CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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0500 - The Men with the Magic Fingers (7/22/1976) Apr 15, 2026

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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) Apr 14, 2026

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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) Apr 13, 2026

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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) Apr 12, 2026

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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) Apr 11, 2026

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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) Apr 10, 2026

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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) Apr 09, 2026

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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) Apr 08, 2026

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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) Apr 07, 2026

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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) Apr 06, 2026

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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.

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