0500 The Men With The Magic Fingers

The Men With The Magic Fingers
Episode 0500
Original Air Date: July 22, 1976

A turn of the century circus owner creates a fortune teller out of wax. convinced that she has come to life, he falls in love with her. Meanwhile, his wife is left to wonder about his sanity.

Cast: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Catherine Byers, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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0499 Future Eye

Future Eye
Episode 0499
Original Air Date: July 19, 1976

An investigator from the future is sent back in time to retrieve a microchip that has the history of time up until 2976. If somebody from 1976 finds it first, it could make the future cease to exist.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Evie Juster, Cort Benson, Catherine Butterfield, William Redfield

Writer: Alfred Bester

Rating: **

Commercials: Buick Opel, Foundation Church, Time Magazine, YMCA, Preparation H, American Red Cross PSA, Underwriters Laboratory, Closer Look,

0498 The Last Trip Of Charter Boat Sally

The Last Trip Of Charter Boat Sally
Episode 0498
Original Air Date: July 15, 1976

A rich woman and her beach-bum boyfriend frame an old charterboat captain for the murder of her husband -- or so it would seem.

Cast: Teri Keane, Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden, Russell Horton

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

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0497 Blood Red Roses

Blood Red Roses
Episode 0497
Original Air Date: July 12, 1976

A pacifist's beliefs are challenged when his son is murdered by mobsters. When he meets the man behind the murder, he ends up liking him.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Arnold Moss, Bob Kaliban

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***1/2

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0496 Loser Take All

Loser Take All
Episode 0496
Original Air Date: July 1, 1976

A talent agent conspires to murder the husband of a rich and beautiful woman so he can possess her.

Cast: Patricia Elliot, Paul Hecht, Ian Martin, Nat Polen

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

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0495 45 Minutes To Murder

45 Minutes To Murder
Episode 0495
Original Air Date: June 28, 1976

A defense attorney examines discrepencies in the story of a businessman whose wife was murdered. The solution lies in how fast poison works.

Cast: Larry Haines, Leon Janney, Joan Shea, Cort Benson, Sam Gray

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Commercials: Buick, Budweiser, Time Magazine, 1977 Buick LeSabre, Sine Off, Preparation H, Contac,

0494 Child Of Fate

Child Of Fate
Episode 0494
Original Air Date: June 24, 1976

An adolescent's "imaginary" friend fights for survival by attacking her new "real" friends.

Cast: Jada Rowland, Ann Williams, Guy Sorel, Ken Harvey

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **

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0493 Checkmate

Checkmate
Episode 0493
Original Air Date: June 21, 1976

A genius chess player is a suspect in the brutal murder of a friend and opponent.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Marian Haley, Cort Benson, Bryna Raeburn,

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Commercials: American Lung Association PSA, Underwriters Laboratories, Miromatic Pressure Canner and Cooker, US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fetters Air Conditioners, Buick Skylark, Voice-O-Gram, Preparation H, American Library Association, Family Circle Magazine,

0492 Pension Plan

Pension Plan
Episode 0492
Original Air Date: June 17, 1976

A purchasing manager spends his entire career being honest and forthright. On the eve of retirement, he finds himself penniless. His morals are tested when he learns his virtue was worthless.

Cast: Norman Rose, Ann Pitoniak, Leon Janney, William Redfield

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0491 The Unthinkable

The Unthinkable
Episode 0491
Original Air Date: June 14, 1976

An unemployed engineer's ego is bruised when his wife gets a job and starts climbing the career ladder. He finds fulfillment in robbing a bank -- the bank where she works.

Cast: Larry Haines, Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Robert Maxwell

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WBBM Chicago

Commercials: Con-Edison PSA, Buick, Tru Value Hardware, Family Circle Magazine, Magic Kiss Carpet Cleaning, Sine-Off, Northwest Federal Savings and Loan, Country Time Lemonade, "The Great Train Robbery" novel, Coffee Rich creamer, Toshiba Copiers,

0490 Free The Beast

Free The Beast
Episode 0490
Original Air Date: June 10, 1976

An inmate of an insane asylum has conversations with an unseen visitor. When a fellow inmate dies in an "accidental" fall, a psychiatrist and a cop discover her horrible family secret.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Marian Seldes, Joan Lovejoy, Ian Martin,

Writer: Ralph Goodman

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WBBM, Chicago

Commercials: Prentice Porsche and Audi, Northwest Federal Savings, Budweiser, Wet Ones wipes, Lasalle Rose wine, Coffee Rich non dairy creamer, Anti-age discrimination, Tru Value Hardware, Magic Kist carpet cleaning, Buick, Budweiser, National Leukemia Assocation, Dubanai Wine, Charles Osgood on Newsbreak, Insurance Store, Poor Richard's Almanac, JJ Wright Oldsmobile,

News: Congressman Wayne Hays coming out a coma after an overdose, Reagan campaign manager accuses Ford campaign of interfering with delegate selection, Betty Ford says Jimmy Carter is an unknown proposition, Sen. Hubert Humphrey says Democrats can unite behind Carter and Sen. Walter Mondale will be Carter's running mate, Kissinger leaves meeting of Organization of American States, Local Chicago news,

0489 The Corpse That Would Not Die

The Corpse That Would Not Die
Episode 0489
Original Air Date: June 7, 1976

A man murders his best friend so he can marry his friend's wife. But his guilt over the murder and her guilt for remarrying so soon slowly erodes their relationship.

Cast: Patricia Elliot, William Redfield, Arnold Moss, Roger DeKovan, Mary Jane Higby

Writer: Amiel Zolock story adapted by Arnold Moss

Rating: **1/2

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0488 Blue Justice

Blue Justice
Episode 0488
Original Air Date: June 3, 1976

An assistant prosecutor in a corrupt government knowingly convicts and innocent man and has him executed. His ghost haunts the prosecutor.

cast: Leon Janney, Jackson Beck, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: Buick, Budweiser, Tru Value Hardware, Contac, Preparation H,

0487 Ghost Town

Ghost Town
Episode 0487
Original Air Date: May 31, 1976

A woman is carjacked in Death Valley. Her abductor makes her drive to a ghost town where he hopes to find an old relative.

Cast: Lois Nettleton, Ralph Bell, Ian Martin, Nat Polen, Russell Horton

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WBBM Chicago

Commercials: Budweiser, "Poor White Trash Part II" movie, Buick, Camlight Business Systems, Coffee Rich non dairy creamer, Northwest Federal Savings, Fetters Air Conditioners, Ramada Inns, Magic Mist drapery and cleaning,

News: Plane crash at Dupage airport (special bulletin between acts 2 and 3, Three presidential primaries underway, Sen George McGovern fired staffers for campaigning against Jimmy Carter, California Governor Brown campaigning, Bit of an interview with Chicago's Chief Public Librarian, David Wright.

0486 Demon Lover

Demon Lover
Episode 0486
Original Air Date: May 27, 1976

A professor is accused of kids talking in background is accused of groping a fellow professor when, in fact, she fell insanely in love with him and attacked him. The professor must find what drives her passion in order to save his life.

Cast: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond,

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: Tru Value Hardware, Buick, Minute Maid Lemon Juice,

0485 A Mexican Standoff

A Mexican Standoff
Episode 0485
Original Air Date: May 24, 1976

A "pillar of the community" type finds himself framed for swindling and murder when he wins a free trip to Mexico.

Cast: Joe Silver, Katherine Byers, Robert Dryden, Sam Gray

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

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0484 The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead
Episode 0484
Original Air Date: May 20, 1976

In a future society, androids are mindless servants. However, Rex -- the most modern and complex of the androids -- develops a passion for killing women.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Rosemary Rice, Joan Shea, Jack Grimes, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Alfred Bester

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York

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0483 Blind Witness

Blind Witness
Episode 0483
Original Air Date: May 17, 1976

A blind woman witnesses the murder of a pharmacist and manages to escape. Now the police are looking for their witness while the shooter wonders how she escaped with her life.

Cast: Patricia Elliot, Carmen Matthews, Leon Janney, Bryna Raeburn, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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0482 The Secret Sharer

The Secret Sharer
Episode 0482
Original Air Date: May 13, 1976

A friendless ship captain harbors a stowaway in his cabin and ends up befriending him.

Cast: Norman Rose, William Redfield, Cort Benson, Mandel Kramer

Writer: Joseph Conrad story adapted by Elizabeth Pinnel

Rating: **1/2

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0481 The Ghost Of San Juan Hill

The Ghost Of San Juan Hill
Episode 0481
Original Air Date: May 10, 1976

A couple's wedding plans are disrupted when the bride's supposedly dead husband returns from the Spanish-American War.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Marian Haley, William Redfield, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

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