CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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.

0596 - I Pronounce You Dead (2/7/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Morgan Fairchild; Mary Jane Higby; Bob Kaliban; Russell Horton.Teenage angst leads a girl to witchcraft and a fear that she has killed her family.Defects: Occasional static.

0595 - The Ripple Effect (2/4/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Les Tremayne; Robert Dryden; Martha Greenhouse; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn.A politician attempts to recover several scandalous love letters from a bitter ex-mistress, unwittingly setting off a chain of events that may ruin several lives as well as his own.

0594 - The Cat is Dead (2/2/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Court Benson.Returning to France for an old friend's funeral, a married couple reminisce the first time they met in that country, when the wife was a member of the French Resistance and the husband was an American soldier.

0593 - A Casual Affair (1/31/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; Himan Brown (uncredited).While traveling for business, Richard Pomeroy meets a woman at a restaurant and begins an affair with her. Soon, however, he is blackmailed into a dangerous situation.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited in act 2 as the voice on the phone and in act 3 as the man in the raincoat.

0592 - My Fair Lady-Killer (1/28/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Tolan; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Bill Griffis.A police detective investigates a series of deaths involving promiscuous women, but is puzzled when evidence points to the one person who doesn't fit the criminal profilers' description.

0591 - The White Wolf (1/26/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Kristoffer Tabori; Jada Rowland; Ann Sheppard; Paul Tripp.A werewolf stalks a family living in the remote wilderness; despite the mystery surrounding the creature, the children have strong suspicions as to who it really is.

0590 - License to Kill (1/24/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Fred Gwynne; Marian Seldes; Robert Maxwell.Defensive end Billy Chapman loses his spot on the football team. But with his wife facing a difficult (and expensive) medical crisis, Billy asks the coach for another shot.CBSRMT Trivia: "License to Kill" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 590: 1/24/77) and (Episode 403: 12/26/75).

0589 - Happy Death Day (1/21/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Carol Teitel; Ken Harvey.An obese woman seeks help from a renowned psychologist to explain her recurring nightmares of being pushed to her death by a faceless man.

0588 - A Woman in Red (1/19/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert L. Green; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Himan Brown (uncredited).A famous painting is stolen by an unlikely thief, one who has specific long-term plans for the work of art.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 2.

0587 - Son of Satan (1/17/1977)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Joan Lovejoy; Ralph Bell.A couple rekindle acquaintances with an old friend who's joined a devil-worshiping cult, going so far as to entrust him to babysit their infant son.

0586 - Jimmy Valentine's Gamble (1/16/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Paul Hecht; Catherine Byers; Court Benson; Ken Harvey.Ready to crack safes again (after serving prison time for doing so), Jimmy Valentine has a change of heart when a banker's daughter steals his heart. But Jimmy must reuse his old skills when a crisis forces him to perform one last job.

0585 - Cherchez La Femme (1/15/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Bill Griffis; Himan Brown (uncredited).A French Quarter restaurateur hires O. Henry to track down the $25,000 she entrusted to a long-time customer who unexpectedly died.CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the jeweler in act 2.

0584 - A Departmental Case (1/14/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; Teri Keane; Carol Teitel; Earl Hammond.* In Austin, Texas, O. Henry learns why an insurance commissioner tracked down and killed a wife-beating, bank-robbing desperado and how the killer and the victim weren't all that different.

0583 - Don't Die Without Me (1/13/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Russell Horton.O. Henry curiously observes a police investigation of two people who appeared to have committed suicide in the same room of a seedy boarding house.E.G. Marshall makes a mistake in his narration at the end of act 2.

0582 - Tobin's Palm (1/12/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Fred Gwynne; Jack Grimes; Marian Seldes; Gilbert Mack.An adaptation of the O. Henry story finds the titular character having his palm read in order to help find his missing fiancée. Instead, the fortune teller sends him on an amusing series of misadventures.

0581 - The Passing of Black Eagle (1/11/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Larry Haines; Evie Juster; Paul Tripp; Earl Hammond.A panhandler has two personalities: When drunk, he's a meek, easygoing beggar; when sober, he's a fearsome, grandiose, train-robber.

0580 - Two Renegades (1/10/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.Cast: Robert Dryden; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.A case of mistaken identity turns a con artist into a Panamanian army general; his incompetence attracts the interest of Panama's enemies.CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their fourth year, Mystery Theater presents seven consecutive adaptations of stories by O. Henry.

0579 - Conquest of Fear (1/7/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Rosemary Rice; Ian Martin; Sam Gray.In Spain, a desperado abducts a famous actress who convinces him to leave behind his life of crime and return to a previous career that made him famous — bullfighting.

0578 - The Man from Ultra (1/6/1977)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Court Benson; Robert Burr; Mandel Kramer; Roberta Maxwell.An interstellar traveler who can't comprehend love inadvertently ruins the mind of a talented but mentally fragile artist.

0577 - This Breed is Doomed (1/4/1977)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Gilbert Mack.A con man tricks a small town's residents and takes away a piece of baggage known as irony.

0576 - Whose Little Girl Are You? (1/3/1977)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Russell Horton; Bill Griffis.A tennis star recounts how she lost her stellar backhand shot and other events that put her into a pill-induced, suicidal, manic-depressive state.

0575 - Tomorrow's Murder (12/31/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Court Benson; Earl Hammond.Stressed sales manager Harold K. Starbright becomes even more anxious when he is shown a cemetery tombstone that displays his future death date.

0574 - Your Move, Mr. Ellers (12/30/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Jack Grimes; Bobby Readick; Roger DeKoven; Jackson Beck.Fondness for the game of chess figures into an insurance investigator's look into who may have stolen priceless gems from a jeweler's shop.

0573 - The Artist (12/28/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.Cast: Michael Wager; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Ann Pitoniak.Nebbish businessman Marc Harrison becomes enthralled by a knife-throwing performer and his assistant.

0572 - The Mark of Cain (12/27/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Bob Kaliban.A cattle baron hires a gunslinger with a unique mark in his hair and a dark past in his soul; his arrival arouses love in the rancher's daughter, but also anger in her betrothed.Defects: Poor audio quality.

0571 - The Magus (12/25/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Jada Rowland; Carol Teitel; Russell Horton.A practitioner of the black arts charms a young servant girl.

0570 - Double Zero (12/23/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Bill Griffis; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.Police work a case of a murdered private eye whose wallet contained five $20 bills, each bearing two zeroes written in red ink.

0569 - The Lone Survivor (12/21/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey.A plane crash at sea has one survivor, who cannot remember who he is. A police detective, an airline executive, and a doctor work to find out the man's identity.

0568 - Date of Death (12/20/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Norman Rose; Joan Copeland; Evie Juster.* A hypochondriac begins to worry when his doctor tells him he has an aortic aneurism. But fear is later fused with anger when the doctor later denies ever giving him the diagnosis.

0567 - A Quiet Evening at Home (12/17/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tammy Grimes; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond.After witnessing a murder at a train station, an unhappily married woman is hesitant to testify lest her reason for being there be revealed.

0566 - The Doctor's Evidence (12/16/1976)Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Tony Roberts; Ralph Bell; Guy Sorel; Catherine Butterfield.Telepathy plays into a story of an unfaithful husband whose wife dies in an accidental fall but her son suspects murder.

0565 - The Smoking Pistol (12/14/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Howard DaSilva; Ann Pitoniak; Rosemary Rice; Bob Kaliban.A cop's son (an undercover detective) is murdered and a suspect is found with the weapon; the cop thinks it's an open-and-shut case, but doubts enter his mind when the suspect's mother (who claims her son didn't pull the trigger) begs him to investigate further.

0564 - Hit Me Again (12/13/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Patricia Elliott; Jackson Beck; Ian Martin.Much to his wife's distress, a financial planner ditches his job for a new career as a professional gambler, where he applies his experience in actuarial science to counting cards in blackjack.

0563 - Identity Crisis (12/10/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Gordon Gould; Ann Williams; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden; Joe Silver.A brain transplant weighs heavily on the doctor performing it, the wives of the donor and the recipient and the corrupt contractors who want to make sure the surviving brain (that of a state senator) stays quiet.

0562 - Nobody Dies (12/9/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Teri Keane; Ann Sheppard; Jack Grimes; Morgan Fairchild.* A young mother becomes housekeeper for a well-to-do pregnant widow. As their children grow they develop a relationship.

0561 - Enough Rope (12/7/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Russell Horton; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster.A swindler is saved from a hangman's noose by a woman claiming to be his guardian angel.

0560 - Child of the Sea (12/6/1976)Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond.A man on an ocean swim has his life saved by a beautiful woman.

0559 - Child of Misfortune (12/3/1976)Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Joan Copeland; Court Benson.The life of a pathologist, and his wife, is upended when a teenage girl moves in after tragic circumstances.

0558 - How to Kill Rudy (12/2/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Paul Hecht; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Ralph Bell.Rudy Slaymaker discovers that his favorite detective novelist writes tales that predict true crimes. But Rudy must take preemptive action when he discovers the author's first book is about his own future.

0557 - Now You See Them, Now You Don't (11/30/1976)Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Ian Martin; Martha Greenhouse; Earl Hammond.During World War V (2175 A.D.), a doctor is tasked to find out why combat shock patients in a military hospital are suddenly disappearing.

0556 - The Man Who Couldn't Get Arrested (11/29/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Fred Gwynne; Joan Shay; Bill Griffis; Court Benson.Parallel realities collide when a Wall Street broker can't determine whether his wife is alive or has been murdered.

0555 - Blood Will Tell (11/26/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Mason Adams; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Ken Harvey.* For life insurance purposes, Norman Claymore must disclose to his employer's personnel department how his father died.

0554 - M-U-R-D-E-R (11/25/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Larry Haines; Ralph Bell; Teri Keane; Marian Seldes; Marian Haley.After his business partner walks off with their company's funds and commits suicide, Max Picket plays on a Ouija board with his wife and their friends. What the planchette spells out agitates Max.

0553 - The Awakening (11/23/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Kim Hunter; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond.A police detective investigates a psychiatrist's murder, with the only clue being an audio tape of the murderer's conversation with the victim.

0552 - Meeting by Chance (11/22/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Bobby Readick.* Two strangers caught in a rainstorm seek shelter in a well-kept house whose only occupant is a blind cat.

0551 - A Question of Identity (11/12/1976)Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Joe Silver; Ian Martin.Hillary Cummings is kidnapped, not for the typical reasons. It all comes down to a matter of identity.CBSRMT Trivia: "A Question of Identity" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 551: 11/12/76) and (Episode 731: 10/28/77).Defects: Poor audio quality.

0550 - Strikeforce (11/11/1976)Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Michael Wager; Patricia Elliott; Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Gilbert Mack.A doctor begins to question everything he's believed about his late birth father (who went missing during the war) when he spots a corpse in the morgue, on which was tattooed the emblem of his father's military regiment.

0549 - The Colony (11/9/1976)Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.Cast: Tony Roberts; Morgan Fairchild; Frances Sternhagen; Jackson Beck; Guy Sorel.After spotting a UFO, a vacationing couple reports their sighting to the sheriff in a sleepy New Hampshire town after which they find themselves in jail.

0548 - The Graveyard (11/8/1976)Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Ralph Bell; Evie Juster; Guy Sorel.A man mourning for the woman he dedicated his life to learns the truth about her death in a hard way.