Showing posts with label Bernard Grant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard Grant. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

1398 The Last Plan

The Last Plan
Episode 1398
Original Air Date: December 2, 1982

An eccentric old woman puts and end to a young couple's squabling when she hires a hitman to watch the couple and assure that if one kills the other, both end up dead.

Cast: Elspeth Eric, Paul Hecht, Bernard Grant, Mia Dillon

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: ***

Monday, May 14, 2012

1394 Diamond Dotty

Diamond Dotty
Episode 1394
Original Air Date: November 18, 1982


In a western town in the 1880s, A woman confesses to killing two fugitives who killed her husband and tried to take their diamond mine.

Cast: Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Carol Teitel, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Sunday, May 13, 2012

1391 Portrait Of The Past

Portrait Of The Past
Episode 1391
Original Air Date: November 9, 1982

A mysterious coat of arms on an old piece of jewelry leads a jeweler into a 50 year old mystery involving the suspicious disappearance of an 18 year old girl.

Cast: Robert Kaliban, William Griffis, Carol Teitel, Bernard Grant

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1387 The Voice That Wouldn't Die

The Voice That Wouldn't Die
Episdoe 1387
Original Air Date: October 27, 1982

A young woman and her father move into a Scottish manor house in the moors. The woman hears a mournful voice calling from a the ruins of a burned house on the grounds. Her father, her doctor, and a priest investigate.

Cast: Norman Rose, Bernard Grant, Earl Hammond, Mia Dillon

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

1384 Last Days Of A Dictator

Last Days Of A Dictator
Episode 1384
Original Air Date: October 20, 1982

Recounts the fall from grace of Benito Mussolini and his final ditch appeal to Hitler for support before his ultimate demise.

Cast: Earl Hammond, Bernard Grant, William Griffis, Louis Turenne, Marian Seldes

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1381 Fly Swatter

Fly Swatter
Episode 1381
Original Air Date: October 13, 1982

A married couple who work as pickpockets decide to go straight and take a job as butler and maid to an eccentric couple in a large, new house. Their chief eccentricity: They love flies.

Cast: Fred Gwynne, Evie Juster, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

1375 The Million Dollar Leg

The Million Dollar Leg
Episode 1375
Original Air Date: September 29, 1982

A college football coach is recruited to travel behind the Iron Curtain to recruit a kicker to play pro football for an old college team mate. He is motivated less by the desire to get a good football player than the desire to impress a young woman.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Carol Teitel, Bernard Grant, Evie Juster

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Friday, May 11, 2012

1371 The Way Station

The Way Station
Episode 1371
Original Air Date: September 20, 1982


A pair of twins overhear their father, a gravedigger, talking to men they know to be dead. They find out their father is much more than a gravedigger.

Cast: Mia Dillon, Russell Horton, Bernard Grant, Norman Rose

Writer: Franz Monar adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: ****

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

1369 The Forbidden House

The Forbidden House
Episode 1369
Original Air Date: September 14, 1982

An old circus performer shows up on the doorstep of a young couple who have just purchased an old house. They allow him to stay with them off and on while the circus is in town. He carries with him a secret about their house and himself.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Diane Kirkwood, Bernard Grant, Robert Dryden

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: ***

Monday, May 7, 2012

1363 Funeral Without A Corpse

Funeral Without A Corpse
Episode 1363
Original Air Date: August 24, 1982

A district attorney aspiring to be a U.S. Senator is blackmailed by a man who threatens to reveal a terrible family secret that will derail his political career.

Cast: Norman Rose, Teri Keane, Bernard Grant, Ray Owens

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: **1/2

1358 Murder By Decree

Murder By Decree
Episode 1358
Original Air Date: August 5, 1982

The story of Henry VIII's unfortunate second wife is told from the time she gives birth to her unfortunate end at the hand of her adulterous husband.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Bernard Grant, Carol Teitel

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: *1/2

1356 Mind Over Mind

Mind Over Mind
Episode 1356
Original Air Date: July 29, 1982

A young bank teller is questioned about her role in a bank robbery. She has no memory of participating or even being involved.

Cast: Jada Rowland, Earl Hammond, Bernard Grant, Russell Horton

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **1/2

Sunday, May 6, 2012

1348 Code Word: Caprice

Code Word: Caprice
Episode 1348
Original Air Date: July 7, 1982

An honest truck driver works with the police to crack a hijacking ring.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, Bernard Grant, Joyce Gordon, Earl Hammond

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

1346 Bring Back My Body

Bring Back My Body
Episode 1346
Original Air Date: July 2, 1982

A woman has split personalities. One is a mild-mannered spinster. The other is a embittered woman bent on killing the man who jilted her. Her psychologist tries to reconcile them.

Cast: Kim Hunter, Bernard Grant, Carol Teitel, Louis Turrene

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

1344 Escape To Prison

Escape To Prison
Episode 1344
Original Air Date: June 28, 1982

An executive thinks there is a large conspiracy against her by her friends and coworkers to convince her that her husband has been dead for five years when she knows he is alive. She turns to a sympathetic police detective for help.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Friday, May 4, 2012

1340 The Fifth Man

The Fifth Man
Episode 1340
Original Air Date: June 18, 1982

The writer for a British aviation magazine works part time to ferret out commuist spies in the aviation industry.

Cast: Norman Rose, Bernard Grant, Lloyd Batista, Marian Seldes

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1336 Two Times Dead

Two Times Dead
Episode 1336
Original Air Date: June 2, 1982

A reporter interviews a man who manages to frame himself for murder --- of himself! Based on a true story.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, Bernard Grant, Ray Owens, Carol Teitel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

1327 The Wound That Would Not Heal

The Wound That Would Not Heal
Episode 1327
Original Air Date: May 12, 1982

A man is accused of murdering his mistress. At first, he is confident that he did not, but when she starts to call him in the night and haunt his dreams, doubts begin to arise in his own mind. His wife is steadfast in her defense of him.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Cynthia Adler, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: **

Thursday, May 3, 2012

1322 The Last Duel

The Last Duel
Episode 1322
Original Air Date: April 30, 1982

A Lieutenant challenges a subordinate to a duel when he catches him playing cards> many years pass and many events transpire between the two shots.

Cast: Lee Ricardson, Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Bernard Grant

Writer: Alexander Bushton adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1320 The Hanging Sheriff

The Hanging Sheriff
Episode 1320
Original Air Date: April 26, 1982

A sheriff has problems with imposing the death penalty when he is asked to carry out a hanging. When his overbearing wife pushes him to do it, he decides to help the prisoner escape.

Cast: Fred Gwynne, Elspeth Eric, Bernard Grant, Russell Horton

Writer: Bryce Walton

Rating: ***