1292 The Victim

The Victim
Episode 1292
Original Air Date: February 19, 1982

A man is headed for death row for a murder he did not commit. All the evidence points to him and his lawyer wants to look for mitigating circumstances rather than an alibi. A new lawyer might help things.

Cast: John Lithgow

Writer: Bryce Walton

Rating: ***

1134 The Dagger Of Almohades

The Dagger Of Almohades
Episode 1134
Original Air Date: November 10, 1980

A beautiful woman enjoys pitting men against each other -- sometimes to fight to the death. She meets a man who matches her cunning with a possessed dagger.

Cast: John Lithgow, Patricia Elliot, Court Benson, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

1131 Bloodline

Bloodline
Episode 1131
Original Air Date: Ocotber 29, 1980

A stockbroker is facing indictmet for having swindled his employer out of $2 million. He tells how he was in turn, swindled out of the money.

Cast: Russell Horton, John Lithgow, Ray Owens, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

1125 Portrait Of An Assassin

Portrait Of An Assassin
Episode 1125
Original Air Date: October 8, 1980

the story of the arrogant assassin of President Garfield, Charles Giteau. Recounts Giteau's deception of his wife and her wealthy uncle, his employers, and his delusions of grandeur in getting Garfield elected culminating in his assassination of Garfield in a DC train station.

Cast: John Lithgow, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: ***

1109 The Return Of Edward Blair

The Return Of Edward Blair
Episode 1109
Original Air Date: August 13, 1980

A man walks away from a logging camp and into a small town. there, he is mistaken for a man who committed an unspeakable crime years before then fled. He tries to convince people he is not the fiend.

Cast: John Lithgow, Joan Shea, Robert Dryden, Earl Hammond

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

1078 The Fourth Reason

The Fourth Reason
Episode 1078
Original Air Date: April 21, 1980

An American businessman does not return from a business trip to Paris. His wife requests assistance from her congressman who is determined to use the issue to catapult his candidacy to higher office.

Cast: John Lithgow, Teri Keane, Cort Benson, Arnold Moss

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Commercials: Avon, American Express Travelers Checks, National Alliance of Business PSA, Agree cream rinse and conditioner, Consumer Reports, Perfect Sleeper by Serta, Consumer Reports, Agree cream rinse and conditioner, Democratic National Convention on CBS, Women's Action Alliance, Suicide Prevention Center,

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1057 The Deserter

The Deserter
Episode 1057
Original Air Date: February 6, 1980

A couple and their infant son are stranded in the mountains by a rockslide. They are rescued by a reclusive mountain man who helps them survive, but will not guide them back to civilization.

Cast: John Lithgow, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **

1051 Prisoner Of The Machines

Prisoner Of The Machines
Episode 1051
Original Air Date: January 16, 1980

In the future, a groups of men are held prisoners of war on a distant asteroid by a group of robots. The commander schemes to get them freed.

Cast: John Lithgow, Ian Martin, Earl Hammond, Ray Owens, Himan Brown

Writer: Henry Slesar

Rating: ****

0923 Alien Presences

Alien Presences
Episode 0923
Original Air Date: November 27, 1978

A flying saucer crashes on Earth way out in the country. An elderly couple sees the crash and find its only survivor -- a little baby. That baby grows up on our planet, but longs for his home and his people.

Cast: John Beal, John Lithgow, Ian Martin, Joan Shea

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Recorded from WBBM, Chicago,

Commercials: Radio advertising, Delta Airlines, Arrow Shirts, Northwest Federal Savings and Loan, Quality Inn, Consumer Catalog, Freedent Gum, Zebra Mystery Puzzlers books, Girl Scouts, DiGel, Contac, Girl Scouts, Zebra Mystery Puzzlers, Shriners Hospitals, GE AM/FM/TV band radio with cassette recorder, Polk Brothers appliances, Roseland Buick, Arco American Insurance, Polk Brothers appliances,

News: U.S. initiating contacts with opponents of the Shah of Iran, San Francisco city official arrested for killing mayor and city supervisor, President Carter will meet with Egyptian Prime Minister, Police in Guyana will decide which survivors of Jonestown Massacre will be allowed to return to the United States, President Carter says modern society has led to increased divorce and teenage suicide, U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal from NY Times for refusing to turn over notes on New Jersey murder, Sports report,

According to the news broadcast, this is recorded on November 20.

0891 End Of A Memory

End Of A Memory
Episode 0891
Original Air Date: September 11, 1978

A blind man stumbles into a murder scene and barely escapes with his life. Years later, he falls in love with a woman who was there, but has no memory of it.

Cast: Tony Roberts, John Lithgow, Carol Tietel,

Writer: Frederick Fergis adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **1/2

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