1383 Desert Maiden

Desert Maiden
Episode 1383
Original Air Date: October October 18, 1982

A advertising executive travels to the desert for inspiration in finding a name for a new perfume. While there, he meets an old flame to takes him on a voyage of self-discovery.

Cast: Mason Adams, Patricia Elliot, Robert Dryden, Joan Shea

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

0858 King Bankrobber

King Bankrobber
Episode 0858
Original Air Date: July 3, 1978

A law-biding architect turns into a masterful bankrobber to get revenge on the justice system for going lenient on the kid who killed his parents.

Cast: Mason Adams, Earl Hammond, Ray Owens, Jackson Beck

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis (from a real event)

Rating: ***

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0840 Arctic Encounter

Arctic Encounter
Episode 0840
Original Air Date: May 26, 1978

A Russian plane and an American plane crash over the Arctic Circle. The crews encounter an alien world.

Cast: Mason Adams, Mandel Kramer, Bryna Raeburn

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ****

Commercials: Buick Elektra, Master Charge, New Approach Methods, Tru Value Hardware, Kidney Foundation, Life Underwriter Insurance, Catholic Relief Services Annual Appeal, Rinse and Vac, Country Time Lemonade, Buick Elektra, Olympic Paint,

0836 The Hundred Dollar Difference

The Hundred Dollar Difference
Episode 0836
Original Air Date: May 19, 1978

A no-good gambler conspires with his girlfriend to murder his rich aunt to inherit her money. When he shows up to do the job, somebody beat him to the punch. Is it good luck or bad?

Cast: Mason Adams, (Rest of cast cut off)

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Commercials: Contac,

NEEDS REPLACED Final thought and cast list cut off

0828 Cool Killer Karl

Cool Killer Karl
Episode 0828
Original Air Date: May 5, 1978

A cold-hearted killer takes a family hostage while hiding from the cops. He is befriended by the mother.

Cast: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, William Griffis, Ian Martin, Mandel Kramer

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **

0820 Bet With Angels

Bet With Angels
Episode 0820
Original Air Date: April 21, 1978

A mild-mannered advertising executives starts getting gambling tips from his dead friend who was an addicted gambler. He soon catches gambling fever and gets himself into trouble.

Cast: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Mandel Kramer

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: ***

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0689 The Rocket's Red Glare

The Rocket's Red Glare
Episode 0689
Original Air Date: July 26, 1977

A scientist working on a top secret weapons project commits suicide. A local cop suspects it was foul play and runs headlong into a case of espionage.

Cast: Mason Adams, Robert Dryden, Catherine Byers, Sam Gray

Writer: Percy Granger

Rating: ***

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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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0674 Dead Men Do Tell Tales

Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Episode 0674
Original Air Date: June 30, 1977

A dead man recounts how his life came to an end as he served as the conscience of a group of men who committed a horrible act twenty years prior. Meanwhile, a pair of detectives pursue his killer.

Cast: Mason Adams, Howard, Ross, Marian Seldes, Ian Martin Robert Kaliban

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: ***

Commercials: Quaker State Motor Oil

0640 Bound East For Haiti

Bound East For Haiti
Episode 0640
Original Air Date: April 25, 1977

A First Mate aboard a tramp steamer tries to steal his captain's girlfriend by employing voodoo on him.

Cast: Mason Adams, Fred Gwynne, Ralph Bell, Evie Juster

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **

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0634 The Phantom House

The Phantom House
Episode 0634
Original Air Date: April 14, 1977

Two young sisters spend the summer with their aunt and uncle in the Virginia countryside at the turn of the century. One sister sees the image of a house destroyed more than 50 years before and struggles against becoming part of its terrible heritage.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Mason Adams, Ian Martin, Morgan Fairchild, Ann Pitoniak

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2

0622 The Gift Of Doom

The Gift Of Doom
Episode 0622
Original Air Date: March 24, 1977

A snowbound prospector is saved by a Eskimo witch. He takes her as his wife and brings her back to the states. When his political importance grows, he decides he needs to be rid of the "savage".

Cast: Kim Hunter, Mason Adams, Arnold Moss, Russell Horton, Bryna Raeburn.

Writer: Arnold Moss inspired by a Greek tragedy entitled Madeya

Rating: ***1/2

Commercials: 1977 Buick Regal, Contac,

0608 The Light That Failed

The Light That Failed
Episode 0608
Original Air Date: February 28, 1977

The story of a painter and war correspondent and his overwhelming desire to earn a fortune to attract the woman he loves. Fate throws him a wicked curve when he scorns a woman he considers beneath his station.

Cast: Mason Adams, Tony Roberts, Bryna Raeburn, Jackson Beck

Writer: Rudyard Kipling adapted by Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WLNH, Laconia, NH

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0593 Casual Affair

Casual Affair
Episode 0593
Original Air Date: January 31, 1977

A traveling salesman has a casual affair. His lady friend is not what she seems and he ends up in mortal danger.

cast: Mason Adams, Robert Dryden, Evie Juster

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WOR, New York,

Commercials: Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe, Shop Rite Supermarkets, Sears Appliance Spectacular, General Mills Radio Theater, General Electric, General Motors, GMC Trucks, Energy usage emergency in New Jersey PSA, H&R Block, AAMCO, Long Island Press, 1977 Buick Regal, John Barleycorn Restaurant, Hillman Cohan Vision Center,

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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0538 The Mission Of Atropos

The Mission Of Atropos
Episode 0538
Original Air Date: October 19, 1976

A doctor and detective follows the clues left by a corrupt industrialist using an illegal and deadly chemical.

Cast: Mason Adams, Joan Lovejoy, Robert Maxwell, Joan Shea, Jackson Beck

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Recorded from WBBM Chicago,

News: Jimmy Carter says President Ford's defense cuts will cause us to negotiate from weakness, Iran became major stockholder in German arms firm, Rhodesia will have an all black government,

Commercials: Armstrong linoleum floors, Budweiser, Buick LeSabre, Northwest Federal Savings, Maser Lock Burglar Alarms, Jimmy Carter for President campaign commercial, Budweiser, Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe, Alan Dixon for Illinois Secretary of State, Sine-Off, Preparation H, Red Cross PSA,

0500 The Men With The Magic Fingers

The Men With The Magic Fingers
Episode 0500
Original Air Date: July 22, 1976

A turn of the century circus owner creates a fortune teller out of wax. convinced that she has come to life, he falls in love with her. Meanwhile, his wife is left to wonder about his sanity.

Cast: Mason Adams, Marian Seldes, Catherine Byers, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

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0477 The Three Elders Of Lifeboat Landing

The Three Elders Of Lifeboat Landing
Episode 0477
Original Air Date: April 26, 1976

A reporter tries to uncover how a small community has achieved something resembling Utopia with no crime, no violence, and no dissent.

Cast: Mason Adams, Mandel Kramer, Anne Shepherd, Guy Sorel, Robert Phelps

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: ***1/2

Recorded from WFAA Dallas, TX

News: Senate intelligence committee makes recommendations for changes in country's intelligence community. Democrats campaign in Pennsylvania, Steel prices to increase in US in 1976, Congress approves overhaul of grain inspection system, Worker productivity up 14 percent. Trade Deficit up,

Commercials: Wonder Bread, Better Business Bureaus, Kentucky Derby radio coverage on CBS Radio, Allied Van Lines, Help your kids to read, Buick Elektra, Navy recruiting, American Cancer Society PSA, Red Cross, The Franciscans,

0466 Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold
Episode 0466
Original Air Date: April 9, 1976

A college professor indulges his obsession diving for treasure on wrecked ships. His latest adventure promises a great payoff. However, the gold is cursed.

Cast: Mason Adams, Teri Keane, Sam Gray, Cort Benson

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: President Ford campaigns in Texas, Ford calls for stiffer prison senteces for drug dealers, Carter uses the phrase "ethnic purety," Secretary of Agriculture Butz denies influence pedalling, Yacht slams into Russian ship in storm near Florida, Radio Peking broadcasting pro-government demonstrations, Local Portland news, Lebanese parliament meeting to elect new president, U.S. and Soviets agree on treaty limiting undground nuclear testing, Terrorists in Thailand will release 12 hostages in exchange for flight to Middle East, San Francisco mayor warns that municipal strike might threaten health of city, British man arrested for hiring a band to greet his wife at Heathrow Airport,

Commercials: Wonder Bread, Sine Off, Vantage Press, Buick, IRS PSA, Allstate Insurance, Easter Seals, Tru Value hardware, Better Business Bureau PSA, Carrier heating and air conditioning, Allied Movers, Vantage Press, Wonder Bread, What's New in Learning radio show,

0447 The Man Who Preyed On Widows

The Man Who Preyed On Widows
Episode 0447
Original Air Date: March 12, 1976

A police inspector and the son of a jilted woman work together to try to ensnare the cad who swindled his mother. His mother defends the man who swindled her and will not take part in the capture of the bigamist.

Cast: Mason Adams, Russell Horton, Joan Shea, Jackson Beck

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

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