Showing posts with label Kevin McCarthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kevin McCarthy. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1102 Nightmare In Gilette Castle

Nightmare In Gilette Castle
Episode 1102
Original Air Date: July 14, 1980

A couple visit the castle home of the greatest actor to play Sherlock Holmes on the silver screen. They find themselves trapped in the castle overnight as a real life murder mystery plays itself out with them and the real Sherlock Holmes at its center.

Cast: Kevin McCarthey, Jada Rowland, Russell Horton, Carol Teitel

Writer: Elizabeth Pinnel

Rating: **1/2

Thursday, March 22, 2012

1071 Conspiracy

Conspiracy
Episode 1071
Original Air Date: March 26, 1980

Recounts the conspiracy by John Wilkes Booth and his followers to kill Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and his cabinet.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss, Cort Benson

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

Friday, March 2, 2012

0990 The Spaces On The Wall

The Spaces On The Wall
Episode 0990
Original Air Date: June 20, 1979

A private investigator is hired by an art broker to investigate the swindling of a business associate.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Recorded from WJAX, Jacksonville, FL

NEEDS REPLACED, slow tape speed, final thought cut off by the station,

Saturday, February 4, 2012

0887 Flash Point

Flash Point
Episode 0887
Original Air Date: September 1, 1978

A photographer shooting a steel mill has an affair with the wife of a steelworker. When the steelworker takes him on a tour of the mill, trouble begins.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Felicia Farr, Cort Benson

Writer: H.G. Wells adapted by Gerald Keane

Rating: **

Recorded from KXXO, Tulsa

News: Walter Mondale to take over White House business during Mid-East Summit

Commercials: Oklahoma Green Country, Underwriters Laboratory PSA, Forest Service PSA, Olympic Paint, Army Recruiting, Project HOPE, Shout!, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Royce CB radios, Ben Franklin Stores, Give to the College of Your Choice,

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

0854 The Black Door

The Black Door
Episode 0854
Original Air Date: June 19, 1978


A 21 year old man is made to stay in an ancient mansion in order to procure his inheritance. The key apparently is behind a strange black door on the topmost floor.

Cast: Russell Horton, Kevin McCarthy, Guy Sorel

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

Rating: ***

No news

No commercials

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

0770 The Ranee Of Rajputana

The Ranee Of Rajputana
Episode 0770
Original Air Date: January 24, 1978

A stockbroker with a taste for playing the ponies finds his back against the wall when an investor demands the return of her investment. He is a prime victim for the subject of this drama who is the Queen of Thieves. She promises to help him plot another crime to cover his previous thefts.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Marian Seldes, Earl Hammond, Joan Shea

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

No news

No commercials

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

0740 The Gloria Scott

The Gloria Scott
Episode 0740
Original Air Date: November 14, 1977

Sherlock Holmes encouters a skeptic when he solves the case involving an ship's mutiny and a secretly coded message to one of its survivors.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Court Benson, Paul Hecht, William Griffis

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Ralph Goodman

Rating: **1/2

No news

No commercials

Sunday, November 20, 2011

0688 The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle


The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle
Episode 0688
Original Air Date: July 25, 1977

The gift of a Christmas goose and an old hat send Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on the hunt for the goose's owner.

Cast: Lloyd Batista, William Griffis, Cort Benson, Kevin McCarthy

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

No news

No commercials

0680 A Scandal In Bohemia


A Scandal In Bohemia
Episode 0680
Original Air Date: July 11, 1977

The king of a Bohemian nation employs Sherlock Holmes to retrieve a scandalous photo from an old fling. Holmes finally meets his match in cunning and deduction.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Marian Seldes, William Griffis

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

No news

No commercials

Saturday, November 19, 2011

0673 The Adventure Of The Speckled Band


The Adventure Of The Speckled Band
Episode 0673
Original Air Date: June 28, 1977

Sherlock Holmes is hired by a young heiress to find out who killed her sister in a sealed room murder.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Patricia Elliot, Jackson Beck

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **

No news

No commercials

Saturday, November 12, 2011

0657 The Boscombe Pool Mystery


The Boscombe Pool Mystery
Episode 0657
Original Air Date: May 31, 1977

Sherlock Holmes solves the murder mystery of a young man who is accused of murdering his father. The evidence seems irrefutable, but Holmes dissects it.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Patricia Elliot, Ian Martin, Dennis Coke

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **

Commercials: CARE,

Saturday, October 8, 2011

0641 The Adventure Of The Red-Headed League


The Adventure Of The Red-Headed League
Episode 0641
Original Air Date: April 26, 1977

Sherlock Holmes helps a friend who has been swindled by a group of red-headed men. He uncovers a much larger scheme.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from KIRO, Seattle

News:Israelis remain flexible on new peace talks as long as they don't include the PLO, two men charged with murder in Mobile, AL demand the death penalty, Weather hampers oil spill cleanup in North Sea, Attorney General Griffin Bell to hold hearings on medical marijuana, Government plans to ban flourocarbons in 1979, An unemployed man turns bald head into bilboard to make money, Thirteen congressmen aided a Korean lobbyist in exchange for money, Air Force given clearance 2 billion gallons of Agent Orange, Japanese organize all women riot squad,

Commercials: Ammana Touchmatic Radar Range, Ex-Lax, Sears Air Conditioning, Time-Life miniseries "Fight Against Series" on KFTW, "Islands in the Stream" movie, Buick Skyhawk, National Observer magazine, General Electric CBs, Pan Am, MOOG alignment service, Denny's Restaurant, ARM allergy relief medicine, Goodyear, "The Deadly Messiah" paperback book, Catholic Relief Services, Tacoma Chevrolet, Stock Dry Vermouth, Newsbreak radio program, Vantage Press,

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

0623 A Study In Scarlet


A Study In Scarlet
Episode 0623
Original Air Date: March 25, 1977

Holmes' and Watson's first case together involves a murder who leaves behind an engagement ring and the word "RACHE" scrawled in blood.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Mary Jane Higby, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

No news

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0613 The Sign Of Four


The Sign Of Four
Episode 0613
Original Air Date: March 8, 1977

Adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes classic.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Cort Benson, Jackson Beck, Earl Hammond, Joan Shea

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: **

Commercials: Contac, Ex-Lax,

Monday, October 3, 2011

0609 The Hound Of The Baskervilles


The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Episode 0609
Original Air Date: March 1, 1977

Sherlock Holmes investigates the legend of a ghostly hound that haunts the moors that surround the Baskerville estate.

Cast: Kevin McCarthey, Lloyd Batista, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden, Cort Benson

Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted by Murray Burnett

Rating: ***

Recorded from WOR, New York

News:Rescue operation underway in PA, President Carter wants to create cabinet level Department of Energy, Man goes to prison rather than testify against Puerto Rican terrorists, North Carolina rejects ERA,

Commercials: Buick LeSabre, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Kraft Singles, GE CBs, Contac, Kane for Governor (New Jersey), Greyhound,

Sunday, March 27, 2011

0476 The Serpent Of The Nile


The Serpent Of The Nile
Episode 0476
Original Air Date: April 25, 1976

Adaption of "Anthony and Cleopatra"

Cast: Lois Nettleton, Kevin McCarthy, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden, Paul Hecht, Russell Horton

Writer: Ian Martin adaption of William Shakespeare

Rating: **

Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, TX

News: Socialists losing election in Portugal, Hubert Humphrey wins Minnesotal Democratic primary, Ford wins Republican primary, Henry Jackson digs on Rockefeller in Pennsylvania campaigning, Walter Mathau undergoes heart procedure, Aluminum screens in American embassies block microwave bombardment,

Commercials: 20/20 Eye Drops, 55 MPH speed limit PSA, U.S. Customs PSA, 1976 Buicks, Law Day PSA, American Cancer Society, Allied Van lines, American Library Association, Buick, National Leukemia Association, Better Business Bureau PSA, Time Magazine, American Society of Dentists for Children PSA,

0470 Murder Most Foul


Murder Most Foul
Episode 0470
Original Air Date: April 19, 1976

adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Carol Teitel, Russell Horton, Cort Benson, William Redfield

Writer: Ian Martin adaptation of William Shakespeare

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: Better Business Bureau PSA on nursing home guidelines,

Saturday, March 19, 2011

0411 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court


A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Episode 0411
Original Air Date: January 8, 1976

A 19th century factory owner gets knocked out in a fight and wakes up in Camelot and is placed under arrest by King Arthur himself. HE exploits his knowledge of history to try to secure his release.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Robert Dryden, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss

Writer: Mark Twain adapted by Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: Metric System PSA, Luden's Cough Drops, United Nations PSA, Buick Elektra, Greyhound,

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

0309 Goodbye, Karl Erich


Goodbye, Karl Erich
Episode 0309
Original Air Date: July 16, 1975

A German doctor takes under his care a young boy who is shocked into silence by the death of his father in World War I. The Doctor teaches him to speak again, and then instills in him the confidence to confront the world. Little does he realize that he has created a Nazi monster.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy. Bryna Raeburn, Paul Hecht, Joan Shea, Sam Gray

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Military dissolves government of Portugal, Apollo spacecraft successfully launched in joint mission with Soviets, Kissinger to meet with Israeli counterpart, Northwest airline employees may strike, U of Maryland and military tested LSD on subjects, Texas says a mental health institution also performed LSD tests, Grain sale to Russia to go forward, Heir to Japanese throne escapes bombing attempt, City Hall in San Francisco runs out of money to buy paper towels,

Commercials: Quaker State Motor Oil, Vantage Press, Forest Fire PSA, Metric System PSA, Budweiser, AFS PSA, Sine Off, CARE PSA, Keep America Beautiful PSA, March of Dimes PSA, Hemmoraid, Mike Roy's Cooking Thing, Vantage Press,

Sunday, March 6, 2011

0279 Markheim: Man Or Monster?


Markheim: Man Or Monster?
Episode 0279
Original Air Date: May 23, 1975

Karl Markheim is the embodiment of evil, manipulating and conning those around him. Denied his inheritance from his uncle, he sets out to exploit his wife and father-in-law for their money. All the while, a mysterious figure watches him from behind the mirror.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Ian Martin, Grace Matthews, Guy Sorel, Rosemary Rice

Writer: Ian Martin inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: State Farm Insurance, Campbells Chunky Soup, American Will Kit, Epilepsy Foundation,