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0670 - The Red Circle (6/23/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ann Pitoniak; Robert Dryden; Catherine Byers; Joe Silver.

A housewife receives an unexpected visitor, an old friend whom she hasn't seen in years but has an incredible tale to tell her.

0669 - Tomorrow, Cloudy and Cold (6/21/1977)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn; Morgan Fairchild; Ralph Bell.

Dr. Herman Bruno subjects a young drifter to experiments that can allow the young man to control the weather with just his emotions.

0668 - The Birthmark (6/20/1977)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Cast: Tony Roberts; Gordon Heath; Marian Seldes.

A scientist develops a means of removing a birthmark on his wife's cheek, a blemish he believes to be holding her back from perfect beauty.

0667 - Two Motives for Murder (6/17/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Don Scardino; Evie Juster; Bob Dryden; Ian Martin.

A young broker believes he's in hot water when $100,000 in bonds entrusted to him goes missing. But his troubles really begin when his boss invites him on his yacht to discuss the matter.

0666 - Little Lucy's Lethal Libation (6/16/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.

* A male ad executive is assigned to an account with an overbearing, publicity-shy female client and soon starts to believe he's the victim of a plot by women to take over the world.

0665 - Murder One (6/14/1977)

Written by G. Frederick Lewis. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Teri Keane; Leon Janney.

A wealthy widow is blackmailed by her maid for killing her husband, so she tries to turn the tables and frame the maid for her own crime.

0664 - First Woman in Space (6/13/1977)

Written by Victoria Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Phyllis Newman; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Hans Conried.

A pioneering female astronaut returns to Earth with a passenger, an alien living inside her and fighting to control her body in order to survive.

0663 - The Night We Died (6/10/1977)

Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Bob Readick; Joan Shay; William Griffis; Jackson Beck.

A veteran of a "lunar revolt" tries to scam a war widow in this story that blends elements of sci-fi, con artistry, and murder mystery.

0662 - Dialogue with Death (6/9/1977)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Fred Gwynne; Evie Juster.

A man reunites with a childhood love, but soon finds difficulty dealing with her peculiar habit of talking to her parents and her horse who are all deceased.

0661 - The Curse of Conscience (6/7/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tony Roberts; Mary Jane Higby; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Himan Brown (uncredited).

A hustler encounters an elderly woman who tries to put him on the straight and narrow. But when he winds up in a bind, he takes advantage of her.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.

0660 - The Blood Red Wine (6/6/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes.

Joel and Myra welcome into their home a stranger caught in a storm. But when the man dies of a heart attack, the couple ponder what to do.

0659 - The Two-Dollar Murders (6/3/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.

A man kills a cop in an effort to cover up a romantic affair and a murder, but his plan is uncovered in the unlikeliest of manners.

0658 - A God Named Smith (6/2/1977)

Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Bob Kaliban; Himan Brown (uncredited).

A child prodigy creates an entire planet of his own, and establishes himself as its god, in the intent to make it a better world than Earth.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as financial editor Lou Briggs in act 2.

0657 - The Boscombe Pool Mystery (5/31/1977)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Dennis Coke.

Sherlock Holmes investigates when the son of a wealthy landowner is murdered; despite irrefutable evidence against the lad, Holmes doubts his guilt.

0656 - The Silent Witness (5/30/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Earl Hammond.

Visions of an open grave, and memories triggered by his new assistant's fiancée, plague a banker in Hawaii.

0655 - Guilty Secret (5/27/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Teri Keane.

A U.S. Senator is worried that an indescretion from his past will be used against him while he campaigns for the presidency.

0654 - The Countess (5/26/1977)

Written by Gerry Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Honore de Balzac.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Roberta Maxwell; William Griffis; Court Benson; Russell Horton.

A French countess recounts her brief attraction to a Spanish prisoner of war and her marriage to a brutal French dignitary.

0653 - Transmutation, Incorporated (5/24/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn.

* Small-time gambler Bones Terwilliger must decide between good and evil when he does an act of kindness for a man who reveals himself as the Devil.

0652 - The Briefcase Blunder (5/23/1977)

Written by Karen Thorsen. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Ann Williams; Ian Martin; Jackson Beck; Himan Brown (uncredited).

* Harry finds a briefcase full of money in the back of his cab, but trouble befalls him when he turns it in to the police.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as an unnamed policeman in act 1.

0651 - Wine, Women, and Murder (5/20/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel; Bob Kaliban; William Griffis.

A mild-mannered book seller is framed for murder while attending a literary festival in Germany.

0650 - A Matter of Customs (5/19/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Joan Copeland; Leon Janney; Himan Brown (uncredited).

A detective novel enthusiast and her husband go on a sea cruise, where they repeatedly encounter another couple. But one couple's constant changing of husbands arouses suspicion in the other.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.

0649 - The Child's Cat's Paw (5/17/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Sarah Parker; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Guy Sorel.

A young girl and a peculiar cat aim to spark a love connection between an elderly man and a gold-digging woman.


The little girl is played by 12-year-old Sarah Jessica Parker.

0648 - Mayerling Revisited (5/16/1977)

Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Paul Hecht; Joan Shay; Ian Martin.

An engaged couple must confront the groom's rich, domineering father and his opposition to the nuptials.

Defects: Poor audio quality.

0647 - Bottom of the World (5/6/1977)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tony Roberts; Kristoffer Tabori; William Griffis; Robert Maxwell.

* Set far in the future, this story follows a team of scientists fleeing a planet in deep freeze, while dodging an unknown set of "others" who want to prevent their departure.

0646 - Reunion Fever (5/5/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Phyllis Newman; Paul Hecht; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Joe Silver.

* As a mysterious virus strikes attendees of a class reunion, one member of the class receives an offer: For a $10,000 fee, an antidote can be his.

Defects: Occasional static.

0645 - The Luck Sisters (5/3/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Fred Gwynne; Bryna Raeburn; Russell Horton; Carol Teitel.

The story of twin sisters cursed by opposite types of luck and what their superstitious mining town neighbors will do to ensure a chance to get rich.

0644 - Much Too Much (5/2/1977)

Written by Gerald Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Leo Tolstoy.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Ian Martin; Court Benson; Earl Hammond.

Based on a Leo Tolstoy story, this farce finds the ruler of a tiny kingdom needing to purchase a guillotine to execute a murderer.

0643 - Wuthering Heights (4/29/1977)

Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Emily Bronte.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Russell Horton; Roberta Maxwell; Lloyd Battista.

A prodigal son returns to his family's homestead hellbent on seizing control from the relatives that mistreated him during his youth.

0642 - The Second Chance Lady (4/28/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Teri Keane; Mandel Kramer; William Griffis.

A door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman tries to stay alive after unwittingly stumbling onto a bank robber's lair.

0641 - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (4/26/1977)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.

Sherlock Holmes aids a friend who's been swindled by a group of red-headed men and in doing so uncovers a much larger scheme.

0640 - Bound East for Haiti (4/25/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mason Adams; Fred Gwynne; Ian Martin; Evie Juster.

The first mate aboard a tramp steamer attempts to curse his captain with black magic in an effort to claim his girlfriend.

0639 - The Prisoner of Zenda (4/22/1977)

Written by Robert Newman. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Anthony Hope.

Cast: Howard Ross; Evie Juster; Lloyd Battista; Leon Janney; Dan Ocko.

A new king's coronation is disrupted when he is drugged by his brother and replaced by a distant relative who bears a close resemblance to the new monarch.

This episode includes AI-generated content.

0638 - Come Away Death (4/21/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; William Griffis; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Ian Martin.

An old lawyer swaps jobs with The Grim Reaper in an effort to forestall his passing.

0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Alan Swift; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited).

The captain of a doomed oil freighter gives his chief engineer the ship's log book which reveals the many violations of the ship's owner.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the doctor in act 3.

0636 - A House Divided (4/18/1977)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sophocles.

Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Larry Haines; Rosemary Rice; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond.

A man returns from four years of Army service to seek revenge for the murder of his district attorney father.

0635 - Borderline Case (4/15/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Merry Flersheim; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey; Russell Horton; Ray Owens.

The clairvoyant young daughter of a town sheriff learns about an old woman's smoky-gray pearl, the Star of Dehli, and its history.

0634 - The Phantom House (4/14/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Mason Adams; Morgan Fairchild; Ann Pitoniak; Ian Martin.

While summering in turn-of-the-century rural Virginia, a young girl is haunted by the image of a house destroyed more than 50 years before.

0633 - Man-Sized in Marble (4/12/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Roberta Maxwell; Frances Sternhagen; Fred Gwynne.

An American on an extended working holiday in the British Isles discovers they're linked to a prophetic local legend centered around a blasphemous act in a cursed church.

0632 - The Meteorite (4/11/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: John Beal; Marian Seldes; Joe Silver; Evie Juster; Russell Horton.

A meteorite that crashed into a farm field is claimed by a college professor, who discovers upon examination that it's much more than it appears to be.

0631 - Blood, Thunder, and a Woman in Green (4/8/1977)

Written by Fletcher Markle. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Jackson Beck; Patricia Elliott; Robert Dryden; William Griffis.

In the 1940s, a private detective stumbles into a murder investigation when his tabloid photographer friend is brutally slain over a controversial photo he captured.

0630 - The High Priest (4/7/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; William Griffis.

A swindler tries to convince an art appraiser into declaring that his counterfeit painting is a million-dollar genuine article.

0629 - The Sensitive (4/5/1977)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Gordon Gould; Teri Keane; Marian Haley; Ralph Bell; Nat Polen.

An occult-averse skeptic joins in on a séance with his wife and his boss, and soon realizes that he can manifest spirits into the physical world.

0628 - So Shall Ye Reap (4/4/1977)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sophocles.

Cast: Russell Horton; John Beal; Teri Keane; Ann Pitoniak; Arnold Moss.

A small town in 1850s New Mexico suffers a curse that includes children dying and women becoming barren. The town's mayor desperately seeks a solution but in doing so discovers an unspeakable horror from his past.

0627 - You Bet Your Life (4/1/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Morgan Fairchild; Earl Hammond; Ray Owens.

An expectant father and gambling addict swears off his addiction after a big loss but is back to playing the ponies after he loses his job.

0626 - Death is Blue (3/31/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin; Himan Brown (uncredited).

Edward Bascomb hires private eye Julia Hoffman to look into the playboy financé of his unattractive sister.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Jerry (on the phone) in act 2.

0625 - The Coldest Killer (3/29/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Bob Readick; Lloyd Battista; Joan Shay; Gilbert Mack.

Completely enamored with each other, a faithless wife and her husband's business partner scheme to dispatch the two hindrances to their affair.

0624 - The Warriors from Loanda (3/28/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Conrad.

Cast: Robert Dryden; William Griffis; Joe Silver; Joan Arless.

Heat, humidity, and disease take their toll on two unscrupulous ivory hunters after they're stranded in an isolated African jungle.

0623 - A Study in Scarlet (3/25/1977)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Earl Hammond; Ian Martin.

An adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle novel that first paired Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on a murder case involving a valuable engagement ring and a mysterious word scrawled in blood.

0622 - The Gift of Doom (3/24/1977)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Euripides.

Cast: Kim Hunter; Mason Adams; Arnold Moss; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn.

The ancient Greek tragedy Medea is the inspiration for this episode set during the Klondike Gold Rush, where a snowbound prospector is saved by, falls for, and later desires to be rid of an indigenous witch whose magical touch has the power to heal — or kill.

0621 - The Imposter (3/22/1977)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Don Scardino; Bryna Raeburn; Ann Pitoniak.

A woman with no previous theatrical experience writes a full-length play with the assistance of an actor who's been dead for 50 years.