CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0547 - The Secret Chamber (11/5/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ian Martin; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Leon Janney.

A realtor tells of how a woman who, after losing her lover in war, disappeared and returned as a ghost to a house that dates back to Revolutionary times.

0546 - City of the Dead (11/4/1976)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by H. G. Wells.

Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Earl Hammond; Court Benson; Catherine Byers.

* Two late-19th century marine biologists explore a five-mile-deep Caribbean Ocean trough, where they encounter a strange civilization of hostile, man-like creatures.

0545 - The Queen of Cats (10/31/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes; Betsy Beard.

A woman (and possible witch) is suspected of using her 63 cats to stalk and murder children in a small town.

CBSRMT Trivia: This is the only episode with Tammy Grimes and Jack Grimes; however, they are not related.

0544 - Witches' Sabbath (10/30/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Leon Janney; Marian Haley; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited).

Two beautiful women invite Perry Harnishfeger for a night of fun. But the women are actually witches who introduce Perry to the Prince of Darkness.

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

0543 - The Unborn (10/29/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Robert Dryden; Bob Kaliban.

Newly widowed Duchess Margo Baranya longs to a return to her youth. The devilish financier she's been having a dalliance with is gradually granting that wish.

0542 - Absolute Zero (10/28/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jada Rowland; Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson.

Linda Russell feels guilt for not being at her mother's bedside when she died.

0541 - The Deathly White Man (10/27/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Betsy Palmer; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin.

A woman takes a caretaker job in a remote castle, where the lord and lady of the house are haunted by a seemingly ghostly image and a dark family secret.

0540 - Somebody Stop Me!

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Larry Haines; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster.

Unattractive cop Bert turns mass murderer when he kills the women who turn down his sincere offers for dates.

0539 - To Hang by the Neck (10/21/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Ann Pitoniak; Martha Greenhouse; Bill Griffis.

With the Civil War concluded, Becky Pryor returns to a Texas ranch and, with a Northerner ranch hand's help, tries to determine if, one year earlier, friend Carrie Conway's death by hanging (on the eve of her wedding) was suicide or foul play.

0538 - The Mission of Atropos (10/19/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mason Adams; Joan Lovejoy; Jackson Beck; Joan Shay; Robert Maxwell.

A reporter investigates the death of a chemical plant's physician, who had uncovered two mysterious fatalities at her factory, which the doctor suspected were related to an illegal substance produced at the factory.

0537 - Killer's Appointment (10/18/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Michael Wager; Bryna Raeburn; Bill Griffis.

Lydia Prentiss loves her boyfriend so much that she takes the rap for his crimes of assault and theft against his employer. But then he abandons her while she is in prison.

0536 - A Point in Time (10/15/1976)

Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Russell Horton; Teri Keane; Court Benson.

Two men on a hiking expedition encounter a strange New Mexico town that appears stuck in the 1920s.

0535 - The Living Corpse (10/14/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Hurd Hatfield; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Joan Shay.

A sober member of Philadelphia society has long hidden a wilder double life; his fun-loving girlfriend wants him to end the secrecy and recommends that he murder his ailing mother.

0534 - The God Killers (10/12/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Earl Hammond; Leon Janney; Ken Harvey.

A secretary is accused of murdering her boss, an author of violent crime fiction. She insists she's innocent, pinning the blame on one of the author's most sinister characters who, she claims, will verify her story in person.

0533 - My Wife Doesn't Understand Me (10/11/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Teri Keane; Rosemary Rice.

Dissatisfied with his marriage and career, a research scientist finds solace in the arms of his new secretary who has more than love on her mind.

0532 - The Tortured Twins (10/8/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Paul Hecht.

After love at first sight, Adam Duncan marries stage actress Joyce Adams. But Adam realizes he married the wrong Adams sister when he meets Joyce's twin.

0531 - Pool of Fear (10/7/1976)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Morgan Fairchild; William Redfield; Ann Sheppard; Nat Polen.

For a $10,000 fee, Beth Stillwell talks ex-con Matt Brewster into posing as her fiancé and drowning the stepmother she contempts.

0529 - The Midas Touch (10/4/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Bobby Morse; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden; Jackson Beck.

Con artist Jim Pangborn and his sidekick successfully swindle a balding bank president into buying a "magic hair restorer."

0530 - Private Stock (10/5/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ian Martin; Catherine Byers; Earl Hammond; Russell Horton.

Despite clear evidence, police captain Jim Turner can't bring to arrest his daughter, Ginnie, for a rock star's murder.

0528 - The Clairvoyant (10/1/1976)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Marian Seldes; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Paul Hecht.

Clairvoyant Madame Sonya recalls how, on the eve of World War II, she read a happy future for an American woman, but a horrifying one for her British fiancé and his father.

0527 - Not for Sale (9/30/1976)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Rosemary Murphy; Gordon Gould; Court Benson; Jack Grimes.

After she inherits her late uncle Milo's antique shop (where he was murdered during a robbery attempt) and the building that houses it, Milo's ghost advises Faye Colfax not to sell the property to the man who lives above the shop.

0526 - One Girl in a Million (9/28/1976)

Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Michael Tolan; Ralph Bell; Evie Juster; Leon Janney; Russell Horton.

Alfred Bester adapts his short story "Time is the Traitor" for this futuristic tale about a rock-star business consultant with twin psychological desires.

0525 - The Ghostly Private Eye (9/27/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Paul Hecht; Betty Winkler; Guy Sorel; Ian Martin.

Psychic detective Flaxman Low investigates a manor in Surrey that its owner believes is cursed by a violent poltergeist.

CBSRMT Trivia: Appearing in this episode are Paul Hecht and Larry Haines whose real name is Larry Hecht. They are not related.

0524 - Queen of the Deadly Night (9/24/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Arnold Moss; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Kaliban; Court Benson.

After a woman in the Dark Ages sees her husband killed on their wedding night, his apparition appears to advise her that she's destined to become Queen of the Khazars provided she passes a crucial test.

0523 - Don't Play with Matches (9/23/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond; Gilbert Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited).

Thanks to fire chief Delbert Casseroll's prevention program, fire calls in Caswell Corners have become almost non-existent.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited near the beginning of act 3.

0522 - The Rainbow Man (9/21/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Jada Rowland; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton.

An Old West con artist helps a man who lost his fortune to a cardshark.

0521 - A Very Dear Ghost Indeed (9/20/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Russell Horton; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.

Thanks to a washed-out bridge, a father and daughter traveling to Ireland in the late 19th century are waylaid at an old castle.

0520 - To Whom It May Concern (9/17/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Dryden; Earl Hammond.

Rebecca Randolph Owen has mysteriously avoided death more than several times and discovers those escapes from the Angel of Death's clutches have come with a personal price.

0519 - Dr. Peterson's Pills (9/16/1976)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Leon Janney; Rosemary Murphy; Joe Silver; Catherine Byers.

In his 25 years as a doctor in small-town Maine, Emery Peterson has possessed just about every type of cure-all for his patients.

0518 - Journey to Jerusalem (9/14/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Vincent Guardenia; Joan Shay; Evie Juster; William Redfield; Himan Brown (uncredited).

Elwood longs to be young again and be appreciated for his personality and not his business success.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Cardigan, head of plant security in act 1.

0517 - The Tell-Tale Corpse (9/13/1976)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Catherine Byers; Earl Hammond; Court Benson; Guy Sorel.

Just out of prison, Ernie and Sid visit the aunt of a deceased fellow prisoner, who can help open a chest that contains $100,000.

0516 - A Magical Place (9/10/1976)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; William Redfield; Anne Seymour.

A middle-aged couple find the house they rented as newlyweds, and rent it again in an aim to rekindle their marriage and recapture the joys of their youth.

CBSRMT Trivia: The Poem recited by Tim to Eleanor in this episode is from "Hymn of Empedocles" by Matthew Arnold.

0515 - A Two-Bit Fortune (9/9/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Morgan Fairchild; Ian Martin; Leon Janney.

Auto mechanic Mike Wilson comes to the aid of a bum who claims to be the billionaire businessman Stanford Spruce. Mike doesn't believe him until he learns that he's the sole heir of Spruce's entire fortune.

0514 - Killer's Helper (9/7/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Michael Wager; Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster.

John Masters has neglected his wife, Margaret, for so long that when he invites newly promoted protégé Marty Carroway home for dinner, Margaret asks Marty to not only start an affair with her, but to kill John and take his place as head of the company.

0513 - Graven Image (9/6/1976)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jack Grimes; Robert Dryden; Hetty Galen.

Jodie Barnes is a talented singer on the county fair circuit when he meets talent agent Craig Herbert. Their partnership makes Jodie a national star but a frightful product that bears Jodie's likeness proves all too much.

0512 - The Magic Cay (9/2/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.

Tom Reynolds leaves behind his wife, children, and boring job and, upon the advice of a psychiatrist friend, takes a two-week vacation on a remote Caribbean island.

0511 - The Night Shift (8/30/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; William Griffis; Earl Hammond.

Eddie O'Brian loathes working 9-hour shifts each day as a bus driver until he is assigned a brand new bus.

0510 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles (8/26/1976)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by H. G. Wells.

Cast: William Redfield; Marian Haley; Russell Horton; Arnold Moss.

This adaptation of H. G. Wells' short story chronicles a man who realizes he can alter fortunes and make wishes reality out of sheer will.

0509 - The Train Stops (8/23/1976)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Ann Sheppard; Gene Francis.

A small-town doctor's daughter falls in love with a mysterious man who comes to town on the same train every week and continues to do so even after the town loses its spot on the train schedule.

0508 - The Golden People (8/19/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster.

* Richard Paradon has the looks, charm, and smarts to make money in an unsavory way — by bilking beautiful, wealthy women out of theirs.

CBSRMT Trivia: William Redfield died two days before this episode aired. He was 49 years old. Redfield acted in 82 episodes. His last appearance will be in episode #531, "Pool of Fear" (10/7/76).