CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0161 - Picture on a Wall (10/15/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Dianne Baker; John Newland; Anne Seymour; Dennis Cole. An aspiring stage ingenue finds a visitor in the courtyard of her new Greenwich Village apartment, a man who says he's the grandson, and is also the spitting image, of a figure on a painting in the apartment.

0160 - A Scaffold for Two (10/14/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: John Beal; Bret Morrison; Denise Alexander; Casey Kasem. Waylaid on a small island, a lawyer becomes witness to the locals' own brand of justice a kangaroo court determined to hang a man who was already acquitted of murder on the mainland.

0159 - The Doll (10/10/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joanne Linville; Ross Martin; Virginia Gregg; Karl Swenson. Jealous over the upcoming marriage of his old friend's daughter, an anthropologist arranges to have a voodoo doll made in the woman's likeness to stop the nuptials. CBSRMT Trivia: "The Doll" is the same title of two Mystery Theater episodes (Episode 159:...

0158 - Trapped (10/9/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Nina Foch; Charles Aidman; Lesley Woods; Joan Tompkins; Joe DeSantis. An ailing woman is convinced her husband, and her new caregiver are plotting to kill her, and conspires with her old nurse to stay alive.

0157 - Sister of Death (10/7/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Kay T. Stevens; Amzie Strickland; Alan Reed; Bret Morrison. At a public auction, a recently married woman purchases a portrait that happens to depict her new husband's first wife who was murdered during a robbery.

0156 - The Golden Blood of the Sun (10/3/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: John Forsythe; Rita Gam; Arnold Moss; Berry Kroeger. After moving from New England to Florida, a timeshare salesman hits a run of rainy days and bad luck. Believing him to be cursed, his boss sends the salesman to Mexico.

0155 - The Bride That Wasn't (10/1/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Janet Waldo; Anne Seymour; Lurene Tuttle; Bill Quinn; Bernard Barrow. Two weeks after becoming engaged, Amy Prentice travels to the home of her fiancé who's already married and has no recollection of ever meeting Amy.

0154 - Murder to Perfection (9/30/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mercedes McCambridge; John Newland; Joseph Campenella. * Nikki Carpenter is horrified when her fiance's brother candidly confesses to murdering Nikki's sister, his previous wife.

0153 - The Spectral Bride (9/26/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Wager; Joan Loring; Patricia Elliott; Robert Dryden; Jordan Charney. "In older days, an alchemist was a man accorded most infinite respect..." but here, it's an alchemist's late daughter that demands respect.

0152 - The Deadly Blind Man's Bluff (9/25/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mason Adams; Augusta Dabney; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Earl Hammond. A construction worker becomes emotionally distraught after losing his sight in an accident.

0151 - Island of the Lost (9/23/1974) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Marian Seldes; Bob Kaliban; Ian Martin. A middle-aged man travels to an island resort to surprise his young beloved, but uncertainty about their relationship leads to doubts about himself.

0150 - The Garden (9/19/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jennifer Harmon; Jack Grimes; Nancy Coleman; Joe Silver. A man and woman find themselves imprisoned in a peculiar forest that has two sides: one is as deathly frightening; the other is gentle and enticing.

0149 - Thicker than Water (9/17/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jay Gregory; Robert Dryden; Bob Kaliban; Grace Matthews; Ira Lewis. * A lawyer tries to prove to a jury, and to himself, that his mugger client is innocent of murder by asking to perform a chemical test on the knife allegedly used in the killing. CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast as "Th...

0148 - What Happened to Mrs. Forbush? (9/16/1974) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Patricia Wheel; Gordon Gould; Billie Lou Watt; Mary Jane Higby; Guy Sorel. Marjorie & Bert Desmond and their son Robbie rent a long-abandoned seaside home for the summer. After they move in, the ghost of a sea captain's wife who lived there two centuries earlier warns Marjorie they'd...

0147 - The Trouble with Murder (9/12/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Morse; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Jackson Beck; Ian Martin. Brooklyn police are baffled by the deaths of four women found naked and headless.

0146 - The Hand That Refused to Die (9/11/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mandel Kramer; Marian Seldes; Carol Teitel; Russell Horton. A gifted concert pianist is devastated when his right hand is amputated after an auto accident. CBSRMT Trivia: The classical piece in this episode is Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66.

0145 - Double Exposure (9/9/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Kim Hunter; Larry Haines; Joan Shay; Sam Gray. Susan Hollis runs across two people who claim that she is someone else. One claims that she was her neighbor while the other claims she was his wife, who abandoned him and their two children.

0144 - Deadline for Death (9/5/1974) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joseph Julian; Michael Tolan; June Gable; Guy Repp. Sam Rogers testifies against his former partner-in-crime, Johnny Promo, but goes into seclusion in the wake of Johnny's promise that Sam will die within 30 days of his execution.

0143 - The Imp in the Bottle (9/3/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cast: William Redfield; Joan Loring; Ian Martin; Santos Ortega; Leon Janney. Barry Holden inherits an amulet containing an imp that can grant wishes of wealth but to save his soul, Barry must sell the talisman for less than he paid for it.

0142 - The Return of Anatole Chevenic (9/2/1974) Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Alexander Scourby; Ann Pitoniak; Gil Mack; Sid Sloan. * Hans Chevenic works long hours for his sadistic uncle Anatole, who in return gives meager pay and no assurance of an inheritance; it leaves Hans fantasizing about Anatole's death.

0141 - Medium Rare (8/29/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; George Petrie. Bilked out of big money while he was alive, the demanding ghost of a big-time gambler asks husband-and-wife false psychics to help exact revenge against a Las Vegas blackjack dealer and his wife, the ghost's ex-girlfriend.

0140 - The Fatal Marksman (8/28/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Wager; Suzanne Grossman; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; William Johnstone. To impress both the girl he loves and her father, an office clerk takes up hunting. His move breaks a vow he made to his late mother, who curses him into making bad shots.

0139 - The Deadliest Favor (8/26/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Norman Rose; Ralph Bell; Dan Ocko. Edmund Churchill does a favor by harboring an old friend who's on the lam from the law; it immediately causes trouble between Edmund and his wife.

0138 - The Case of M.J.H. (8/22/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Augusta Dabney; Jack Grimes; Alan Hewitt; Robert Maxwell; Joan DeMoray. * A con man persuades a psychiatrist's receptionist into stealing the doctor's private files so that he can blackmail the patients. CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on 1/23/1962.

0137 - Having a Horrible Time (8/21/1974) Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Lynn Loring; Frances Sternhagen; Mandel Kramer; Ralph Bell; Nat Polen. * After her court testimony brings down a notorious New York druglord, Amy Hastings and a friend vacation at a singles resort populated by lots of men — one of whom is out to murder Amy on the druglord's behalf.