CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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0410 - The Russian Passport (1/7/1976) Jan 15, 2026

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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_76-01-06 - Is He Living or is He Dead Jan 14, 2026

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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) Jan 13, 2026

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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) Jan 12, 2026

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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) Jan 11, 2026

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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) Jan 10, 2026

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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) Jan 09, 2026

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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) Jan 08, 2026

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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) Jan 07, 2026

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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) Jan 06, 2026

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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.

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