0372 It's Hell To Pay The Piper

It's Hell To Pay The Piper
Episode 0372
Original Air Date: October 31, 1975

A man tries to pay his rent; while doing so, his landlord dies, he has no receipt proving he paid the rent. When the landlord's son doesn't believe him.

Cast: Ian Martin, Arnold Moss, Cort Benson, Guy Sorel, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Ian Martin adaptation of Sir Walter Scott

Rating: **

0370 Ghost Powder

Ghost Powder
Episode 0370
Original Air Date: October 29, 1975

John and Abigail Adams encounter a ghost haunting their abode in France. The future first couple try to learn the nature of their poltergeist while John's rivalry with Thomas Jefferson grows.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Michael Wager, Cort Benson, Bryna Raeburn, Guy Sorel,

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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1382 The Flash Point

The Flash Point
Episode 1382
Original Air Date: October 15, 1982

An engineering executive is put out on the streets when his company is taken over. He is so traumatized by the incident, he loses his memory and finds a new life. But old memories haunt him and he can't avoid his destiny.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Joyce Gordon, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

1373 The Force Of Evil

The Force Of Evil
Episode 1373
Original Air Date: September 24, 1982

A young woman is spurnned by her lover who elects to marry another, more intellectual woman. She uses witchcraft passed down through generations from Salem to get her revenge.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Diane Kirkwood, Teri Keane, Cort Benson, Mary Niekro

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from KSFO, San Francisco,

News: House approves stop gap budget measure, Senate defeats Reagan gas tax bill, San Jose grade schoolers tried to lynch classmate, local San Francisco news,

NEEDS REPLACED, Entire opening thought cut off, radio interference and static,

1360 The Man With The X-Ray Eyes

The Man With The X-Ray Eyes
Episode 1360
Original Air Date: August 12, 1982

A prosecutor with big political aspirations brings in a psychic to assist with the investigation --- much to the chagrin of the county sheriff.

Cast: Fred Gwynne, Lloyd Batista, Cort Benson

Writer: Bryce Walton

Rating: ***

1315 The Visions Of Sir Philip Sidney

The Visions Of Sir Philip Sidney
Episode 1315
Original Air Date: April 14, 1982

In 19th century London, a Zulu War veteran is plagued by visions of people on a train who no one else notices. Are they real people tormenting him, or is he suffering from shell shock?

Cast: Lee Richardson, Cort Benson, Cynthia Harris, Russell Horton

Writer: M.R. James adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1310 The Naval Treaty

The Naval Treaty
Episode 1310
Original Air Date: April 2, 1982

Twenty years after his retirement, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are reunited to solve the mystery of a purloined document from a professional copier.

Cast: Cort Benson, Gordon Gould

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: **

Recorded from WJR, Detroit,

Commercials: "In Security" on CBS Television, Buick, Consumer Reports, Tru Value, Best Western, News 4 Tonight at 11 on WJR, Dreyfuss Liquid Assets, Radio advertising, Cortaid, Library PSA,

NEEDS REPLACED Final Thought cut off

1306 The Old Country

The Old Country
Episode 1306
Original Air Date: March 24, 1982

A strategic planner travels to Russia to work for his firm's Russian office. He lapses into the past where he travels to the village of his parents' birth and learns of their past and struggles to put history right.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson, Joan Shea

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

1301 The New Man At The Yard

The New Man At The Yard
Episode 1301
Original Air Date: March 12, 1982

Charles Dickens is asked by Scottland Yard to investigate the suicide or murder of a young man in his hometown. He finds clues are few and suspects are many --- or maybe it was suicide.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Cort Benson, Evie Juster, Gordon Gould

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1294 Invaders From Atlantis

Invaders From Atlantis
Episode 1294
Original Air Date: February 24, 1982

The agent of an occupying alien army finds humans to be interesting, but trying creatures who are hard to control.

Cast: Arnold Moss, Don Scardino, Evie Juster, Cort Benson

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1284 The Good Ship Aud

The Good Ship Aud
Episode 1284
Original Air Date: February 1, 1982

A spy recounts the events that led him to be sentenced to hang for treason against the British Crown.

Cast: Earl Hammond, Lloyd Batista, Marian Seldes, Cort Benson

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

1281 Gate 27

Gate 27
Episode 1281
Original Air Date: January 21, 1982

A drunken bum who is a former police detective notices that one of his favorite people he bums money from has quit showing up at the subway station. He begins to dream that she is begging him to come help her. So he decides to employ some of his old skills to finding out where she is and what happened to her.

Cast: Fred Gwynne, Teri Keane, Cort Benson, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

1250 The 500 Carats

The 500 Carats
Episode 1250
Original Air Date: October 12, 1981

The world's largest diamond is discovered and soon after stolen in Johanesburg, South Africa. A police detective is confident it is an inside job and relentlessly pursues the thief -- nearly driving him insane.

Cast: Gordon Gould, Lloyd Batista, Cort Benson

Writer: George Griffith adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1246 The Liar

The Liar
Episode 1246
Original Air Date: September 28, 1981

An artist is afforded the opportunity to get revenge on the pompous, compulsive liar who married his sweetheart. He pains a portrait of the man that reveals his inner person.

Cast: Norman Rose, Bernard Grant, Court Benson, Carol Teitel

Writer: Henry James adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1238 The Musgrave Ritual

The Musgrave Ritual
Episode 1238
Original Air Date: August 31, 1981

Satanic rituals and the disappearance of two family members send Holmes and Watson into the bowels of the Musgrave family traditions. Takes place early in the Holmes/Watson relationship.

Cast: Gordon Gould, Cort Benson, Marian Seldes, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

1221 A.L.I.C.E.

A.L.I.C.E.
Episode 1221
Original Air Date: July 15, 1981

A Defense Department computer wants to become a woman because she has fallen in love with her programmer.

Cast: Marian Haley, Joyce Gordon, Cort Benson, Paul Hecht

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating:**1/2

1197 Diogenes, Inc.

Diogenes, Inc.
Episode 1197
Original Air Date: May 13, 1981

When their circus burns to the ground, two circus performers open a private detective agency. Their first case is to investigate the former circus owner whom they suspect of insurance fraud.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Evie Juster, Ray Owens, Cort Benson

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **

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Recorded from AFRS transcription

1184 Stampede/Death Trail

Stampede/Death Trail
Episode 1184
Original Air Date: April 13, 1981

A pacifist joins a group of cowboys moving a herd across Texas. His peaceful ways are challenged by a perpetually annoying and dangerous trail hand.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, Jennifer Harmon, Ian Martin, Cort Benson

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

1183 The Empty Coffin

The Empty Coffin
Episode 1183
Original Air Date: April 10, 1981

A woman who was adopted in the U.S. during World War II is contacted by the lawyer of her birth father who just died in England. She travels to the town of her birth to solve the mystery of her childhood and the mysterious death of her mother.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson,

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

1170 Last Act

Last Act
Episode 1170
Original Air Date: March 11, 1981

A retired lawyer and a retired detective recall the murder of a woman in a boarding house. They fear they may have sent an innocent man to the gallows.

Cast: Cort Benson, Robert Dryden, Carol Teitel, Earl Hammond

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **