CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0136 - A Preview of Death (8/20/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Russell Horton; Staats Cotsworth; Clarise Blackburn; Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes. Despite reservations, an engineer certifies as safe a cable car at his family's mountain resort. His apprehensions increase when he has dreams of a young woman perishing in that same car.

0135 - The Hands of Mrs. Mallory (8/19/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Celeste Holm; Patricia Elliott; William Redfield; Evie Juster; Arnold Moss; Leon Janney. After a paralyzed Melinda West regains the ability to walk, the recently widowed Ida Mallory asks Melinda's doctor if the same "water of faith" he gave Melinda can help Ida regain the use of her own hands.

0134 - The Final Vow (8/15/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Rosemary Rice; Bryna Raeburn; Ann Pitoniak; Jack Grimes; Joe Silver; Ken Harvey. Distraught after a priceless religious figurine in her possession is stolen, Sister Pamela leaves the convent to devote her time to finding the item and return it to a dying nun.

0133 - Journey into Terror (8/14/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Lynn Loring; Roy Thinnes; Carol Teitel. A police detective tells Jane Stoddard that her new husband, Tom, is a serial killer, and is asked to become bait in the cops' attempt to nab him.

0132 - The Frontier of Fear (8/13/1974) Written by Milt Wisoff. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jerry Stiller; Paul Tripp; Bryna Raeburn; Bob Kaliban. At a pawn shop, a down-on-his-luck hustler buys an old typewriter that has the power to prolifically type remarkable stories just by touching its keys.

0131 - The Beach of Falesa (8/12/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Cast: Alexander Scourby; Evie Juster; Ian Martin; Robert Dryden. After being outcast for marrying a local woman in defiance of the local faith, a South Sea island merchant must fight a voodoo religion and a shrewd business rival to regain his business, his pride,...

0130 - You Only Die Once (8/8/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joan Loring; Joseph Julian; Tom Keena; Dan Ocko; Hetty Galen. Marge Miller's blissfulness is shattered when her presumed-dead first husband returns to demand his share of the insurance money she received after his death.

0129 - The Picture of Dorian Gray (8/7/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Oscar Wilde. Cast: Nick Pryor; Norman Rose; Marian Seldes, Roger DeKoven. A handsome, narcissistic young man makes a devilish bargain in exchange for eternal youth; but as evil consumes him, his portrait changes to mirror the abomination he has become.

0128 - The Headstrong Corpse (8/6/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Suzanne Grossman; Gordon Gould; Ann Pitoniak; Ian Martin; Court Benson; George Lowther. Set in 1874, this story of murder and mayhem finds the late Lord Burleigh of Moreland laid out in an open crypt per his wishes; he feared being buried alive.

0127 - I Thought You Were Dead (8/5/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Arlene Francis; Mary Jane Higby; Robert Dryden; Guy Sorel. One year after murdering her husband, and writing partner, an author begins to receive phone calls from her deceased spouse.

0126 - The Hit Man (8/1/1974) Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mike Kellin; Alan Manson; Earl Hammond; Marian Seldes; Lon Clark. * A chance encounter with the wife of his next victim, and hearing the heartbreaking story that the couple shares, changes a hired assassin's mindset.

0125 - The Only Blood (7/31/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Ken Harvey; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Jack Grimes. An immigrant shoemaker vows murderous revenge after he and his family are attacked by the local mafia for his refusal to pay "protection" money.

0124 - Ghost at High Noon (7/29/1974) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Celeste Holm; Frances Sternhagen; Nat Polen; Gilbert Mack. Stuck in the middle of the desert with a broken-down car, two women are rescued by an old man in a covered wagon, who takes them to the nearest town where he and the townsfolk insists that the women stay.

0123 - My Sister -- Death (7/25/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Beatrice Straight; Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; George Petrie. A twisted tale of Sybil Carter's attempts to gain her late brother's estate from her sister.

0122 - Adam's Astral Self (7/23/1974) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Wager; Jennifer Harmon; Jacqueline Brooks; William Redfield. Adam Farr is able to project his spiritual self to other places; it annoys his wife enough that she leaves him, but Adam has a plan to woo her back.

0121 - The Deadly Process (7/22/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Bob Maxwell; Jackson Beck. In order to save his job, an unskilled engineer pilfers from an old friend the secret to a revolutionary industrial process. CBSRMT Trivia: Sometimes the teaser at the beginning of Mystery Theater doesn't match what happens in the episode. Thi...

0120 - The Dream Woman (7/18/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Wilkie Collins. Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Teri Keane; Grace Matthews; Robert Dryden. A man abandons his loyal wife to pursue a struggling actress he believes to be his "dream woman."

0119 - The Real Printer's Devil (7/17/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jada Rowland; Paul Hecht; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn. * A young couple luck out in finding an inexpensive apartment in New York's Central Park West, but soon learn that there's more to the good deal than they bargained for.

0118 - The Canterville Ghost (7/15/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Oscar Wilde. Cast: Arnold Moss; Marian Seldes; Mildred Clinton; William Redfield; Robert Dryden. A spirit repeatedly attempts to scare away the new owners of his castle.

0117 - The Devil-God (7/11/1974) Written by Mary Jane Higby. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ruby Dee; Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Guy Sorel. Jeff & Katie Moore inherit her late uncle's sprawling ranch in the American Southwest, on which roams a mysterious Palamino stallion.

0116 - And Death Makes Even Steven (7/9/1974) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Tolan; Paul Hecht; Joan Lovejoy; Ian Martin. A profligate young man plots the murder of his twin brother, whom he believes slighted him out of an inheritance from their father.

0115 - Too Many Women Can Kill You (7/8/1974) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; Evie Juster; Bryna Raeburn; Guy Sorel. Silas Cunningham is haunted by several women: The blackmailing maid and her sister, who know Silas is responsible for his wife's death...and the spirit of that wife, who haunts him in his dreams.

0114 - The Young Die Good (7/4/1974) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Patricia Elliott; Carol Teitel; Ira Lewis; Dan Ocko. A married couple move next to a strange house, but their differing visual interpretations of its occupant (the wife sees her as frail, the husband sees her as young and attractive) creates a strain in their marriage.

0113 - The Secret Life of Bobby Deland (7/3/1974) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Michael Tolan; Marian Seldes; Martha Greenhouse; Hetty Galen; Gilbert Mack. Grieving from the tragic death of their only child, a couple take in a young orphan, who not only cures the woman's migraines but also steals things.

0112 - Hurricane (7/1/1974) Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Joe Julian; Evie Juster; Jack Grimes; Gordon Gould. A couple take refuge from a storm in a secluded beach house, which is already occupied by two men — one of whom is toting a revolver.