CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0511 - The Night Shift (8/30/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; William Griffis; Earl Hammond. Eddie O'Brian loathes working 9-hour shifts each day as a bus driver until he is assigned a brand new bus.

0510 - The Man Who Could Work Miracles (8/26/1976) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by H. G. Wells. Cast: William Redfield; Marian Haley; Russell Horton; Arnold Moss. This adaptation of H. G. Wells' short story chronicles a man who realizes he can alter fortunes and make wishes reality out of sheer will.

0509 - The Train Stops (8/23/1976) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Jada Rowland; Ann Sheppard; Gene Francis. A small-town doctor's daughter falls in love with a mysterious man who comes to town on the same train every week and continues to do so even after the town loses its spot on the train schedule.

0508 - The Golden People (8/19/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: William Redfield; Marian Seldes; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster. * Richard Paradon has the looks, charm, and smarts to make money in an unsavory way — by bilking beautiful, wealthy women out of theirs. CBSRMT Trivia: William Redfield died two days before this episode aired. He was 49 years old. Redfield acted in 8...

0507 - Your Grade is A (8/16/1976) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Bob Kaliban; Ralph Bell; Joan Shay; Joe Silver. The wife of a creative writing student is found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning; was her death accidental, suicide or foul play?

0506 - The Haliday Prediction (8/12/1976) Written by Fielden Farrington. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Morgan Fairchild; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin. Cash Haliday fills his weekly newspaper column on crime and corruption with predictions that come true. Cash's talent could be a case of uncanny insight, ESP, or just wishing things into reality.

0505 - Overnight to Freedom (8/9/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: William Redfield; Robert Dryden; Earl Hammond; Mandel Kramer; Rosemary Rice. An American POW escapes his captors and tries to reach a French Underground contact.

0504 - Lovers and Killers (8/5/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Dryden; Russell Horton; Marian Seldes; Evie Juster; Robert Maxwell. The fate of a lothario accused of murdering his lover's husband rests in the hands of a jury in particular David Miller (Juror #2), who didn't want to fulfill his civic duty.

0503 - Every Dog Has His Day (8/2/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Court Benson; Russell Horton; Morgan Fairchild; Ian Martin. As his sons argue over who should receive his estate, and his lawyer's daughter ponders which of the two she's truly in love with, an ailing millionaire has only two faithful servants by his side — his butler, Chadsworth, and his dog, Whiskey.

0502 - Shotgun Wedding (7/29/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jack Grimes; Patricia Elliott; Leon Janney; William Griffis. Gus Virko sets colleague Charley Demerest up with his daughter. Despite Charley's apprehension, it's a perfect romantic match that soon turns into a nightmare.

0501 - The Brain Without Mercy (7/26/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Ian Martin. Dr. Werner Diethardt finds a severely injured skyjacker who made off with $2 million and removes the crook's brain, so that it can tell him where he hid the loot.

0500 - The Men with the Magic Fingers (7/22/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; Catherine Byers; Earl Hammond. A carnival owner at the turn of the century creates a lifelike doll, Leonora, that can predict customers' futures.

0499 - Future Eye (7/19/1976) Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Evie Juster; Court Benson; William Redfield; Catherine Butterfield. An investigator from the future is sent back to the present day to retrieve a data bank, no bigger than a matchbox, that holds a chronology of time up until the year 2976. Defects: Background noise.

0498 - The Last Trip of Charter Boat Sally (7/15/1976) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mandel Kramer; Teri Keane; Robert Dryden; Russell Horton. The captain of a tugboat-turned-fishing charter is implicated by a scheming woman and her beach-bum boyfriend for the murder of the woman's husband.

0497 - Blood Red Roses (7/12/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn; Arnold Moss; William Redfield; Bob Kaliban. His son's death at the hands of mobsters shakes the usually pacifist beliefs of Nick Birko.

0496 - Loser Takes All (7/1/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Patricia Elliott; Paul Hecht; Ian Martin; Nat Polen. Theatrical agent Jake Alexander takes a professional and personal interest in Delphi Carr, whom Jake considers the world's most beautiful woman.

0495 - Forty-Five Minutes to Murder (6/28/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; Leon Janney; Court Benson; Sam Gray; Joan Shay. A years-long business feud ends with a peace offering from chemical company associate Jim Raglan to vice-president Emmet Martindale: A bottle of cognac laced with poison.

0494 - Child of Fate (6/24/1976) Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Jada Rowland; Ann Williams; Guy Sorel; Ken Harvey. Ignored by her busy father and invalid mother, Halcyon Trent created an imaginary friend named Gerald. When Halcyon makes new, real friendships Gerald becomes really, and dangerously, jealous.

0493 - Checkmate (6/21/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Haley; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn. A rookie police detective and her crotchety veteran partner encounter an apartment building full of peculiar suspects while investigating the murder of a genius chess player's friend and frequent opponent.

0492 - Pension Plan (6/17/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Ann Pitoniak; Leon Janney; William Redfield. * On the eve of his retirement, a purchasing manager discovers that a career of being honest and straightforward has left him with no financial reward whatsoever.

0491 - The Unthinkable (6/14/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Larry Haines; Teri Keane; Russell Horton; Robert Maxwell. While wife Roxanne lands a job as a bank manager's assistant. Her out-of-work husband does housework until he learns from an equally down-on-his-luck architect information that could be profitable for both.

0490 - Free the Beast (6/10/1976) Written by Ralph Goodman. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Paul Hecht; Marian Seldes; Joan Lovejoy; Ian Martin. A freak accident that claims the life of an insane asylum inmate leads to an investigation centering on the horrifying familial secrets surrounding another inmate who's been having clandestine conversations with an unseen visitor.

0489 - The Corpse That Would Not Die (6/7/1976) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Emile Zola. Cast: Patricia Elliott; William Redfield; Mary Jane Higby; Roger DeKoven; Arnold Moss. A man murders his best friend so that he can marry his wife, but their relationship begins to erode by the weight of their sins.

0488 - Blue Justice (6/3/1976) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Leon Janney; Jackson Beck; Evie Juster; Robert Dryden. A corrupt assistant prosecutor in a totalitarian state convicts, for capital murder, a man he knew was innocent.

0487 - Ghost Town (5/31/1976) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Lois Nettleton; Ralph Bell; Ian Martin; Nat Polen; Russell Horton. A man who has escaped from a mental institution carjacks a schoolteacher and orders her to drive to a deserted Death Valley town to find an old relative.