The Summer People
Episode 0367
Original Air Date: October 24, 1975
A young, artistic couple search for a small, remote town in which to pursue their crafts during the summer. They find Granville --- a place that is VERY hard to find and even harder to leave.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Jennifer Harmon, Leon Janney, Grace Matthews, William Redfield.
Writer: Bob Juhren
Rating: ****
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0405 Sagamore Cottage

Sagamore Cottage
Episode 0405
Original Air Date: December 31, 1975
A young couple rent a cabin adjacent to an old estate inhabited by an old women with an affinity for China dolls. She plans to add to her collection soon.
Cast: Robert Kaliban, Carmen Matthews, Janet Waldo, Bryna Raeburn, Roberta Maxwell
Writer: Bob Juhren
Rating: ****
Recorded from KIXI, Seattle, WA
News: Rep. Wayne Hays of Ohio will decide whether or not to give up leadership posts after being caught in relationship with secretary, New Jersey congressman indicted for taking kickbacks for introducing citizenship bills, President Ford tells President of Spain America expects him to liberalize his government, IMF begins selling off gold, Army to review West Point honor code, Jimmy Carter says he will probably win on second ballot at Democratic National Convention, Syrian troops stationed 20 miles east of Israel, Presidential candidates getting ready for final push in primaries, Electric bait worm device recalled my manufacturer,
Commercials: Greyhound Package Shipping, "In the Spotlight" on CBS Radio, "News Profile" on CBS Radio, Coffee Rich, 55 MPH Speed Limit, Buick Century, Underwriters Laboratory, Tru Value Hardware, Cancer PSA, Budweiser, Minute Maid Lemon Juice, Anacin, Preparation H, Quaker State Motor Oil, Mike Roy's Cook Thing,
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0402 A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol
Episode 0402
Original Air Date: December 24, 1975
A miserly old man is visited by three spirits that show how heartless he is and the potential consequences of that evil if he does not change his ways.
Cast: E.G. Marshall, Marian Seldes, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden, William Redfield
Writer: Charles Dickens adapted by Ian Martin
Rating: ****
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
0359 Who Made Me?

Who Made Me?
Episode 0359
Original Air Date: October 7, 1975
In the distant future, a person is assigned a rank in society is determined by their intelligence in behavior. A 1st rank fighter pilot is challenged when his son tells him that he wants to be a "three" because they have more fun and his affair with a "three" woman is revealed.
Cast: Larry Haines, Don Scardino, Marian Seldes, Evie Juster
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
0348 Solid Gold Soldiers

Solid Gold Soldiers
Episode 0348
Original Air Date: September 22, 1975
During the Civil War, two spies against the Confederacy work with different means toward the same end, and against each other. One is posing as a British agent offering to sell arms in exchange for gold. The other is a beautiful actress with secret loyalties to the Union. They double cross others and each other trying to get $1 million Confederate gold.
Cast: Michael Wager, Evie Juster, Ian Martin, Cort Benson, William Redfield
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
Commercials: Opel Isuzu,
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0325 The Master Computer

The Master Computer
Episode 0325
Original Air Date: August 13, 1975
A couple comes home from vacation and finds that all of their utilities have been cut off. Then they find out that none of their friends or coworkers will even acknowledge their existence. Turns out it was a computer error.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Augusta Dabney, Joan Shea, Nat Polen
Writer: Fielden Farrington
Rating: ***1/2
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0321 Hung Jury

Hung Jury
Episode 0321
Original Air Date: August 5, 1975
A seemingly average accountant with an average job and average home and married to an average woman is actually having an affair with a call girl and deeply in debt because of gambling. The bookies are demanding payment and his world is ready to fall apart. A chance encounter on the highway seems to solve all his problems. He ends up enpaneled on a jury for a murder he committed.
Cast: Howard DaSilva, Joan Shea, Catherine Byers, Robert Dryden, Guy Sorel
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
Saturday, March 12, 2011
0311 The Spots Of The Leopard

The Spots Of The Leopard
Episode 0311
Original Air Date: July 18, 1975
A dockworker exposes organized crime within his company and union. After an attempt is made on his life, he and his wife are relocated in the witness protection program. His wife is unable to adjust and tries to slip back into her old life.
Cast: Ann Shepherd, Russell Horton, Gilbert Mack, Leon Janney
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from KOIN, Portland, Or
News: Tensions continue to build in Portugal over military government, Apollo-Soyuz mission to separate and redock, Former president Nixon tried to save lives of three marines who crashed in front of his motorcade in California, Talks going on to avert postal strike, Look as if there will not be nationwide mail strike, President Ford authorizes use of poison to kill coyotes, Northwest Airlines going on strike, Government will use US troops to move mail if there is a postal strike,
Commercials: Vantage Press, Preparation H, Harts Once a Month Wormer, Sine Off, Athletes Against MS, Forest Fire PSA, Metric System PSA, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Budweiser, Gun safety PSA, High Blood Pressure PSA, People Magazine,
Sunday, March 6, 2011
0300 The Golden Cauldron

The Golden Cauldron
Episode 0300
Original Air Date: June 30, 1975
House on Haunted Hill meets Clue in this haunted castle whodunit. Three guests spend the night in a castle overlooking Stonehenge. The castle is supposedly haunted by the spirits of the ancient druids. But the weapon used in the crime in this one is of our time.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Russell Horton, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden, Clarice Blackburn
Writer: Ralph Goodman
Rating: ****
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0276 The Diamond Necklace

The Diamond Necklace
Episode 0276
Original Air Date: May 19, 1975
A modest couple borrows a diamond necklace from a rich friend to wear to a dinner party. They lose it and the husband borrows $6500 from a loan shark. As they say, paybacks are a . . .
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Marian Seldes, Leon Janney, Bryna Raeburn,
Writer: George Lowther adaptation of a Guy de Maupassant story
Rating: ****
Recorded from WELM, Elmyra, NY
News: FAA considers grounding DC 10 aircraft after two crashes,
Saturday, February 26, 2011
0229 The Strange Case Of Lucas Lauder

The Strange Case Of Lucas Lauder
Episode 0229
Original Air Date: February 26, 1975
A death row prisoner tells the warden he is actually the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper. He also tells the warden that upon his death, the soul of the Ripper will pass to him and that he will kill his wife.
Cast: Robert Lansing, Lenka Peterson, Ralph Bell, Ira Lewis, Patricia Pierdon
Writer: George Lowther
Rating: ***1/2
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Commercials: Carvelle's Ice Cream Cake
Sunday, February 20, 2011
0210 Sleepy Village

Sleepy Village
Episode 0210
Original Air Date: January 23, 1975
A college professor and his wife set out in New England to find a quiet town to which to retire so the professor can write a book. The find Sleepy Village tucked away in the woods along a country road. But before they can move in, they have to be screened by the locals, who won't just let anybody in. They have to be in the right "state of mind."
Cast: Norman Rose, Cort Benson, Martha Greenhouse, Ken Harvey
Writer: Fielden Farrington
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR
News: President Ford says the economy will be much better next year, Ford refuses to discuss military plans for the Middle East. VP Rockefeller says times are as tough as they've been since the war, AFL-CIO members gather and blame Republicans for economic tough times, Energy Department tells energy companies to ramp up production, Rail strike resolved, Kissinger will visit for former president Nixon, local Portland news, Congress moves to prevent new taxes on oil, President Ford does not want gasoline rationing, New Archduke of Cantebury appointed,
Commercials: Contac, Vantage Press, Budweiser, Chemotherapy Foundation PSA, Contac, Better Business Bureau PSA, 1975 Buicks, USO PSA, Save the Whales, Contac, American Inheritance radio program,
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0208 The Precious Killer

The Precious Killer
Episode 0208
Original Air Date: January 20, 1975
A scientist and political leader in a European dictatorship is accused of treason. He learns that the revolution he fought so hard to bring about is
oppressive. He plots to defect. But betrayal comes from all directions.
Cast: Arnold Moss, Beatrice Straight, Ralph Bell, Dan Ocko, Ann Pitoniak
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
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0201 The Masque Of The Red Death

The Masque Of The Red Death
Episode 0201
Original Air Date: January 10, 1975
Poe's classic adapted to the year 1996 where an ecological disaster has created the bloody plague. An old miser sequesters himself, his fiancee, daughter, and son in law in his mansion to wait out the crisis.
Cast: Karl Swanson, Staats Cotsworth, Lois Smith, Jack Grimes, Evie Juster
Writer: Edgar Allan Poe adapted by George Lowther
Rating: ***
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
0198 The Murders In The Rue Morgue

The Murders In The Rue Morgue
Episode 0198
Original Air Date: January 7, 1975
A woman is brutally murdered and mutilated in a locked room. A police detective desperate for promotion calls on an amateur detective to help him solve the crime with a most unusual solution.
Cast: Paul Hecht, Guy Sorel, Corrine Orr, Dan Ocko
Writer: Edgar Allen Poe adapted by George Lowther
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from KCBS
Commercials: Mens Wearhouse, Western appliance,
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0197 The Premature Burial

The Premature Burial
Episode 0197
Original Air Date: January 6, 1975
A physician assists his friend in unearthing the dead body of his beloved who wed another man who is evil. It turns out she is still alive, much to her husband's regret.
Cast: Keir Dullea, Paul Hecht, Guy Sorel, Marian Seldes
Writer: Edgar Allan Poe adapted by George Lowther
Rating: ***1/2
Recorded from KRNT Des Moines, IA
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