CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0211 - The Flowers of Death (1/24/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Larry Haines; Robert Maxwell; Gil Mack. The Greek god Dionysus appears in modern times to bring Gretchen Morrison's garden back to life. But will it impress Gretchen's husband and more importantly, his boss?

0210 - Sleepy Village (1/23/1975) Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Martha Greenhouse; Court Benson; Ken Harvey. A college professor and his wife move to a quiet New England town, but the mayor and the locals reject them for not being in "the right state of mind."

0209 - Concerto in Death (1/22/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ian Martin; Marian Seldes; Carol Teitel; Lon Clark. To the embarrassment of his family and his manager, a symphony conductor finds it hard to accept the death of his son, a talented violinist. CBSRMT Deja vu: This episode is similar to episode 146 “The Hand That Refused to Die.” The protagonist in both e...

0208 - The Precious Killer (1/20/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Beatrice Straight; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Ann Pitoniak; Dan Ocko. At one time, Karel Vortic endorsed the ideals that led to a revolution in Rourania, a European country that has now become an oppressive autocracy. After he is arrested on what turns out to be bogus charges of theft and treason,

0207 - Ghost Talk (1/17/1975) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Lenka Peterson; Elliot Reid; Robert Dryden; Gordon Gould. * After Paul's death, his wife Melba promises she'll love and remember him always.

0206 - A Death of Kings (1/16/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Robert Dryden. A brilliant but unassertive university scientist takes into his home a financially poor student who might steal not only the professor's wife, but also his scientific discovery.

0205 - Faith and the Faker (1/14/1975) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Mary Jane Higby; Bryna Raeburn; Guy Sorel; Russell Horton. A former con artist learns he has the power to heal his fellow island residents from their maladies but the one miracle he can't conjure up is the ability to heal his paraplegic wife.

0204 - The Witness is Death (1/13/1975) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joan Shay; Ken Harvey; Sam Gray; Ian Martin. After being shot by an assassin and hospitalized, a witness to a gangland killing initially agrees to offer information to the police; but when he gets cold feet (out of fear of retaliation against him and his family), the cops and the hospital try an inventive...

0203 - The Cask of Amontillado (1/12/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Richard Kiley; Frances Sternhagen; Roberta Maxwell; Leon Janney; Robert Dryden. After his wife is forced to spend the night with the lecherous banker, he owes money to, a man seeks revenge by enticing the financier with an offer he can't resist.

0202 - The Tell-Tale Heart (1/11/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Fred Gwynne; Ann Sheppard; Robert Dryden. Edgar Allan Poe's short story is adapted to a rural setting, where a down-on-their-luck family are forced to live on the farm of the husband's sadistic, perverted uncle.

0201 - The Masque of the Red Death (1/10/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Staats Cotsworth; Karl Swenson; Lois Smith; Jack Grimes; Evie Juster. Set in 1996, this futuristic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story finds a wealthy old miser and his family staging a masquerade party at his mansion while a deadly plague ravag...

0200 - Berenice (1/9/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Norman Rose; Michael Tolan; Joan Lovejoy; Roberta Maxwell. A man falls in love with the younger sister of his dying wife, who promises on her deathbed that her smile will haunt him to the point of insanity.

0199 - The Oblong Box (1/8/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Richard Mulligan; Grace Matthews; Bryna Raeburn; Court Benson. On a transatlantic cruise, Cornelius Wyatt brings with him a peculiar pine box that, as his college friend and his wife later learn, contains something ghastlier than the painting Cornelius insists it con...

0198 - The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1/7/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Paul Hecht; Guy Sorel; Corrine Orr; Dan Ocko. A slow-thinking police detective seeks help in solving the case of a woman murdered in a locked room and calls on a newbie who offers an unusual suggestion.

0197 - The Premature Burial (1/6/1975) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Keir Dullea; Paul Hecht; Guy Sorel; Marian Seldes. A physician assists his friend in exhuming the corpse of a recently deceased loved one; they find her alive, and now the evil husband she married wants her back. CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their s...

0196 - The Many Names of Death (1/5/1975) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; William Redfield; Marian Haley. A bank's trust officer hires a secretary, who charms him into experiencing the wild side of life an adventure that turns out wilder than he expected.

0195 - The Reluctant Killer (1/2/1975) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Roberta Maxwell; Leon Janney; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin. * Disillusioned by the game's brutality, a football player quits the game but becomes vengeful after his wife and mother-in-law unjustly accuse him of spousal abuse.

0194 - The Deadly Pearls (1/1/1975) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Kate Reid; Paul Hecht; Grace Matthews; Court Benson. A private detective goes undercover as a writer in a remote Hawaiian island to track a set of radioactive pearls that were used in two murders.

0193 - The Golem (12/30/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Lansing; Mildred Clinton; Patricia Elliott; Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden. As a man tries to save a young Jewish woman and her grandfather from Nazi pursuers, the old man begins to construct a creature from ancient Hebrew legend to save them.

0192 - Turn About is Foul Play (12/26/1974) Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Vicky Vola; Jackson Beck; Sid Sloan. * A man conspires with his girlfriend to kill his wealthy, sickly wife. He changes his mind at the last moment, but someone else carries out the job.

0191 - A Very Private Miracle (12/24/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Jennifer Marlowe; Virginia Payne; Evie Juster; Ian Martin. A touching Christmas tale about a cantankerous multimillionaire and a little girl who wants him to play Santa Claus. CBSRMT Trivia: Mystery Theater only aired two Christmas episodes during its nine year run. The first, "A Very P...

0190 - Give the Devil His Due (12/23/1974) Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; Joe Silver; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; Peter Donald. * An over-the-hill dancer sells her soul to the devil to regain her youth and talent, but consequences arise when she reneges on the deal.

0189 - The House of the Voodoo Queen (12/19/1974) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joan Loring; Jordan Charney; Renee Roy; Dan Ocko; Gilbert Mack. The story of a New Orleans house haunted by a malicious spirit; the couple who just inherited it; and another woman who seduces the husband in order to gain possession of it.

0188 - Charity is Never Dead (12/18/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Virginia Payne; Rosemary Rice; William Prince; Patricia Wheel; George Petrie. * Two patients are brought into a hospital ER: An elderly woman, badly injured in a department store explosion, who cannot find the granddaughter she was just reunited with; and a younger woman with a head injury and amnesia.

0187 - Stephanie's Room (12/16/1974) Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; William Redfield; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Dryden. After a housewife moves with her husband back to her hometown of New York City, she visits the house in which she grew up, soon developing a symbiotic relationship with the aged, childless woman who now resides there.