Keane, Robert Dryden, Grace Matthews

Plot: A man inexplicably leaves his loving wife to pursue a trampish barfly who he is sure is his dream woman. He dreams that he will love her and she will kill him.

Rating: 8.5 A lot of story masterfully crammed into 44 minutes. Highly recommended

[brian1984_2001]

0121 The Deadly Process

Original Air Date: 740722

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Norman Rose, Ralph Bell, Marian Seldes, Robert Maxwell, Jackson Beck

Plot: An incompetent engineer steals industrial secrets from a close friend and receives a promotion. He must now lie, cheat, and bribe witnesses to keep his new, lofty title.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0122 Adam's Astral Self

Original Air Date: 740723

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Stars: Michael Wager, William Redfield, Jennifer HArmon, Jack Lindbrook

Plot: Adam Farr is able to project his "astral self" to other locales while asleep which drives his wife nuts. She leaves him; but he has a plan to get her back.

Rating: 5.0

[brian1984_2001]

0123 My Sister - Death

Original Air Date: 740725

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Paul Hecht, Beatrice STraight, Marian Seldes, George Petrie

Plot: An invalid woman is tormented by her sister who is trying to drive his sister insane.

Rating: 4.0

[brian1984_2001]

0124 Ghost At High Noon

Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel

Stars: Celeste Holm, Frances Sternhagen, Nat Polen, Gilbert Mack

Plot: Two traveling women's car breaks down in the desert. They are met by an old man in a covered wagon who takes them to a strange town where the residents refuse to acknowledge their existence. But the residents do have plans for them.

Rating: 8.5 Superb ghost story, well acted and well told.

[brian1984_2001]

0125 The Only Blood

Original Air Date: 740725

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Michael Wager, Jennifer Harmon, Jack Lindbrook, William Redfield

Plot: An immigrant shoe repairman refuses to pay protection to the mob, so they hit him. He vows revenge in the form of murder. Meanwhile, the mob boss must reconcile his evil ways with the love of his daugter.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0126 the Hit Man

Originally aired: 8-1-74

Writer: Henry Scheschner

Stars: Mike Kellen, Lon Clark, Allan Manson, Earl Hammond

Plot: A hitman has a change of heart after meeting his intended victim's wife. However, his mercy comes back to haunt him.

Rating 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0127 I Thought You Were Dead

Originally aired: 8-5-74

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Arlene Francis, Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Guy Sorel

Plot: An authoress begins to get phone calls from the husband and writing partner she killed out of professional jealousy. What does he want with her?

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0128 The Headstrong Corpse

Original air date: 8-6-74

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Suzanne Grossman, Cort Benson, Gordon Gould, Ian Martin, Anne Potaniak, George Lowther

Plot: Lord Berly of Moreland is dead. In life, he feared being buried alive,
so he is left in an open crypt until doctors are sure he is dead. While lying
in state, somebody steals his body. Murder, mutilation, and corpse snatching take place in this 1874 gothic whodunit.

Rating 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0129 The Picture of Dorian Gray

Original air date: 8-7-74 (My copy is not the original airing)

Writer: George Lowther adaptation of Oscar Wilde novella

Stars: Nick Pryor, Norman Rose, Roger Dekovan

Plot: A young man strikes the Faustian bargain in exchange for eternal youth. But as his soul is consumed by the evil that overtakes him, a portrait of him changes to reflect the ugliness of his soul.

Rating: 8.0 Strong performance from Rose

[brian1984_2001]

0130 You Can Only Die Once

Originally Aired: 8-8-74

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Joan Loring, Joseph Julian, Hedy Galen Dan Auko, Tom Kena

Plot: The husband MArge Miller thought was dead has returned. Now he is trying to extort from her the $35,000 she received in insurance money.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0131 The Beach of Falesa

Original Air Date: 8-12-74

Writer: Ian Martin adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson story

stars: Ian Martin, Alexander Scourbie, Evie Jester, Robert Dryden

Plot: A quickie marriage to a local girl results in an island trader becoming
an outcast. He must fight a voodoo religion and a business rival to restore
his honor and his business and save hsi family.

Rating 5.0

[brian1984_2001]

0132 Frontiers of Fear

Original Air Date: 8-13-74

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Stars: Jerry Stiller, Paul Tripp, Bob Callavan, Briner Rayburn

Plot: A chronic loser picks up an old typewriter at a pawn shop. Turns out
the typewriter is the goose that lays the golden egg. But all that glitters is
not gold; it could be blood.

Rating: 8.5

[brian1984_2001]

0133 Journey Into Terror

Original Air Date: 8-14-74

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Lynn Loring, Roy Thinnes, Carol Titel

Plot: Jane Stoddard finds out her new husband is a serial killer a la the
Boston Strangler. Now she is forced to criss cross the country serving as bait for the police.

Rating: 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0134 The Final Vow

Original air date: 8-15-74

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Rosemary Rice, Jack Grimes, Ken Harvey, Briner Rayburn, Ann Potaniak

Plot: A priceless statue is stolen from Sister Pamela. So she quits her order to devote her time to finding it so it can be returned to a fellow nun who is dying. Help comes from an unlikely source.

Rating: 6.5

[brian1984_2001]

0135 The Hands of Mrs. Mallory

original air date: 8-19-74

writer: Henry Slesar

stars: Celeste Holme, William Redfield, Evie Juster, Arnold Moss, Leon Janny, Patricia Elliot.

Plot: Mrs. Mallory inexplicably loses the use of her hands following the death of her husband. After meeting a woman in Central Park who has lost the use of her legs, Mrs. Mallory tries the woman's doctor. The results are surprising.

Rating: 6.0

[brian1984_2001]

0137 Having a Horrible Time

Original air date: 8-21-74

Writer: Bob Juhren

Stars: Lynn Loring, Francis Sturnhagen, Ralph Bell, Mandel Kramer, Nat Polan.

Plot: Courageous Amy Hasting has just given testimony that brought down Archer Hamlin, New York's most notorious drug kingpen. Now his agents are pursuing her at a remote resort where she and a friend are vacationing.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0136 Preview of Death

Original Air Date: 8-20-74

Writer: Sam Dann

Stars: Russell Horton, Marian Seldes, Clarice Blackburn

Plot: A young engineer suspects that a cable car serving a resort owned by his sister and brother in law might not be save. His apprehension is increased when he dreams of the woman he loves (whom he has not yet met)dying in the car when it collapses.

Rating: 8.5

[brian1984_2001]

0138 The Case of MJH

Original Air Date: 8-21-74

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Augusta Dabney, Jack Grimes, Robert Maxwell, Alan Hewitt, Joan DeMoray.

Plot: A con man seduces a lonely spinster who works for a psychiatrist. He
convinces her to steal her bosses files so that he can blackmail the patients.

Rating: 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0139 The Deadliest Favor

Original Air Date: 740826

Writer: Sam Dann

STars: Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, Ralph Bell, Dan Ocko

Plot: A novelist and his wife take in an old college buddy who's on the lamb from the law. The old "buddy" starts trouble between them almost upon his arrival.

Rating: 7.0 Story is not real believable and entirely sexist. Bell's performance is outstanding.

[brian1984_2001]

0140 The Fatal Marksman

Original Air Date: 740828

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Michael Wager, Suzanne Grossman, Bryna Raeburn, Ian MArtin, William Johnstone

Plot: In this fantasy tale, to win the love of his life, a man agrees to give up his simple clerical position in order to become a hunter -- breaking a promise to his deceased mother. His dead mother curses his gun so he can't hit anything, but another agreeable spirit gives him enchanted bullets -- that come at a price.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0141 Medium Rare

Original Air Date: 740829

Writer: George Lowthar

Stars: Robert Dryden, Mason Adams, George Petrie, Joan Lovejoy

Plot: A ghost uses a fake medium to get revenge on a pair of fellow gamblers who took him for big money when he was alive.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0142 The Return of Anatole Chevenic

Original Air Date: 740902

Writer: Sidney Sloan

Stars: Alexander Scourby, Sidney Sloan, Gilbert Mack, Ann Pitoniak

Plot: A young, poor man is consistently brow-beat nagged by his rich uncle who continually taunts him with his money. In a fit of rage, he kills his uncle. His tangled web of lies spun to cover up the crime comes unspun slowly and painfully.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0143 The Imp in the Bottle

Original Air Date: 740903

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: William Redfield, Joan Loring, Ian Martin, Santos Ortega, Leon Janny

Plot: A man acquires a talisman that grants him wishes. To save his soul, however, he must be rid of it before he dies and he must sell it for less than what he paid for it.

Rating: 8.5

[brian1984_2001]

0144 Deadline for Death

Original Air Date: 740905

Writer: Arnold Moss

Stars: Guy Repp, Joan Julian, June Gable, Michael Tolan

Plot: Johnny Promo (aka Johnny Promise) promises a witness who offers testimony against him that he will be dead within thirty days of Promo's execution.

Rating: 8.5

[brian1984_2001]

0145 Double Exposure

Original Air Date: 740909

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Kim Hunter, Larry Haines, Joan Shea, Sam Gray

Plot: A cop's widow is mistake by two people for somebody she's not. One claims that she is his ex-wife who abandoned him and their children ten years prior. Her cop buddy investigates.

Rating: 6.5

[brian1984_2001]

0146 The Hand That Refused to Die

Original Air Date: 740911

Writer: George Lowthar

Stars: Mandel Kramer, Carol Teitel, Marian Seldes, Russell Horton

Plot: A concert pianist loses a hand after a car accident. He is angry and bitter when he finds out it might not have been necessary. The hand is pretty ticked too.

Rating: 8.5

[brian1984_2001]

0147 The Trouble With Murder

Original Air Date:740912

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Robert Morse, Bryna Raeburn, Jackson Beck

Plot: An artist is recruited to paint a nude portrait of an aristocratic woman. She gets worried when the artist behaves strangely. She should worry because he likes to dismember his subjects when he's done with them.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0148 Whatever Happened to Mrs. Forbush

Original Air Date: 740916

Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel

Stars: Mary Jane Higby, Patricia Wheel, Guy Sorel, Billie Lou Wyatt, Gordon Gould

Plot: A remote house by the sea is haunted by the ghost of a sea captain's wife. The waters nearby are haunted by the old sea captain. A couple and their sickly son are caught in between.

Rating: 7.0

[brian1984_2001]

0149 Thicker Than Water

Original Air Date: 740916

Writer: Henry Slesar

Stars: Jay Gregory, Robert Dryden, Robert Kaliban, Ira Lewis, Grace Mathews

Plot: An overworked lawyer is persuaded to take the case of a defendant who insists he is innocent. The lawyer is not convinced and orders a special test be performed on the murder weapon.

Rating: 7.5

[brian1984_2001]

0150 The Garden

Orginal Air Date: 740919

Writer: George Lowther

Stars: Jennifer Harmon, Jack Grimes, Nancy Coleman, Joe Silver

Plot: A man and a woman find themselves trapped in a junge inhabited by a kind woman and an evil giant. They offer themselves to the giant in exchange for rescue. They soon regret the bargain and ask the old woman to help.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0151 Island of the Lost

Original Air Date: 740923

Writer: Arnold Moss

Stars: Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, Ian Martin, Robert Kaliban

Plot: An older man travels to a remote resort island to surprise his much younger girlfriend. He is plagued with doubt in their relationship and eventually doubts his own sanity.

Rating: 8.5

[brian1984_2001]

0152 The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff

Original Air Date: 740925

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: A construction worker is blinded in an accident and soon becomes depressed because he can't work anymore. His helplessness is compounded when he encounters a dangerous murderer in his apartment.

Rating: 8.0

[brian1984_2001]

0153 The Spectral Bridge

Original Air Date: 740926

Writer: Ian Martin

Stars: Michael Wager, Joan Loring, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden, Jordan Chaney

Plot: Despite his remarriage and the establishment of a family, a widower compels his father in law to resurrect his late wife from the dead.

Rating: 8.0