CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

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 partic...

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.

0306 - The Ghostly Rival (7/10/1975) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Will MacKenzie; Marian Seldes; Robert Dryden; Earl Hammond. A young man strikes a deal with a mysterious creature to gain enough wealth to rival (and impress) his prospective father-in-law.

0305 - The Triangle (7/8/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Robert Dryden. The sole survivor of a plane crash in the Bermuda Triangle tells of a lost paradise within the mysterious void.

0304 - Guilty (7/7/1975) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jack Grimes; Ann Pitoniak; Nat Polen; Jean Gillespie. Professing his innocence after being accused of assaulting a female colleague, a college professor takes a polygraph test and fails, leaving him to question the role of technology in society. CBSRMT Trivia: "Guilty" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes...

0303 - The Slave (7/4/1975) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mandel Kramer; Fred Gwynne; Patsy Bruder; Mary Orr. * The stakes are high when two men make a daring bet.

0302 - Murder Will Out (7/3/1975) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Robert Maxwell; Leon Janney; Gilbert Mack. A New York police detective goes to Miami in search of the man who killed his father, who was also an NYPD cop.

0301 - Come Back with Me (7/2/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Ian Martin; William Redfield. A businessman going through hard times goes back in time to visit the watering hole he enjoyed in his younger days. CBSRMT Trivia: This episode features the following Big Band classics: "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller (1939) "Marie" by Tommy Dorsey...

0300 - The Golden Cauldron (6/30/1975) Written by Ralph Goodman. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Paul Hecht; Patricia Elliott; Clarice Blackburn; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton. A ghastly whodunit involving a trio of friends, a modern-day weapon, and a supposedly haunted castle overlooking Stonehenge. CBSRMT Trivia: Producer/Director Himan Brown borrowed the creaking door and the “pleasant dreams” e...

0299 - The Rape of the Maia (6/27/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Arnold Stang; Norman Rose; Jackson Beck; Earl Hammond; Joan Shay. All evidence points to a famous dress designer in a notorious gambler's murder.

0298 - That Hamlet Was a Good Boy (6/26/1975) Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Will MacKenzie; Jennifer Harmon; Grace Matthews; Joe Silver; Leon Janney. A modern-day take on Hamlet, finds the ghost of a murdered factory owner imploring his son to expose the lad's faithless mother and greedy uncle for the murderers they are.

0297 - The Mask of Tupac Amaru (6/24/1975) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ruby Dee; Michael Wager; Robert Dryden; Dan Ocko. Tension between an anthropology grad student and her fiancée is aggravated when they come into contact with an ancient Incan artifact.

0296 - The Mills of the Gods (6/23/1975) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joan Copeland; Tony Roberts; Paul Hecht; William Redfield. An American touring Europe becomes enamored by a Parisian man, in Holland, much to the chagrin of her fiance.

0295 - Can You Trust Your Husband? (6/20/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Mandel Kramer; Bryna Raeburn; Ken Harvey; Sam Gray. * After he's arrested on drug trafficking charges, a woman holds firm to her belief of her husband's innocence even though evidence suggests she does not know him as well as she had thought.

0294 - The Climbing Boy (6/19/1975) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Court Benson; Ian Martin. In 1819 England, two noble women help an abused young chimney sweep.

0293 - Frame-up (6/18/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin. A woman is framed for murder by her adulterous husband, the result of his plan to seize her wealth. Refusing to take the rap, the woman fights to clear her name.

0292 - The Smile of Deceit (6/16/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Arnold Moss; Joan Shay; Robert Dryden. A woman marries a wealthy, eccentric college professor and moves with him to an isolated tribal area. When the natives accuse her of an extra-marital indiscretion, she must undergo a strange ritual to prove her innocence.

0291 - Stairway to Oblivion (6/13/1975) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ann Sheppard; Guy Sorel; Mary Jane Higby; Nat Polen. Julia Stephens travels to a remote mountaintop estate, Oblivion, to visit an uncle she has never met. While there, she finds a mystery involving the fate of the estate's previous visitors.

0290 - A Case of Negligence (6/12/1975) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Alan Hewitt; Hetty Galen; Gil Mack. * After his father dies during a supposedly routine surgery, a greedy man sues the hospital and the attending surgeon. It's a lawsuit that has troubling consequences.

0289 - The Queen of Darkness (6/10/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Julie Harris; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Gordon Gould. A vain, out-of-work actress is recruited to play the queen of an obscure monarchy.

0288 - Fallen Angel (6/9/1975) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ralph Bell; Court Benson; Joe Silver; Jack Grimes; Carol Teitel. A manic-depressive writer believes an angel from Heaven is his muse, but he's prone to binge-drinking whenever the angel departs.

0287 - The Transformer (6/6/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Teri Keane; Mandel Kramer; Earl Hammond. Police suspect a salesman in the death of his boss. It turns out he carelessly told his old war buddy, a professional hitman, that he believed his boss was hindering his career advancement.