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

1154 The Man Who Saw Martians

The Man Who Saw Martians
Episode 1154
Original Air Date: February 2, 1981

A young reporter fakes a UFO siting to impress a young lady with whom he is infatuated. When the incident gains national prominence, the real aliens show up and are ticked.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Earl Hammond

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: ***

1110 Human Error

Human Error
Episode 1110
Original Air Date: August 18, 1980

A man in the midst of a midlife crisis accidently hits a young woman and puts her in the hospital. He finds himself attracted to her and makes up reasons to visit her. Meanwhile, his close friend tries subtle persuasion to dissuade him.

Cast: Larry Haines, Jack Grimes, Evie Juster

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **

1106 This Deadly Fraternity

This Deadly Fraternity
Episode 1106
Original Air Date: August 4, 1980

A young executive fears attending a college fraternity reunion on orders from his boss. He and his buddies participated in an act of horror years before that continues to haunt him.

Cast: Russell Horton, Cort Benson, Velita Gray, Jack Grimes

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

1058 Talk To Me

Talk To Me
Episode 1058
Original Air Date: February 11, 1980

An old and lonely man calls a crime tip line just to have someone to talk to. He ends up getting an innocent kid arrested for a murder. He tries to figure out how to put things to right.

Cast: John Beal, Paul Hecht, Jack Grimes, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

0903 The Triple Crown

The Triple Crown
Episode 0903
Original Air Date: October 9, 1978

A poor stable hand purchases a horse that he is sure is the next Seabiscuit. However, he can not raise the funds to enter him in the high stakes races. He sets out to find backers and encounters philanthropists and thieves along the way.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Ian Martin, Jackson Beck, Joan Arliss

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

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0889 Dead Wrong

Dead Wrong
Episode 0889
Original Air Date: September 6, 1978

When a new collector of souls for Heaven gets the wrong guy, he tries to put things to rights. But the "right" guy isn't sure he's ready to go yet.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Jack Grimes, Teri Keane, Cort Benson

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

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0879 The Black Sheep And The Captain

The Black Sheep And The Captain
Episode 0879
Original Air Date: August 14, 1978

A young man's long, lost uncle summons him to his house in the moors to help protect him from an old enemy that is stalking him.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Jackson Beck, Ian Martin, Ray Owens

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

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0837 The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind
Episode 0837
Original Air Date: May 22, 1978

Under pressure from her mother, a young girl turns down a proposal from her boyfriend who is on leave from the Army. When he dies in a car crash, his ghost haunts her.

Cast: Ann Williams, Robert Dryden, Jack Grimes, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Percy Granger

Rating: **1/2

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0823 The Queen Of Palmyra

The Queen Of Palmyra
Episode 0823
Original Air Date: April 27, 1978

A private investigator investigates a woman who claims to be a prophet and the reincarnation of a Roman queen. A financier's nephew thinks she is trying to swindle him.

Cast: Fred Gwynne, Bryna Raeburn, Jack Grimes, Cort Benson

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

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0582 Tobin's Palm

Tobin's Palm
Episode 0582
Original Air Date: January 12, 1977

Tobin gets his palm read to help find his absent-minded and missing girlfriend. His life becomes a series of misadventures that amuse his friend.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Fred Gwynne, Jack Grimes, Marian Seldes, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Sam Dann adaptation of O. Henry

Rating: **

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0574 Your Move, Mr. Ellers

Your Move, Mr. Ellers
Episode 0574
Original Air Date: December 30, 1976

An insurance investigator looks into the theft of several diamonds and other jewels from a jeweler. Every character in the story is a chess fan.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Bob Rettig, Roger DeKoven, Jackson Beck

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York

0562 Nobody Dies

Nobody Dies
Episode 0562
Original Air Date: December 9, 1976

A young woman with a small child takes a job as a maid to a pregnant widow. Their children grow up together and the boy falls in love with the girl. But she moves away and finds someone new; he is devastated.

Cast: Morgan Fairchild, Jack Grimes, Ann Sheppard, Teri Keane

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: ***

Recorded from WOR, New York, Sen Frank Church criticizes CIA for not turning over negotiations between State Dept and Saudi Oil firm, Jury to consider another murder charge against Gary Gilmor, New York City has a $3 million surplus, New Jersey may cut auto insurance rates, Murder-suicide in New York,

News: Welfare scandal in New York,

Commercials: Buick LeSabre, Jets-Bengals tickets, Tru Value Hardware, Dubanay wine, Polish Hams, Arrow Shirts, Alexanders Department Store, Ford Granada, German Airlines, Photomax Christmas Cards, WOR Children's Christmas Fund,

0545 The Queen Of Cats

The Queen Of Cats
Episode 0545
Original Air Date: October 31, 1976

See "Willard" only with cats. An evil witch uses cats to prey on children in a small town. A lawyer and a local sheriff try to corner her.

Cast: Tammy Grimes, Joe Silver, Jack Grimes, Betsy Beard

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Recorded from WBBM, Chicago

Commercials: Rayovac Supercell Batteries, Buick LeSabre, Morgan Finley for Cook County Clerk of Courts, Master Lock burglar alarm, Northwest Federal Savings and Loan, Drunk driving PSA, Vote Democrat, Check your anti-freeze PSA, Vote Democrat, Get out the vote PSA, CBS News election coverage, Air pollution PSA,

News: Polls show Ford and Carter tied, Arthur Schlesinger predicts Carter win, Carter campaigns in California and says he does not intend to lose, Ford campaigns in Rhode Island and Canton, Ohio, Geneva conference on future of Rhodesia nearly collapses, Conference on Cypress calls on U.N. to act on colonialization of Turkey occupied Cypress, A University of Cincinnati trying to figure out why some adults still believe in evil spirits,

News Program: Face the Nation (after)

0527 Not For Sale

Not For Sale
Episode 0527
Original Air Date: September 30, 1976

A woman inherits an antique store when her uncle is murdered. When she refuses to sell the shop to the man who inhabits the upstairs apartment above the shop, she runs into major trouble.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Cort Benson, Gordon Gould, Rosemary Murphy

Writer: Fielden Farrington

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York, NY

Commercials: Budweiser, Contac, Sharom Manor Community, Avis Rent-A-Car, Tru Value Hardware, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Budweiser, Certainteed Insulation, Franklin Savings Bank, Belmont Race Track, Opel/Isuzu, Preparation H, Mighty Memory Mobile radio show, Arlene Francis radio show,

0513 Graven Image

Graven Image
Episode 0513
Original Air Date: September 6, 1976

A country western musician is exploited by his manager who creates merchandising and promotional materials that are too much for him. He flees in disgust and terror at what he's become.

cast: Jack Grimes, Robert Dryden, Hetty Galen

Writer: Bob Juhren

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WOR

Commercials: Pace CB Radios, Preparation H, Newsday,

0502 Shotgun Wedding

Shotgun Wedding
Episode 0502
Original Air Date: July 29, 1976

A coworker takes a buddy home to meet his daughter. He immediately falls in love with her and they prepare to marry. But when he goes back to visit his beloved, he finds the house and its occupants gone.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Leon Janney, William Griffis, Patricia Elliot

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York

News: Eastern Airlines cancels flights out of LaGuardia, United Mine Workers president meets with striking coal miners, Negotiations continue in rubber workers strike, Mass kidnapper in California arraigned, President Ford closing in on number of delegates to be nominated, Penn Sen. Schwieker talks about being Reagan's running mate, New federal regulations will cut food stamp rules, House member reprimanded for financial misconduct, lower speed limits reduce highway deaths in 1974,

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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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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0391 Pharaoh's Daughter

Pharaoh's Daughter
Episode 0391
Original Air Date: December 5, 1975

A rich and evil woman and her paramour frame a harmless drunk for the murder of a cabbie.

Cast: Jack Grimes, Joan Shea, Ian Martin, Nat Polen, Jordan Charney

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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