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0210 - Sleepy Village (1/23/1975) Jun 29, 2025

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0210 - Sleepy Village (1/23/1975)
Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Norman Rose; Martha Greenhouse; Court Benson; Ken Harvey.
A college professor and his wife move to a quiet New England town, but the mayor and the locals reject them for not being in "the right state of mind."

0209 - Concerto in Death (1/22/1975) Jun 28, 2025

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0209 - Concerto in Death (1/22/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Ian Martin; Marian Seldes; Carol Teitel; Lon Clark.
To the embarrassment of his family and his manager, a symphony conductor finds it hard to accept the death of his son, a talented violinist.
CBSRMT Deja vu: This episode is similar to episode 146 “The Hand That Refused to Die.” The protagonist in both episodes is named Anton. This episode is about a violinist while the earlier episode was about a pianist. Both episodes were written by George Lowther.

0208 - The Precious Killer (1/20/1975) Jun 27, 2025

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0208 - The Precious Killer (1/20/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Beatrice Straight; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Ann Pitoniak; Dan Ocko.
At one time, Karel Vortic endorsed the ideals that led to a revolution in Rourania, a European country that has now become an oppressive autocracy. After he is arrested on what turns out to be bogus charges of theft and treason,

0207 - Ghost Talk (1/17/1975) Jun 26, 2025

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0207 - Ghost Talk (1/17/1975)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Lenka Peterson; Elliot Reid; Robert Dryden; Gordon Gould.
* After Paul's death, his wife Melba promises she'll love and remember him always.

0206 - A Death of Kings (1/16/1975) Jun 25, 2025

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0206 - A Death of Kings (1/16/1975)
Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Robert Dryden.
A brilliant but unassertive university scientist takes into his home a financially poor student who might steal not only the professor's wife, but also his scientific discovery.

0205 - Faith and the Faker (1/14/1975) Jun 24, 2025

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0205 - Faith and the Faker (1/14/1975)
Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Howard DaSilva; Mary Jane Higby; Bryna Raeburn; Guy Sorel; Russell Horton.
A former con artist learns he has the power to heal his fellow island residents from their maladies but the one miracle he can't conjure up is the ability to heal his paraplegic wife.

0204 - The Witness is Death (1/13/1975) Jun 23, 2025

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0204 - The Witness is Death (1/13/1975)
Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.
Cast: Joan Shay; Ken Harvey; Sam Gray; Ian Martin.
After being shot by an assassin and hospitalized, a witness to a gangland killing initially agrees to offer information to the police; but when he gets cold feet (out of fear of retaliation against him and his family), the cops and the hospital try an inventive way to get him to speak.

0203 - The Cask of Amontillado (1/12/1975) Jun 22, 2025

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0203 - The Cask of Amontillado (1/12/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Richard Kiley; Frances Sternhagen; Roberta Maxwell; Leon Janney; Robert Dryden.
After his wife is forced to spend the night with the lecherous banker, he owes money to, a man seeks revenge by enticing the financier with an offer he can't resist.

0202 - The Tell-Tale Heart (1/11/1975) Jun 21, 2025

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0202 - The Tell-Tale Heart (1/11/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Fred Gwynne; Ann Sheppard; Robert Dryden.
Edgar Allan Poe's short story is adapted to a rural setting, where a down-on-their-luck family are forced to live on the farm of the husband's sadistic, perverted uncle.

0201 - The Masque of the Red Death (1/10/1975) Jun 20, 2025

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0201 - The Masque of the Red Death (1/10/1975)
Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast: Staats Cotsworth; Karl Swenson; Lois Smith; Jack Grimes; Evie Juster.
Set in 1996, this futuristic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story finds a wealthy old miser and his family staging a masquerade party at his mansion while a deadly plague ravages the outside world.

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