CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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.

0620 - The Eighth Deadly Sin (3/21/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Patricia Elliott; Larry Haines; Ian Martin.

A famous writer falls in love with a seductive actress with a taste for adventure; but the relationship becomes strained when she risks her life and fortune in a high-stakes gamble.

0619 - Little Green Death (3/18/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Kim Hunter; Bob Dryden; Carol Teitel; Nat Polen; Himan Brown (uncredited).

A hot-shot big-city lawyer is called on to defend a small-town bookstore owner accused of murder.

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

0618 - Jobo (3/17/1977)

Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Earl Hammond; William Griffis; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Jackson Beck.

An archeologist and his daughter investigate why a slow-witted farmhand would be considered heir to the gods of Easter Island.

0617 - The Shining Man (3/15/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by E. and H. Heron.

Cast: Bob Kaliban; Morgan Fairchild; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin.

After relocating to Scotland for new employment, a young couple call on their parapsychologist uncle to investigate why the windows of their new house mysteriously glow at night.

0616 - Look Backward Sometimes (3/14/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Russell Horton; Earl Hammond; Kristoffer Tabori; Martha Greenhouse.

A tennis pro flees for Europe after a fight with her husband, but her character-judging skills come in handy as she and her fellow plane passengers try to survive after their plane crashes.

0615 - Till Death Do Us Part (3/11/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.

A spinster becomes romantically entangled with her boss but when she learns he promised never to leave his wife, she hatches a plan to end that setup.

0614 - The Pleading Voice (3/10/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Corrine Orr; William Griffis; Gordon Gould; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn.

A teenager recuperating from illness hears a voice begging to be let into a ruined building.

0613 - The Sign of the Four (3/8/1977)

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

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Jackson Beck; Earl Hammond; Joan Shay.

A case of missing pearls leads Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to a secret society that plagues its former members long after they break from the pact.

0612 - Beyond the Barrier (3/7/1977)

Written by Stella Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Russell Horton; Arnold Moss; William Griffis; Evie Juster.

After he is gravely injured in a car accident, a young research scientist has an out-of-body experience that reacquaints him with the people who greatly impacted his life.

CBSRMT Trivia: Writer Stella Moss is the wife of Arnold Moss.

0611 - Answer Me (3/4/1977)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Joan Lovejoy; Rosemary Rice; Dan Ocko.

Distraught over his wife's death, a failed writer chucks it all and sets out for Mexico on foot. Along the way, he encounters a mother and daughter who share a strange bond.

0610 - The Overcoat (3/3/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol.

Cast: Hans Conried; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Bob Dryden; Leon Janney.

An underpaid Russian government clerk devotes his monetary savings to purchasing a tailor-made coat.

0609 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (3/1/1977)

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

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Lloyd Battista; Carol Teitel; Robert Dryden; Court Benson.

An adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous novel that finds Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating murder and ghostly legend at a Devon estate.

0608 - The Light That Failed (2/28/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Cast: Tony Roberts; Mason Adams; Bryna Raeburn; Jackson Beck.

A painter and war correspondent aims to amass a fortune to win over the woman he loves.

0607 - Legend of Phoenix Hill (2/25/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.

An archeologist takes his adopted son on an expedition to China that is besieged by setbacks.

0606 - Last Judgment (2/24/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Carmen Matthews; Teri Keane; Norman Rose; Nat Polen; Michael Wager.

A young nurse becomes live-in caregiver to her father-in-law, but her world is shaken when she unwittingly learns how and why he's being haunted by dreams of his past.

0605 - Jane Eyre (2/22/1977)

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

Cast: Patricia Elliott; Arnold Moss; Lloyd Battista; Ann Pitoniak; Himan Brown (uncredited).

An adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic tale of love and loss in 19th century England, where a governess falls for the lord of the manner, and then makes a new life for herself when she discovers he is married.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the minister in act 2.

0604 - Orient Express (2/21/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Hans Conried; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond.

An estranged couple are reunited and are caught up in international intrigue on the legendary train bound for Czechoslovakia.

0603 - A Heart of Gold (2/18/1977)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Bill Griffis; Russell Horton; Ann Sheppard; Himan Brown (uncredited).

An evil, greedy, and murderous woman fulfills a desire to imprint her portrait on gold coins but the stamped image is more indicative of her vainglorious character.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Joey in act 2.

0602 - If Mischief Follow (2/17/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ann Williams; Gordon Gould; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Readick.

Just as a doctor is ready to announce her engagement to a colleague, her supposedly-dead first husband reappears.

0601 - The Star Killers (2/15/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Norman Rose; Court Benson; Judith Light.

A top nuclear researcher recounts for her therapist how she fell in love with a supposed space alien and was ultimately convicted of his murder.

0600 - Stamped for Death (2/14/1977)

Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Lloyd Battista; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Ann Pitoniak.

Two greedy brothers inherit their late father's priceless stamp collection; when they lose it in a fire, they try to swindle their elderly aunt and uncle out of theirs.

0599 - Masquerade (2/11/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.

The disappearance of a valuable set of pearls at a masquerade ball throws a singer and her boyfriend into a case of espionage.

0598 - The Recluse (2/10/1977)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tony Roberts; Patricia Elliott; Frances Sternhagen; Court Benson.

A man inherits a family inn from his grandmother, and with it a trove of familial secrets.

0597 - The Aurora Group (2/8/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Ann Williams; Bryna Raeburn; Joe DeSantis; Leon Janney.

A quarter with a mint mark nine years into the future is only the first peculiar thing Zachary Eberhardt notices while realizing a mysterious business organization is impacting his life.