Uncle Louis
Episode 0818
Original Air Date: April 18, 1978
A police detective tries to bring down a mobster. In teh process, he falls in love with a witness. Meanwhile, the gangster learns a secret from his own past.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Anne Williams, Ralph Bell, Jackson Beck, Ken Harvey
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
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0772 The Defectors
The Defectors
Episode 0772
Original Air Date: January 27, 1978
A spy catches a senator in a compromising position with a woman who is not his wife. He tries to blackmail the senator into proposing legislation that will hurt the U.S. The senator has a trick or two up his sleeve.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Robert Kaliban, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Harvey
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
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Episode 0772
Original Air Date: January 27, 1978
A spy catches a senator in a compromising position with a woman who is not his wife. He tries to blackmail the senator into proposing legislation that will hurt the U.S. The senator has a trick or two up his sleeve.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Robert Kaliban, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Harvey
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
0687 The Secret Of The Aztecs

The Secret Of The Aztecs
Episode 0687
Original Air Date: July 22, 1977
A man's car breaks down in the desert and he encounters an old man who shows him to the long lost Aztec Gold. He can't convince anyone that he saw the old man and everybody thinks he's insane.
Cast: Mason Adams, Ken Harvey, Cort Benson, Robert Dryden
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: ****
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
0635 Borderline Case

Borderline Case
Episode 0635
Original Air Date: April 15, 1977
A clairvoyant adolescent girl learns the terrible history of a valuable pearl worn by an old woman. She also learns of another gruesome chapter to be played out in the pearl's history.
Cast: Murray Flersheim, Ken Harvey, Russell Horton, Bryna Raeburn, Ray Owens
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
0589 Happy Death Day

Happy Death Day
Episode 0589
Original Air Date: January 21, 1977
An overweight woman has nightmares of a faceless man who tries to kill her by pushing her over a ledge. She goes to a psychologist to try to explain the dream and put a face on her assailant.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Mandel Kramer, Carol Teitel, Ken Harvey
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
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0586 Jimmy Valentine's Gamble

Jimmy Valentine's Gamble
Episode 0586
Original Air Date: January 16, 1977
A safe cracker on the lamb goes straight and becomes a leading citizen. He risks it all when a crisis makes him exercise his old skills for one last operation.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Ken Harvey, Catherine Byers, Cort Benson, Paul Hecht
Writer: Sam Dann adaptation of O. Henry
Rating: ***
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
0569 The Lone Survivor

The Lone Survivor
Episode 0569
Original Air Date: December 21, 1976
The lone survivor of a plane crash at sea cannot remember who he is. A police detective, an airline executive, and a doctor work to find out.
Cast: Russell Horton, Ian Martin, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Harvey
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
0555 Blood Will Tell

Blood Will Tell
Episode 0555
Original Air Date: November 26, 1976
A forty year old mama's boy must find out how his father died for the personnel department at work. His mother harbors the terrible secret.
Cast: Mason Adams, Bryna Raeburn, Evie Juster, Ken Harvey
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
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0534 The God Killer

The God Killer
Episode 0534
Original Air Date: October 12, 1976
A typist is accused of murdering the author for whom she works. She insists that the murderer was a character from a novel fighting for his survival.
Cast: Tammy Grimes, Earl Hammond, Ken Harvey, Leon Janney
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***1/2
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
0494 Child Of Fate
Saturday, March 26, 2011
0463 The Boy Wonder

The Boy Wonder
Episode 0463
Original Air Date: April 6, 1976
Scam artists search out a boy who has the unique talent of identifying prodigal contemporaries.
Cast: William Redfield, Robert Dryden, Martha Greathouse, Dan Ocko, Ken Harvey
Writer: Alfred Bester
Rating: **
Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR
News: Wisconsin Democratic primary too close to call, West Point investigating cheating scandal, Autopsy reveals Howard Hughes died of kidney disease, Several men hijack Phillipine airliner, Federal Reserve reports consumer borrowing is up, British Shipping Company attacked by Syrians, Britain announces new taxes to reduce inflation, Portland local news, President Ford and Lady Bird Johnson on hand to dedicate Lyndon Johnson Memorial Grove, Cambodian cabinet resigns saying job is complete,
Commercials: Sears Paint, 38th Masters Tournament on CBS Radio, Wonder Bread, "Today in Business" on CBS Radio, 1976 Buicks, Sears Easy Living Paint, Red Cross PSA, Allied Van Lines, Cancer Foundation PSA, Buick vinyl top offer, Sine-Off, IRS PSA, March of Dimes PSA, Vantage Press, Wonder Bread, Rolaids,
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
0436 The Patient Visitor

The Patient Visitor
Episode 0436
Original Air Date: February 23, 1976
An elderly widow must turn to an old love to help her get into a home for the elderly funded by her late father. The lawyer, terminally ill, wants to win his last case.
Cast: Ian Martin, Marian Seldes, Ken Harvey, Bryna Raeburn, Robert Dryden
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **
Recorded from KOIN, Portland, Or
News: New Hampshire will cast ballots in presidential primary tomorrow, President Ford optimistic about winning New Hampshire, Ford and Kissinger do not think President Nixon was being critical in remarks in China, President Ford hosts nation's governors for dinner, Washington Post reports that Congress votes against aid to Israel, Secretary Kissinger continuing mission in South America, Local Portland news, Reagan campaigns in Illinois, Engineer who quit Nuclear Regulatory Commission out of safety concerns testifies before Congress, Richard Burton and Liz Taylor separate again,
Commercials: Metropolitan Life Insurance, Vantage Press, Buick Elektra, American Heart Association PSA, Allstate Insurance, High Blood Pressure PSA, Budweiser, Better Business Bureau PSA, Foundation Church, Vantage Press, Mike Roy's Cook Thing, March of Dimes PSA,
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
0383 The Hanging Judgment

The Hanging Judgment
Episode 0383
Original Air Date: November 21, 1975
One murder, two guns, and one suspect equal a courtroom drama. A man and his maid go on trial for the murder of the man's wife. The husband and wife exchanged shots, but she died of a wound in the back.
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Leon Janney, Ken Harvey, Joan Shea, Earl Hammond, Evie Juster,
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
0356 Primrose Path

Primrose Path
Episode 0356
Original Air Date: October 1, 1975
A "retelling" of the Patty Hearst abduction. The person's last name is Mellon (see the Mellon-Scaifes, Pittsburgh news tycoons), and the Symbionese Liberation army has a new name, but the circumstances are similar.
Cast: Mason Adams, Rosemary Rice, Ken Harvey, Ian Martin, Jack Grimes
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
0324 Age Cannot Wither

Age Cannot Wither
Episode 0324
Original Air Date: August 11, 1975
An old man goes out sailing with his very young wife. He returns alone. When the sheriff inquires about her whereabouts, the man tells him an incredible tale of eternal life.
Cast: Jennifer Harmon, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Harvey, Joe Silver, Earl Hammond.
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
0312 Fateful Reunion

Fateful Reunion
Episode 0312
Original Air Date: July 21, 1975
A scientist invents a super computer that can tell the future. He and his fiance use it as a party favor and it tells them that one of their fathers (two old war buddies) will miss their next reunion because they'll be dead.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Jennifer Harmon, Ken Harvey, William Redfield
Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel
Rating: *1/2
Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR
News: President Sadat of Egypt may allow peacekeeping force in Sanai, President Ford vetoes price rollback on oil prices, President Ford meets with family of man who received LSD in CIA experiment, New York police investigate bomb explosion at UPS center, Crime up 18 percent in 1975, Soviet Cosmonauts land successfully, Bomb explodes in downtown building in San Francisco, Oil washing ashore on lower Keys, International Association of Longhshoremen meet, ILA will refuse to load grain onto ships bound for Soviet Union, Eastern Airlines plane crash survivor returning to Norway,
Commercials: Vantage Press, Harts 2 In 1 collar, Phil Rizzuto on Sports on CBS Radio, Buick, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Keep America Beautiful, Veterans Administration PSA, Florida Orange Juice, National Society of Autistic Children, Gun Safety PSA, Metric System PSA, CBS News,
Sunday, March 6, 2011
0295 Can You Trust Your Husband?

Can You Trust Your Husband?
Episode 0295
Original Air Date: June 20, 1975
A mild-mannered stereo equipment salesman is arrested on an international flight for heroin smuggling. His wife sets out to prove his innocence, but encounters her own doubts.
Cast: Joan Lovejoy, Mandel Kramer, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Harvey, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
Recorded from WABC, New York
0282 Just One More Day
0275 The Rise And Fall Of The Fourth Reich

The Rise And Fall Of The Fourth Reich
Episode 0275
Original Air Date: May 16, 1975
Two scientists discover an old and dying Adolph Hitler hiding out in 1970s Mexico City. They experiment on him in an effort to restore his youth.
Cast: Robert Dryden, Paul Hecht, Joe Silver, Ken Harvey,
Writer: Henry Slesar
Rating: ***
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
0266 Mad Monkton

Mad Monkton
Episode 0266
Original Air Date: May 1, 1975
Insanity and madness are a Monkton family tradition. Now, Stephen Monkton, the last of the Monkton line, can end the curse by finding his uncle's body in Naples and returning it to the family vault in the States.
Cast: Kristoffer Tabori, Marian Seldes, Russell Horton, Ken Harvey, Paul Hecht,
Writer: Ian MArtin adaptation of Wilkie Collins short story
Rating: **1/2
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