Showing posts with label Jacques Futrell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacques Futrell. Show all posts

Friday, April 20, 2012

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

Sunday, April 15, 2012

1169 Murder On The Space Shuttle

Murder On The Space Shuttle
Episode 1169
Original Air Date: March 9, 1981

Sherlock Holmes meets Buck Rogers (not literally) in this tale of murder aboard a space shuttle.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Gordon Heath, Velita Gray, Gilbert Mack

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1166 The Raft

The Raft
Episode 1166
Original Air Date: March 2, 1981

A multi-millionaire is tormented by written demands for $1 million dollars. He is also haunted by a memory of being stranded at sea in a raft. He doesn't see the link.

Cast: Norman Rose, Marian Seldes, Russell Horton, Mandel Kramer

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: ***1/2

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1108 The Master Minds

The Master Minds
Episode 1108
Original Air Date: August 11, 1980

A Boston police detective works with a Scotland Yard detective to catch a master jewel thief who has stolen priceless diamonds. The lady detective wants to show Scotland Yard that women make good detectives.

Cast: Russell Horton, Carol Teitel, Cort Benson

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

Recorded from KOH, Reno, NV

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

1067 The Secret Of The Fifth Bell

The Secret Of The Fifth Bell
Episode 1067
Original Air Date: March 12, 1980

A woman buys her husband a set of antique Chinese bells --- one of which rings on its own. When it rings, good fortune finds one person while death finds another.

Cast: Earl Hammond, Arnold Moss, Joyce Gordon, Ian Martin

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

Friday, March 16, 2012

1055 The Crystal Gazer

The Crystal Gazer
Episode 1055
Original Air Date: January 30, 1980

A young woman disappears upon learning of an arranged marriage to an old woman. A detective matches wits with a fortune teller to find the woman -- dead or alive.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Ray Owens

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1044 Revenge Is Not Sweet

Revenge Is Not Sweet
Episode 1044
Original Air Date: January 2, 1980

A wealthy man dies of apparent natural causes. But a detective suspects that one or both of his children/step-children might be involved because of their odd behavior.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Jada Rowland, Jackson Beck, Gordon Gould

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

Sunday, March 11, 2012

1024 Dangerous Memory

Dangerous Memory
Episode 1024
Original Air Date: October 24, 1979

A few years after the war has ended, a Vietnma veteran is sure he killed his former sergeant who tormented him during his tour of duty. His girlfriend seeks the help of a psychologist to help him.

Cast: Arnold Moss, Court Benson, Larry Haines, Catherine Byers

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **

Monday, February 27, 2012

0956 The Great Brain

The Great Brain
Episode 0956
Original Air Date: February 21, 1979

A genius bets a friend and a prison warden that he can escape from an escape-proof prison cell.

Cast: Gordon Heath, Russell Horton, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin

Writer: Jacques Futrell adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

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