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0440 - The Death Trail (3/1/1976) Feb 14, 2026

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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) Feb 13, 2026

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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) Feb 12, 2026

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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) Feb 11, 2026

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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) Feb 10, 2026

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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) Feb 09, 2026

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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) Feb 08, 2026

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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) Feb 07, 2026

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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) Feb 06, 2026

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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) Feb 05, 2026

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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.

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