CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0406 - One of the Missing (1/1/1976)

Written by Stella and Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.

Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Jennifer Harmon; Arnold Moss; Mason Adams.

A Union Army soldier, along with his buddy, is sent on a reconnaissance mission into enemy territory; a freak explosion leaves him with injuries and visions of his own funeral.

Defects: Occasional static.

0405 - Sagamore Cottage (12/31/1975)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Bob Kaliban; Carmen Matthews; Janet Waldo; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Maxwell.

* A young couple rents a cottage from an old woman who lives in a strange house which has a dark secret.

0404 - The Memory Killers (12/29/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Patricia Wheel; Robert Dryden; Nat Polen.

Henry Clay Courtland travels to Munich to secure a lucrative account for his advertising firm. But ghosts from the past remind him of the true, horrendous identity of the corporation's president.

0403 - License to Kill (12/26/1975)

Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joan Loring; Larry Haines; Earl Hammond; Sid Sloan; Mary Jane Higby.

A woman is successful in liberating her husband from a sanitarium for the criminally insane.

CBSRMT Trivia: "License to Kill" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 403: 12/26/75) and (Episode 590: 1/24/77).

0402 - A Christmas Carol (12/24/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Charles Dickens.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden; William Redfield.

Series host E. G. Marshall voices the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this dramatic retelling of Charles Dickens' classic holiday ghost story.

Mystery Theater only aired two Christmas episodes during its nine-year run. The first, "A Very Private Miracle," aired only once, on Christmas Eve of 1974.

The second, "A Christmas Carol," aired on every Christmas Eve from 1975 to 1981 and was...

0401 - The Murder Market (12/23/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Rosemary Murphy; Robert Dryden; Ann Pitoniak; Ian Martin.

Stuck with a humdrum job and a banal fiancé, a young woman feels challenged by a dynamic business entrepreneur and begins a new career avenue which turns into high intrigue when she becomes the prime suspect in a homicide.

0400 - The Image (12/22/1975)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; William Redfield; Teri Keane; Marian Seldes.

* In a quest to perfect his image, a ruthless, self-absorbed writer forces his will upon his wife and friends.

0399 - The Corpse Wrote Shorthand (12/19/1975)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Joan Lovejoy; Russell Horton; Joan Shay; Berry Kroeger.

Bank accountant Will Crawford spent 5 years in jail for securities embezzlement, a crime he did not commit. Newly released and determined to clear his name, Crawford and a newspaper reporter question his ex-colleagues.

0398 - Fireball (12/18/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Kim Hunter; Hugh Marlowe; Earl Hammond; Guy Sorel.

When strange things start happening on their estate, the wife of a defense contractor is convinced the new blacksmith they've hired is actually the Roman god of fire, Vulcan.

0397 - The Eleventh Hour (12/17/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Carol Teitel; Mary Jane Higby; Don Scardino; Arnold Moss.

Feeling guilt over how he has amassed his fortune, a wealthy business owner answers a personal ad from a woman who claims she is a being from another galaxy.

0396 - Burn, Witch, Burn (12/15/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Marian Seldes; Kirk Peterson; William Redfield; Court Benson.

A fictitious incident in the life of Cotton Mather, Puritan minister and intellectual during the era of the Salem witch trials.

0395 - Marry for Murder (12/12/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Patsy Bruder; Evie Juster; Arthur Anderson; Dan Ocko.

* Two sisters with different agendas hire the same private detective to look into the affairs of the same man.

0394 - You Can Change Your Life (12/11/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Earl Hammond; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden; Martha Greenhouse.

A police detective is bewildered by the murders of two women, but later learns of the connection they shared with a third murder victim.

0393 - Stitch in Time (12/9/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Rosemary Rice; Earl Hammond.

A billionaire welcomes into his home the niece he has not seen in 9 years. But his secretary has doubts about the girl's identity and motives.

0392 - How Quiet the Night (12/8/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: William Redfield; Patricia Elliott; Marian Seldes; Court Benson.

Russell Porter is engaged to wealthy Sibyl Malone, then his former girlfriend Cora Jean Buxton shows up.

0391 - Pharaoh's Daughter (12/5/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jack Grimes; Ian Martin; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Jordan Charney.

Leonore Drake and her paramour frame a hapless drunkard for their murder of a taxi driver who discovered Drake's millionaire husband dead in his cab.

0390 - Portrait of A Killer (12/4/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Michael Wager; Robert Dryden; Joan Lovejoy; Jada Rowland; Russell Horton.

An elderly man stands in quiet fascination at a museum painting believed to be the last remaining artwork of an obscure artist. The man learns he can project himself into the painting and possibly alter the tragic history behind it.

0389 - Promise to Kill (12/3/1975)

Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Gordon Gould; Earl Hammond; Russell Horton; Hetty Galen; Lesley Woods; Roy LeMay.

* A Vengeful Dave Farmer arranges to have Vernon White, who killed Farmer's wife and daughter, slain in prison.

0388 - With Malice Aforethought (12/1/1975)

Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Carlos Carrasco; William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Len Gochman; Robert Maxwell.

* Insisting he was fired upon first, police sergeant Gil Robey shoots and kills a suspect during a drug bust. But no drugs or weapon were found.

Defects: A little background noise.

0387 - The Frammis (11/28/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; Robert Dryden.

A diamond-like yet worthless piece of glass makes its way from an honest jeweler's shop to a Royal Army officer to a reigning monarch's priceless collection. But then the king asks for an appraisal on the gem.

0386 - The Dead, Dead Ringer (11/27/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Don Scardino; Evie Juster; Leon Janney; Jackson Beck.

Mob boss Mario Procacci asks policeman Bruce Hart to deliver a warning message to the lothario husband of Procacci's daughter, Penny.

0385 - The Lap of the Gods (11/25/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Martha Greenhouse; Hetty Galen; William Redfield; James McCallion.

Drowning his sorrow in alcohol since his wife's death puts Walter Davis into a coma and into a hospital where his spirit transfers from the present day into the body of a sea captain in the 1820s.

0384 - The Serpent's Tooth (11/24/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Paul Hecht; Ann Sheppard; Robert Dryden.

In pre-World War I Vienna, art dealer Jacob Kohn and wife Rachel give temporary shelter to a young, homeless artist who is sickly, behaving oddly and is driven by disturbing visions.

0383 - The Hanging Judgment (11/21/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Ken Harvey; Evie Juster; Joan Shay; Earl Hammond.

Dr. Sam Grant and his girlfriend, Sherril Stafford, are both charged with the murder of Grant's wife. Though they admit to a possible motive the pair swear to their attorney that they did not commit the crime.

0382 - The Lamps of the Devil (11/20/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Russell Horton; Ian Martin; Joan Shay.

Noah Artwright returns home from fighting in the Civil War to find his fiancée has married someone else and that his job as a whaler has been made obsolete by the discovery of crude oil.

0381 - Fear (11/19/1975)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jack Grimes; Marian Seldes; Jane White; Earl Hammond.

Diminutive bank teller Edgar Ellerbe is accused of robbing another branch of his own bank.

0380 - The Moonlighter (11/17/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Lovejoy; Bob Kaliban; Robert Dryden.

* Needing extra cash to help satiate his wife's extravagant tastes, Stanley Morrison learns from his buddy of a way they can double their incomes.

Defects: Background noise.

0379 - The Money Makers (11/14/1975)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; William Redfield; Jack Grimes.

Two counterfeiters set up their secret operation in an abandoned house, unaware that it's inhabited by a ghost.

0378 - Home is Where the Ghost Is (11/13/1975)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Gordon Gould; Patricia Elliott; William Redfield; Gilbert Mack.

Dr. Ramsey Joslin is haunted by the ghost of his late wife, Emily, who advises him to be careful in dealing with a defecting Russian scientist.

0377 - Party Girl (11/11/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mason Adams; Russell Horton; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Dan Ocko.

A Congressman and gubernatorial candidate tries to cover up the suicide of a prostitute he had a tryst with.

0376 - The Public Avenger (11/10/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Arnold Stang; Marian Haley; Robert Dryden; Leon Janney; Himan Brown (uncredited).

A business executive's assistant is alarmed when it's theorized that a mild-mannered colleague may be the vigilante who's been murdering several well-known criminals.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as an unnamed dry cleaner at the end of act 1 and beginning of act 2.

0375 - Killing Valley (11/7/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Kim Hunter; Joan Shay; Ian Martin; William Redfield.

* Polly Preston returns to the small town she grew up in to write a tell-all exposé about the powerful people who ostracized her parents years earlier.

Defects: Muffled audio on and off.

0374 - The Edge of the Scalpel (11/5/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Teri Keane; Gordon Gould; Don Scardino; Robert Kaliban; Joan Shay.

Dr. Kirk Malcolm faces a dilemma: Perform a complicated yet life-saving surgical procedure on the husband of the nurse he loves.

0373 - The Mortgage (11/3/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Robert Maxwell.

A college professor becomes deeply worried when his picture appears in the newspaper for his doing a good deed: It may lead to his being activated as a Russian double agent, disrupting his happily placid life.

0372 - It's Hell to Pay the Piper (10/31/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Walter Scott.

Cast: Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson; Guy Sorel.

A poor Scottish farmer pays his rent but fails to get a receipt from his feudal landlord, who later dies. Then the landlord's son demands that the farmer clear his debt.

0371 - Triptych for a Witch (10/30/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Margaret Hamilton; Kristoffer Tabori; Evie Juster; Gilbert Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited).

A witch masquerades as the kindly, recently widowed great aunt of a newlywed couple, and moves in to their home along with a pair of peculiarly behaving pets.

CBSRMT Trivia: Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz") stars in her only Mystery Theater episode. She plays...a witch, of course.

Himan Brown is uncredited as Jake in act 1.

0370 - Ghost Powder (10/29/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Michael Wager; Marian Seldes; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Guy Sorel.

As his political rivalry with Thomas Jefferson grows, John Adams has another matter on his plate: The French chateau he and wife Abigail have moved into is haunted.

0369 - The Storm Breeder (10/28/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by William Austin.

Cast: Michael Tolan; Fred Gwynne; Ann Pitoniak; Arnold Moss; Ian Martin.

A young judge aims to give rest to a lost soul who, with his young daughter, has been cursed to forever wander New England in search of a home while a dark storm cloud follows.

0368 - A Living Corpse (10/27/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Kirk Peterson; Patricia Elliott.

Professor Amadeus Valdemar, an expert on hypnosis who's dying of consumption, talks Dr. Craig Nugent into hypnotizing him to forestall the Grim Reaper.

0367 - The Summer People (10/24/1975)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tony Roberts; Jennifer Harmon; Grace Matthews; Leon Janney; William Redfield.

* Seeking a place to pursue their artistic crafts during the summer, Jane and Mike Slater discover Granville, a town the couple learn is difficult to leave.

0366 - The Sealed Room Murder (10/23/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by M. D. Post.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Fred Gwynne; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Earl Hammond.

A sheriff and a judge take on the onerous task of solving the murder of the county's most repulsive resident.

0365 - Million Dollar Murder (10/21/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Patricia Elliott; Catherine Byers; Robert Dryden; Nat Polen.

Facing a liquidation of his furniture company's assets, Dick Nelson is offered $1 million by a wealthy woman, provided he kill a close friend.

0364 - Never in This World (10/20/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; Ian Martin; Marian Seldes.

When David Campbell discovers the ruins of an old church, he's drawn into challenging an ancient Gaelic curse.

0363 - Stay Out of Dutchman's Woods (10/16/1975)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Jada Rowland; Santos Ortega; Joan Loring; Mary Jane Higby.

After a newlywed couple honeymooning in Maine become lost and separated in the Dutchman's woods, the husband comes under the enticement of a spirit.

0362 - The Kiss of Death (10/15/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Cast: Kirk Peterson; Patsy Bruder; Arnold Moss; Bryna Raeburn; Gilbert Mack.

Despite the warnings of his mentors, an aspiring doctor in Padua, Italy falls in love with the daughter of the town's crackpot physician.

0361 - The Last Lesson (10/13/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Fred Gwynne; Marian Haley; Leon Janney; Dan Ocko.

Threatened with death unless he pays off his monetary debts, compulsive gambler Clarence Porter marries the plain yet wealthy Penny Meadows.

0360 - They Shall Stone Them with Stones (10/9/1975)

Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Teri Keane; Jackson Beck; Arnold Stang; Bryna Raeburn; William Redfield.

Mindreader Madame Dahrazum and her out-of-work husband put together a Vaudeville act. But trouble finds them when, during a show she sees visions of an unsolved murder.

0359 - Who Made Me? (10/7/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Don Scardino; Evie Juster.

* Set in a future where every person is given societal rankings based on their abilities and intellectual capacity, a fighter pilot in "Group One" is challenged when his son desires the more attractive life of "Group Three" citizenry.

0358 - The Five Ghostly Indians (10/6/1975)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Guy Sorel; Ann Pitoniak; Suzanne Grossman; Jay Gregory.

A vacationing college professor and an innkeeper discover a strange Indian arrowhead along a spot of Maine's shoreline where an early explorer massacred six natives.

0357 - The Man Who Ran Away (10/2/1975)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Robert Dryden; Martha Greenhouse; William Redfield.

Upset over his wife's infidelity, David Trent drives to a nearby town and discovers a seemingly abandoned estate, where he meets a woman who's just as lonely as he is.

0356 - The Primrose Path (10/1/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mason Adams; Rosemary Rice; Ken Harvey; Ian Martin; Jack Grimes.

Maryann Melon is heir to a family-owned newspaper conglomerate, a kidnapping victim and possibly a willing member of a radical terrorist group.

0355 - You're Only Young Twice (9/29/1975)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ann Sheppard; Norman Rose; Virginia Dwyer; Earl Hammond.

A scientist develops a formula that reverses the aging process.

0354 - The Other Self (9/28/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Joan Shay; Russell Horton.

A psychologist examines a factory worker with an exemplary work record. His secret to focusing on tedious tasks? Having an obsession over the American Civil War, in particular the Battle of Shiloh.

0353 - The Thomas Jefferson Defense (9/27/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Leon Janney; Russell Horton; Jada Rowland; Bob Kaliban.

Thomas Jefferson must defend an innocent Indian chief against both a murder indictment and the narrow-minded attitudes of the townspeople.

0352 - Assassination in Time (9/26/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jennifer Harmon; William Redfield; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Gordon Gould.

A time-traveling couple struggle with whether to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and in doing so alter the course of history.

0351 - The Black Whale (9/25/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Brock Peters; Bret Morrison; Lynne Hamilton; Marvin Miller; Ken Lynch.

A newly literate slave in antebellum Texas longs to be free, but death is the fate of anyone who tries to liberate him.

0350 - The Angels of Devil's Mountain (9/24/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Warren Stevens; Anne Seymour; James McCallion; Berry Kroeger.

Severe chest pains force a traveling salesman to make a stop off at a remote village, where he's astounded to learn that everyone in town recognizes him.

0349 - The Headless Hessian (9/23/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Lloyd Bochner; Jack Grimes; Marriette Hartley; Casey Kasem; Robert Maxwell.

A headless specter first frightens, then helps General George Washington's troops on the eve of their assault on Trenton.

0348 - Solid Gold Soldiers (9/22/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Michael Wager; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Court Benson; William Redfield.

Two Civil War spies play a battle of wits and deception against warring forces, allies, and even each other in an effort to secure $1 million in Confederate gold.

CBSRMT Trivia: Starting with this episode, the next seven episodes commemorate the U.S. bicentennial with stories about people and events of U.S. history.

0347 - The Third Person (9/19/1975)

Written by Arnold and Stella Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Henry James.

Cast: Evie Juster; Marian Seldes; Arnold Moss; Court Benson.

Two spinster cousins inherit an ancestral home, which is occupied by a long-dead cousin's ghost.

0346 - The Coffin with the Golden Nails (9/18/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Marian Seldes; Ralph Bell; Kristoffer Tabori.

Determined to start a new life the head of a Latin American country's secret police undergoes cosmetic surgery. All goes well afterwards until he falls for a woman, he previously tortured.

Defects: Occasional static.

0345 - The Prison of Glass (9/16/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Lois Nettleton; John Newland; Hans Conried; Peg LaCentra; Berry Kroeger.

Weighed down by the emotional baggage her mother, husband, and agent have all loaded on her a talented actress seeks refuge in the world inside a glass snow globe.

0344 - The Little Old Lady Killer (9/15/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Dianne Baker; Anne Seymour; Alan Reed; Marvin Miller; Berry Kroeger.

A police detective finds it hard to convince her colleagues that an elderly woman is the vigilante responsible for the deaths of several animal abusers.

0343 - The Ghost Plane (9/12/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Richard Crenna; Janet Waldo; Casey Kasem; Virgina Gregg; Sam Edwards.

* Two people wake up on a special airplane and have no idea how they got there or where they are going.

0342 - The Voice of Death (9/11/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Victor Jory; Amzie Strickland; Bret Morrison.

A washed-up ventriloquist finds the perfect dummy to continue his act; the doll's designer plans to possess his soul in exchange.

CBSRMT Trivia: "The Voice of Death" (Episode 342: 9/11/75) is similarly named as "Voices of Death" (Episode 91: 5/14/74) and "The Voices of Death" (Episode 271: 5/9/75).

0341 - The Ideas of March (9/10/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Nina Foch; Les Tremayne; Bret Morrison; Lou Krugman.

* A wife desperately attempts to get her husband to cancel his business trip when she foresees his death in a vision.

CBSRMT Trivia: Starting with this episode the next five episodes do not have any of the Mystery Theater regulars in the cast.

0340 - The Other Life (9/8/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Elliot Reid.

A lonely housewife finds refuge in playing the ponies; but as her gambling debts mount, the distance between herself and her husband grows further.

0339 - Sleepwalker (9/5/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel; Sam Gray.

A woman who wants so badly to kill her husband begins to plot his demise in her sleep.

0338 - The Special Undertaking (9/4/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Don Scardino; Jada Rowland; Staats Cotsworth; Ann Pitoniak; Robert Maxwell.

A young country doctor and his wife confront a ghost in their new home, with an antique music box serving as the only clue to the spirit's identity.

0337 - Portrait of Death (9/2/1975)

Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Rosemary Rice; Tony Roberts; Robert Dryden; Gilbert Mack.

While honeymooning in Venice, a woman sets out to view a rare painting she fell in love with while she was an art student in the city years earlier.

0336 - The Smile of Death (9/1/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Russell Horton; Court Benson; Ian Martin; Joan Shay; Evie Juster.

An obnoxious baron's illegitimate son enlists the spirit of his late mother to extort his birthright and ensure his rightful inheritance.

0335 - Murder by Proxy (8/29/1975)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mandel Kramer; Lesley Woods; Grace Matthews; Leon Janney; William Redfield; Earl Hammond.

Alex Hunter served as foreman on the jury that put Tim Cohane in prison for murder. Now released, Cohane is looking for revenge.

0334 - Night of the Howling Dog (8/28/1975)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Algernon Blackwood.

Cast: Mason Adams; Norman Rose; Marian Seldes; Kristoffer Tabori; Guy Sorel.

A minister and his daughter lead a camping trip on a deserted island with a werewolf in the group's midst.

0333 - The Eavesdroppers (8/27/1975)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Arnold Moss; Patricia Wheel; William Redfield; Ralph Bell; Joan Arless.

* A couple is hired to spy on a renowned scientist and his wife at their estate in the Pocono Mountains.

CBSRMT Trivia: "The Eavesdroppers" (Episode 333: 8/27/75) is similarly named as "The Eavesdropper" (Episode: 883 8/23/78).

0332 - Person to Be Notified (8/25/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Russell Horton; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Gilbert Mack.

A woman takes a job at the remote island home of an eccentric author, then sets out to prove the author's lawyer is up to no good.

0331 - Terror in the Air (8/22/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Jennifer Harmon; Earl Hammond; Richard Seth; Hetty Galen.

* A doctor is forced to land a plane and attend to a woman in labor when food poisoning strikes the crew of the plane they're flying.

0330 - Circle of Evil (8/21/1975)

Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Kristoffer Tabori; Mary Jane Higby; Rosemary Rice; Ian Martin.

Two special needs adults are placed under a caregiver's watch; she is soon plagued by a restless spirit.

0329 - Welcome for A Dead Man (8/19/1975)

Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Earl Hammond; Gil Mack; Himan Brown (uncredited).

* Released from prison after serving 21 years for murdering a payroll assistant, a crook sets out to find the stolen loot he stashed away.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the bartender in act 1.

0328 - Help, Somebody (8/18/1975)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: William Redfield; Court Benson; Joan Shay; Dan Ocko.

* Anthony Price is on a lucky streak: He inherits a fortune his novel becomes a best seller, and he finds the woman of his dreams. What could go wrong?

0327 - The Unbearable Reflection (8/15/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Patricia Elliott; Mandel Kramer; Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel.

A state governor's despicable wife is tricked into killing her husband by the man's campaign manager.

0326 - The Root of All Evil (8/14/1975)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Norman Rose; Ann Sheppard; Elliot Reid; Marian Seldes; George Petrie.

* A copywriter finds $80,000 in his trash bin and uses it to escape life's drudgery; paranoia, and the robbers who stole that loot in a bank robbery, soon plague him.

0324 - Age Cannot Wither Her (8/11/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Joe Silver; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey; Earl Hammond.

An elderly man returns to shore alone after taking his young wife on a sailing trip. When a sheriff questions her disappearance, the man tells him a fantastic tale of eternal life.

0325 - The Master Computer (8/13/1975)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Augusta Dabney; Robert Dryden; Joan Shay; Nat Polen; Robert Maxwell.

* A couple return from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records.

0323 - The Grey Ghost (8/8/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Betsy Palmer; William Redfield; Evie Juster; Ian Martin.

Deep in grief over her race car driver father's death, a woman abandons her husband for Italy, where she meets and agrees to sponsor a talented driver.

0322 - To Die is Forever (8/7/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Mandel Kramer; Jack Grimes; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney.

A wealthy eccentric plans to have himself and his terminally ill wife cryogenically preserved until a cure is found for her cancer.

0321 - Hung Jury (8/5/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Catherine Byers; Joan Shay; Bob Dryden; Guy Sorel.

A married, seemingly average accountant leads a side life of lust (with a prostitute) and danger (gambling debts). When bookies demand payment, he soon discovers a solution to his problems.

0320 - The Devil's Boutique (8/4/1975)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joan Loring; Robert L. Green; Jada Rowland; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin.

A vain fashion designer visits a boutique at a Mediterranean resort city and suffers excruciating lessons in stealing from the shopkeeper.

CBSRMT Trivia: Mystery Theater used 33 writers to write 1,399 episodes; only three wrote more than 100 episodes: Sam Dann (439), Ian Martin (244) and Elspeth Eric (117).

0319 - The Onyx Eye (8/1/1975)

Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Frances Sternhagen; Michael Wager; William Redfield; Bryna Raeburn; Sidney Sloan.

A husband and wife experience good fortune immediately after purchasing a strange antique curio. But when their infant child dies, the wife suspects the charm is actually a source of great evil.

0318 - Carmilla (7/31/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Marian Seldes; Staats Cotsworth; Court Benson; Martha Greenhouse.

In early 20th century Austria, a young woman and her widower father are charged with caring for a female ward; though the two women become close, the orphan harbors a secret that threatens to destroy their lives.

0317 - He Moves in a Mysterious Way (7/30/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Teri Keane; Patsy Bruder; Leon Janney; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin.

* A hospital clergyman risks his own health and life in order to give counsel to an injured dancer facing surgery.

0316 - The Lady is a Jinx (7/28/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Larry Haines; Marian Seldes; Patricia Elliott; Dan Ocko.

A police detective falls for a woman whose previous lovers all met untimely deaths; the sister of her most recent victim requests his assistance in seeking justice for her brother.

0315 - Woman from Hell (7/25/1975)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Norman Rose; Mandel Kramer; Paul Hecht; Nat Polen.

While investigating her alleged suicide, a private detective reads the personal journal of an actress whose last film project found her caught up in conflict with its real-life subject matter — a coven of witches.

0314 - Appointment in Uganda (7/24/1975)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: William Redfield; Arnold Stang; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay.

A man obsessed with preparing for the afterlife suffers a heart attack and is clinically dead for a few minutes. During that time between life and death, he lives another life that makes him re-evaluate his life.

0313 - The Poisoned Pen (7/22/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Catherine Byers; Michael Tolan; Earl Hammond; Richard Seth.

The deaths of several people are tied to two things: they each received a mysterious letter, and they shared disdain for a marginally talented actress.

0312 - Fateful Reunion (7/21/1975)

Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Jennifer Harmon; Ken Harvey; William Redfield.

* A scientist invents a supercomputer that can predict future events; he and his fiancée use it for party entertainment but the fun dims when it makes a harrowing forecast involving their war buddy fathers.

CBSRMT Trivia: The tune "Every Blossom Dies" which was introduced in episode

0311 - The Spots of the Leopard (7/18/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ann Sheppard; Russell Horton; Gil Mack; Leon Janney.

A dock worker and his wife are placed in witness protection after he exposes organized crime activities within his company and union; it's an adjustment that the wife is unable to accept.

0310 - Nightmare's Nest (7/17/1975)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Gordon Gould; Rosemary Rice; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Maxwell; Ian Martin.

A reclusive scientist purchases a remote country estate, but the malevolent spirit who haunts the grounds is sure to disturb the peace.

CBSRMT Trivia: The main theme music for Mystery Theater was taken from the CBS archives. That particular piece of music was composed by Nathan Van Cleave and was featured in a Twilight Zone episode called “Two” (1961; Season 3, episode 1) featuring Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery as the only two...

0309 - Goodbye, Karl Erich (7/16/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Joan Shay; Sam Gray.

The diary of Dr. Heinrich Stammler recalls how, in 1927 Germany, he treated a young man after his father's death in war.

0308 - Snake in the Grass (7/14/1975)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Sandy Dennis; Ralph Bell; Arnold Stang; Robert Dryden.

A scientist allows her colleague to take credit for discovering a new variety of clover and winds up later receiving the blame for his murder.

0307 - The Widow's Auxiliary (7/11/1975)

Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Lenka Peterson; Gordon Gould; Carol Teitel; Arnold Moss; Court Benson.

* A woman must save her husband from the lure of a local men's association, who wants his mechanical aptitude to advance their agenda.