1399 The Boatman And The Devil

The Boatman And The Devil
Episode 1399
Original Air Date: December 7, 1982

The boatman who transports Russian exiles to Siberia tries to convince a young man to serve out his sentence dilligently and not try to bring his family to pass the time with him in the Russian wilderness of Siberia.

Cast: Alexander Scourby, Russell Horton, Earl Hammond, Marian Seldes

Writer: Anton Chekhov adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1397 The Goddess Of Death

The Goddess Of Death
Episode 1397
Original Air Date: November 30, 1982

A moody painter finds the perfect model for his painting of Aphrodite. Is she perfect because she is a real goddess?

Cast: Diane Kirkwood, Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden

Writer: Barry Payne adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: ***

1390 The School Mistress

The School Mistress
Episode 1390
Original Air Date: November 4, 1982

A Russian school mistress leads has a scandulous love affair in pre-revolutionary Moscow.

Cast: Patricia Elliot, Earl Hammond, Lloyd Batista

Writer: Anton Chekhov adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1378 The Abraham Lincoln Murder Trial

The Abraham Lincoln Murder Trial
Episode 1378
Original Air Date: October 6, 1982

Abraham Lincoln, working as a circuit lawyer, defends a young man in a murder trial.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden, Gordon Gould

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **

1376 Escape From Anzio

Escape From Anzio
Episode 1376
Original Air Date: October 1, 1982

An Army pilot is shot down over occupied Italy during World War II. He and his comarades must hide and eventually flee the German officers searching for them.

Cast: Gordon Gould, Sam Gray, Cynthia Adler, Robert Kaliban

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: ***

1362 Eleanora

Eleanora
Episode 1362
Original Air Date: August 19, 1982

An actress recalls her experience with a radical communist group in Berlin and her love affair with its leader.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Earl Hammond, Lloyd Batista

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1358 Murder By Decree

Murder By Decree
Episode 1358
Original Air Date: August 5, 1982

The story of Henry VIII's unfortunate second wife is told from the time she gives birth to her unfortunate end at the hand of her adulterous husband.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Bernard Grant, Carol Teitel

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: *1/2

1355 Adolph And Eva

Adolph And Eva
Episode 1355
Original Air Date: July 27, 1982

The story of Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun in their final days, as told by Braun.

Cast: Roberta Maxwell, Robert Dryden, Joan Shay, Louis Turrene

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1351 The Innocent Murderer

The Innocent Murderer
Episode 1351
Original Air Date: July 14, 1982

The story of Lincoln assassination conspirator John Surratt as he flees from Canada to Liverpool, England to avoid capture and prosecution.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Robert Dryden, Robert Kaliban, Gordon Gould

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1345 Killer Crab

Killer Crab
Episode 1345
Original Air Date: June 30, 1982

In the future, on a far-away planet, a man plans to exact revenge on his former wife and her new boyfriend, who is a colleague, for trying to kill him. His instrument of revenge is a killer robot.

Cast: Russell Horton, Ann Williams, Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: *1/2

1340 The Fifth Man

The Fifth Man
Episode 1340
Original Air Date: June 18, 1982

The writer for a British aviation magazine works part time to ferret out commuist spies in the aviation industry.

Cast: Norman Rose, Bernard Grant, Lloyd Batista, Marian Seldes

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1329 The Imperfect Crime

The Imperfect Crime
Episode 1329
Original Air Date: May 17, 1982

A police detective assumes the routine when he is asked to complete the report on the hit and run death of a wealthy socialite. Instead he finds murder. More troubling -- that murder is close to home.

Cast: Russell Horton, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **

1322 The Last Duel

The Last Duel
Episode 1322
Original Air Date: April 30, 1982

A Lieutenant challenges a subordinate to a duel when he catches him playing cards> many years pass and many events transpire between the two shots.

Cast: Lee Ricardson, Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Bernard Grant

Writer: Alexander Bushton adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1321 The Ghost Of Andersonville

The Ghost Of Andersonville
Episode 1321
Original Air Date: April 28, 1982

A prisoner, recently released from the Confederacy's most infamous prison camp, is asked to meet a Union General who is a potential presidential candidate. He refuses because the General's error led to his incarceration.

Cast: Tony Roberts, Teri Keane, Robert Kaliban

Writer: True story adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1289 The Bargain

The Bargain
Episode 1289
Original Air Date: February 12, 1982

The mechanic of a racing team is in debt to gamblers for more than $50,000 and starts sabotaging the car to fix races. When the driver crashes, he decides he wants to retire, the mechanic decides he has to kill the driver's girlfriend. Can he go through with it?

Cast: Russell Horton, Mandel Kramer, Tracy Ellis, Bob Kaliban, Ray Owens

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1283 Dickens Of Scotland Yard

Dickens Of Scotland Yard
Episode 1283
Original Air Date: January 28, 1982

Charles Dickens employs his creative skills to detective work as he volunteers to assist Scotland Yard in a case involving an unfaithful husband.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Robert Kaliban, Earl Hammond, Trudi Wiggins

Writer: James Agate, Jr

Rating: **

1271 The Silver Mirror

The Silver Mirror
Episode 1271
Original Air Date: December 28, 1981

After killing off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is pestered by fans to bring him back. Meanwhile, he purchases a silver mirror in which he watches long ago events transpire in the court of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Cast: Gordon Gould, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Ray Owens

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: ***

1266 The White Rabbit

The White Rabbit
Episode 1266
Original Air Date: December 7, 1981

A British spy works with the French Underground during World War II. He tries to unite the splintered factions into one covert army.

Cast: Norman Rose, Earl Hammond, Louis Turene, Lloyd Batista

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1251 J'Accuse

J'Accuse
Episode 1251
Original Air Date: October 16, 1981

A French officer is falsely accused of treason based on the faulty examination of a handwriting sample and is sentenced to live on Devil's Island. A journalist uncovers the story and makes it a national crusade to vindicate the man.

Cast: Roberta Maxwell, Bernard Grant, Louis Turenne, Robert Dryden, Earl Hammond

Writer: James Agate, Jr

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