CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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.