Showing posts with label Highly Recommended 1974. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Highly Recommended 1974. Show all posts

Saturday, February 19, 2011

0191 A Very Private Miracle


A Very Private Miracle
Episode 0191
Original Air Date: December 24, 1974

A little girl melts the heart of the town Grinch by asking him to play Santa Claus

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Jennifer Marlowe, Virginia Payne, Evie Juster, Ian Martin

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded frm WOR, New York

Commercials: Suburban Savings and Loan, New York Magazine, Buick Skyhawk, Shop Rite supermarkets, Budweiser, Auto Pub,

0188 Charity Is Never Dead


Charity Is Never Dead
Episode 0188
Original Air Date: December 18, 1974

After a department store explosion, an elderly woman with critical injuries is wheeled into an emergency room. She is panicked because she can't find the grandaughter she has just encountered for the first time in ten years. Meanwhile, a young woman is brought in who has a head injury and no memory. Are the two linked?

Cast: Virginia Payne, Patricia Wheel, William Prince, Rosemary Rice, George Petrie

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Tentative agreement to clean up final details in coal strike. Congress expected to enact trade embargoes against Russia to get them to open their immigration policies, Corporate tax rates are supposed to be 48 percent, but are really less, G.M. will furlough 25 percent of its workforce, Congress approves 5.5 billion for unemployed, Congressional approval expected for Nelson Rockefeller for VP, Speaker of Oregon House arrested for DUI, Oregon population growth grows 2 percent a year, Government will provide money for fishermen, Israelis accuse Arabs of building up arms with U.S. help. White House pressures for reduction in steel prices, Unemployment in auto industry going up, Defective Christmas lights recalled,

Commercials: Vantage Press, Contac, Budweiser, IRS PSA, Buick Century, Mennonite Churches, Contac, Better Business Bureau PSA, National Audobon Society, Vantage Press, Tru Value Hardware,

0183 The Body Snatchers


The Body Snatchers
Episode 0183
Original Air Date: December 5, 1974

A drunk and a doctor who used to be friends meet in a bar. The doctor is reminded of how they used to rob graves to sell cadavers to the medical school.

Cast: Howard DaSilva, Patricia Elliot, Ralph Bell, Cort Benson, Ken Harvey

Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson adapted by Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KRLD Dallas

Commercials: Bonanza Steak House, 1975 Buic Skylark SR, Cub Scouts PSA, Budweiser, Tru Value Hardware, Buick Century Regal, Careers without College, Ojay's Beauty Lotion, Sine Off, Pilgrim's Self Service Storage, Lakewood Bank & Trust,

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

0146 The Hand That Refused To Die


The Hand That Refused To Die
Episode 0146
Original Air Date: September 11, 1974

A concert pianist loses a hand after a car accident. He is angry and bitter when he finds out that it may not have been necessary. The hand is pretty ticked, too.

Cast: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Carol Teitel, Russell Horton

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KRLD Dallas

Commercials: Commerce National Bank, Buick Apollo, Skin cancer PSA, Tru Test Paint, Mennonite Churches, Exchange Bank, Budweiser, Dallas Times Herald, Buick Century Regal, College donation PSA,

Monday, February 14, 2011

0143 The Imp In The Bottle


The Imp In The Bottle
Episode 0143
Original Air Date: September 3, 1974

A man acquires a talisman that can grant him wishes. To save his soul, however, he must be rid of it before he dies and he must sell it for less than he paid for it.

Cast: William Redfield, Joan Loring, Ian Martin, Santos Ortega, Leon Janney

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WOR New York,

Commercials: Budweiser, Suburban Savings and Loan, 1975 Buick, shop rite supermarkets, New York Magazine, Martin Paints, Jets Post Game Show, "A Clutch of Vampires" book, Contac, Madison Square Garden Democratic Party fundraiser, Buick,

Sunday, February 13, 2011

0124 Ghost At High Noon


Ghost At High Noon
Episode 0124
Original Air Date: July 29, 1974

Two traveling women have their car break down in the desert. They are met by an old man traveling in a covered wagon. He takes them to a ghost town where they cannot make the residents hear them. But the residents have plans for them.

Cast: Celeste Holm, Frances Sternhagen, Nat Polen, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WABC, New York

No news

Commercials: Heart Attack PSA

0120 The Dream Woman


The Dream Woman
Episode 0120
Original Air Date: July 18, 1974

A man inexplicably leaves his loving wife to pursue a trampish barfly who he is sure is his dream woman. He dreams that he will love her and she will kill him.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Teri Keane, Robert Dryden, Grace Matthews

Writer: Wilkie Collins adapted by George Lowther

Rating: ***1/2

Commercials: Better Business Bureau PSA, Budweiser, Project HOPE, Sugar Free Diet 7Up, The New Navy, Sine Off

Saturday, February 12, 2011

0109 Escape! Escape!


Escape! Escape!
Episode 0109
Original Air Date: June 24, 1974

With the help of a womantwo convicts escape from prison. They flee to a house in the woods and try to hide. They chose the wrong house.

Cast: Teri Keane, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Bob Kaliban

Writer: Bob Juhren

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KSF, Salt Lake City

No news

No commercials

0101 An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge


An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Episode 0101
Original Air Date: June 4, 1974

A Confederate spy escapes the hangman's noose at Owl Creek Bridge. He flees through enemy territory, headed back to Dixie.

Cast: William Prince, Mildred Clinton, Jack Grimes, Leon Janney, William Redfield

Writer: Ambrose Bierce adapted by Sam Dann

Rating: ****

Commercials: Buick Apollo, Technical Education PSA, Bank of the Commonwealth, Cub Scouting, Wolverine harness race track, Budweiser (drink it out of a glass), Better Business Bureau PSA, Buick motor division, Heart Association PSA,

Thursday, February 10, 2011

0094 The Crack In The Wall


The Crack In The Wall
Episode 0094
Original Air Date: May 20, 1974

A couple grieves the loss of their daughter in a house fire. A crack in the basement wall of their new house can not be repaired despite several tries. They begin to hear the cries of their deceased daughter through that crack.

Cast: Ann Costello, Robert Maxwell, Robert Dryden, Celeste Holm, Wesley Addy

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: ****

Recorded from WOR, New York

No news

No commercials

Monday, February 7, 2011

0080 The Hand


The Hand
Episode 0080
Original Air Date: April 24, 1974

A man fears the coming of a vendeta after he receives a human hand in the mail.

Cast: Guy Sorel, Mildred Clinton, Alexander Scourby, Ian Martin

Writer: Guy de Maupassant adapted by Ian Martin

Rating: ***1/2

No news

No commercials

Saturday, February 5, 2011

0069 The Thing Inside


The Thing Inside
Episode 0069
Original Air Date: April 4, 1974

An artist and his wife acquire a glass paperweight at an antique shop. The artist develops a fixation on it -- and when a greedy developer dies, the woman suspects that her husband has been taken over by an evil spirit.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Kaliban, Leon Janney

Writer: Robert Newman

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York

No news, No commercials

0062 Diary Of A Madman


Diary Of A Madman
Episode 0062
Original Air Date: March 25, 1974

A judge chronicles his secret life of random, dispassionate murder.

Cast: Larry Haines, Evie Juster, William Redfield, Robert Dryden

Writer: Guy de Maupassant adapted by Sam Dann

Rating: ****

No News

No Commercials

0059 Frankenstein Revisited


Frankenstein Revisited
Episode 0059
Original Air Date: March 19, 1974

A news team plans to cover the 400th anniversary of the death of Baron Von Frankenstein. When they get there, they find that Dr. Frankenstein and his creation might still be around -- and looking for fresh blood.

Cast: Michael Wager, Leon Janney, Evie Juster, William Redfield, Ralph Bell

Writer: Milt Wisoff

Rating: ****

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: President Nixon holds press conference in Houston stating no rationing of gasoline, Says he will not resign, Nixon to tour space center, California court turns down request for a press conference for the Symbionese Liberation Army, Senate Watergate committee prepares to question Nixon friend Bebe Rebozo, Adlai Stevenson wins renomination for U.S. Senate, Blizzard hits Montana on first day of spring, More than 100 people running for state government in Oregon, Evergreen Schools turn down levy, Camus levy fails, Corvalis, OR to be the first city west of the Mississippi to have a city income tax, Sign Off.

Commercials: Budweiser, Jansen Beach Center, U.S. Customs PSA, Special K (Overweight on an Overnight Train), Cerebral Palsy PSA, Better Business Bureau PSA, ACTION PSA, IRS PSA, CBS Radio Network, Energy PSA,

0056 A Little Night Murder


A Little Night Murder
Episode 0056
Original Air Date: March 13, 1974

A serial killer stalks women in the city to fulfill a promise he made to them when he was a child-- a promise to kill them.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Suzanne Grossman, Robert Dryden, Bryna Raeburn, Jack Grimes

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from KOIN, Portland OR,

News: If oil embargo is lifted, consumers will immediately see more gasoline. Watergate committee says the president must comply for its request for documents. Robert Vesco implicates John Mitchell and Maurice Stans in illegal campaign contributions to Nixon campaign. A New York family move into a camper in the front yard after they decided they couldn't afford the utilities in the house, 3 Eugene men lost on Mount Hood treated and released. Gov. McCall announces plan for required vehicle inspection for Portland, OR, Car sales for the Big Three drop 32 percent, San Francisco transit strike, U.S. Marshals trying to serve subpoena on Rosemary Woods for Watergate testimony, President Nixon headed for Chicago.

Commercials: Metropolitan Life Insurance, Better Business Bureau, Budweiser (amplitude, Special K (Last Tango in Pittsburgh), Anti-drug PSA, Presidents Council on Physical Fitness, Campaign for Human Development, Better Business Bureau PSA,

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

0048 Out Of Sight


Out Of Sight
Episode 0048
Original Air Date: March 2, 1974

A space mission with the first woman in space (Sally Ride?) is tormented by aliens they cannot see.

Cast: Julia Meade, Sydney Walker, Ira Lewis, Jack Grimes

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating ***1/2

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Watergate Grand Jury concludes Nixon was involved in a cover up, John Connally says country will not hold the Republican Party responsible for Watergate, Gov. Robert Docking of Kansas will retire, Randolph Hearst to make statement about his daughter's kidnapping, FBI has arrested a man for trying to extort money from the Hearsts, Prime Minister Heath to meet with Liberal Party to stay in power, Kissinger visits Jordan, Spain executed two men for killing police officers, Republican Dorchester conference votes against restoring death penalty, Sen. Bob Packwood says Nixon should be impeached, Gov. McCall says Nixon should reveal all he knows about Watgergate or resign, Gov. McCall names his successor for governor, Gov. McCall will make decision on gasoline rationing,

Commercials: The New Navy, Jansen Beach Mall, U.S. Customs PSA, Budweiser (Good Head), Better Business Bureau, Special K (Junior Gives Up), Religion in American Life PSA, High Blood Pressure PSA, Fuel shortage PSA, United Way PSA, anti-drug PSA,

0044 The Horla


The Horla
Episode 0044
Original Air Date: February 22, 1974

A man becomes obsessed with a ship in the harbor he is convinced harbors a terrible evil that is the doom of mankind.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Dan Ocko, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden

Writer: Guy de Maupassant adapted by Sam Dann

Rating: ****

Commercials: Special K (Junior Gives Up), H&R Radio (save on an 8 track quadrophonic tape player), Better Business Bureau, Oldsmobile Omega, Budweiser (Don't salt your beer) H&R Radio (RCA XL 100), March of Dimes PSA,

0041 Blizzard Of Terror


Blizzard Of Terror
Episode 0041
Original Air Date: February 18, 1974

A couple with marital difficulties are forced to seek refuge from a blizzard in a remote cabin. they find it inhabited by a man who might be a serial killer.

Cast: Lois Smith, Larry Haines, Leon Janney

Writer: George Lowther

Rating: ****

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Democrats win special election in Gerald Ford's congressional district, Randolph Hearst looking to distribute $2 million of food to show good faith to his daughter's kidnappers, John Mitchell faces sentencing for Watergate crimes, Burlington Northern train derails, Oregon House passes bill to allow gasoline rationing, U.S. 101 may be open soon after a mudslide, weather, Nixon's back in the White House after foreign trip, Tricia Nixon has surgery for uterus cyst, Foreign ministers announce that there is hope for troop pullbacks in Israel,

Commercials: Lowell Thomas, National Bureau of Standards PSA, "Hearing for American Justice" on CBS television, The New Navy, Federal Trade Commission PSA, Budweiser, High Blood Pressure PSA, Special K (Junior Gives Up), Better Business Bureau PSA, Campaign for Human Development,

Sunday, January 30, 2011

0022 Time And Again


Time And Again
Episode 0022
Original Air Date: January 27, 1974

A clock repairman finds a clock that grants its owner an extra hour in a day. The price is just a small amount of blood. . .

Cast: John Beal, Carmen Matthews, Bryna Raeburn, Ian Martin

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ****

Recorded from WOR New York

Commercials: Budweiser, Suburban Savings and Loan, Special K, Shop-Rite supermarkets, Himan Brown promotes CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Memory Lane radio program, Jean Sheppard radio show, Wingate News Digest,

0015 The Chinaman Button


The Chinaman Button
Episode 0015
Original Air Date: January 20, 1974

A man desperate for money is offered the chance to make a fortune. All he has to do is commit an anonymous murder where he won't even have to see the victim.

Cast: Mason Adams, Paul Hecht, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell, Will Hare

Writer: Henry Slesar

Rating: ****

Recorded from WOR

Commercials: The play Find Your Way Home