Showing posts with label Ralph Bell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ralph Bell. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2012

1364 Barn Burner

Barn Burner
Episode 1364
Original Air Date: August 26, 1982

A pair of race horse owners try pull off a swindle where they substitute their horses with ringers.

Cast: Russell Horton, Patricia Elliot, Ralph Bell, Robert Dryden

Writer: Steve Lehrman

Rating: *1/2

1350 The Hand Of Amnesia

The Hand Of Amnesia
Episode 1350
Original Air Date: July 12, 1982

A young, short order cook marries a wealthy widow, but keeps his girlfriend on the side. When his wife finds out, she throws him out. When she comes up missing, he is a suspect in her disappearance.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Carol Teitel, Lloyd Batista, Marian Seldes

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

Friday, May 4, 2012

1327 The Wound That Would Not Heal

The Wound That Would Not Heal
Episode 1327
Original Air Date: May 12, 1982

A man is accused of murdering his mistress. At first, he is confident that he did not, but when she starts to call him in the night and haunt his dreams, doubts begin to arise in his own mind. His wife is steadfast in her defense of him.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Cynthia Adler, Bernard Grant

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: **

1325 The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present
Episode 1325
Original Air Date: May 7, 1982

A professional swindler employs the talents of an American artist to swindle the king of a small, Balkan country in pre-World War I Europe. The king is a professional swindler in his own right and tries to outswindle them in this farce.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Patricia Elliott, Earl Hammond

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Thursday, May 3, 2012

1319 The Whimpering Pond

The Whimpering Pond
Episode 1319
Original Air Date: April 23, 1982

A novelist visits some friends at a country estate when he encounters what appears to be a spectre haunting a misty, old farm pond. It puts him on to an old mystery involving the disappearance of a woman who disappeared nearby.

Cast: Norman Rose, Ralph Bell, Mandel Kramer, Evie Juster

Writer: Roy Windsor

Rating: **1/2

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

1317 Shelter

Shelter
Episode 1317
Original Air Date: April 19, 1982

A man, his wife, her lover, and the couple next door are forced into a bomb shelter when world events cause a nuclear war. The owner of the shelter plays the residents of this refuge against each other for his amusement -- and revenge.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Robert Kaliban, Evie Juster, Don Scardino

Writer: Henry Slesar

Rating: ***

Commercials: Topol smokers' tooth polish, Porcelana hand cream, Bell Systems, Metamucil, Best Western motels, McGruff the Crime Dog, Dreyfuss Liquid Assets,

NEEDS REPLACED Intro clipped off, outro clipped.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

1264 Vanity And Jane

Vanity And Jane
Episode 1264
Original Air Date: November 30, 1981

A resident of a seaside resort falls for the tourist that moves in next door to him. He soon finds out that she may be more woman --- or more WOMEN than he can handle.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Ralph Bell, Paul Hecht

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

Monday, April 23, 2012

1253 The Most Necessary Evil

The Most Necessary Evil
Episode 1253
Original Air Date: October 23, 1981

A woman questions her husband's recent wealth. He refuses to reveal its source and confesses to being in trouble. He soon ends up dead. A police detective investigates for her.

Cast: Michael Tolan, Carol Teitel, Mandel Kramer, Ralph Bell

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

Friday, April 20, 2012

1227 Postage Due

Postage Due
Episode 1227
Original Air Date: July 29, 1981

A postman is asked to deliver a piece of mail 40 years after it was mailed. That piece of mail lands the humble postman in a ghostly tale of lost love.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Robert Kaliban, Teri Keane, Ian Martin

Writer: Douglas Dempsey

Rating: ***

1193 Garden Of The Moon

Garden Of The Moon
Episode 1193
Original Air Date: May 4, 1981

A cosmetics firm executive purchases some make-up from a new company. She soon develops a strong desire for moon bathing.

Cast: Kim Hunter, Paul Hecht, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell,

Writer: Bob Juhren

Rating: ***

NEEDS REPLACED Rough encode

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

1178 The Dead Come Alive

The Dead Come Alive
Episode 1178
Original Air Date: March 30, 1981

The people of a small, Ohio town find out that a man is coming to town who can raise and restore the dead from a local cemetery. There are some in town who would prefer the dead's secrets stay buried.

Cast: Marian Seldes, Ralph Bell

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: ***

NEEDS REPLACED, Introduction clipped, Two episodes are grafted together, neither is complete.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

1164 A God Named Henry

A God Named Henry
Episode 1164
Original Air Date: February 25, 1981

A henpecked, under-employed, miserable factory foreman goes sailing and runs into a storm. He is beached on an island where the natives regard him as a god.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Joan Shea, Roy Owens

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

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1160 Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters
Episode 1160
Original Air Date: February 16, 1981

A washed up civil engineer is given a second chance when his wife begs his old boss to take him back. The boss does, but insists that the boss's son go along on a project in the jungle. What will happen to Junior when he hits on the engineer's wife?

Cast: Ralph Bell, Evie Juster, Robert Kaliban

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

Saturday, April 14, 2012

1144 In The Dark

In The Dark
Episode 1144
Original Air Date: January 8, 1981

In a totalitarian state, a woman's husband fails to return home. Her best friend has mysteriously "divorced" her husband, and her friends refuse to talk to her. Despite evidence, she cannot believe the secret police have kidnapped her husband.

Cast: Teri Keane, Carol Teitel, Ray Owens, Ralph Bell

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **1/2

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1104 A Ton Of Gold

A Ton Of Gold
Episode 1104
Original Air Date: July 28, 1980

An archeologist, his wife, and his assistant, set off into the New Mexico desert in search of lost Indian gold guided by the last of the tribe that hid the gold. When they arrive, they learn of the curse laid on the gold centuries ago.

Cast: Earl Hammond, Ralph Bell, Gordon Gould, Carol Teitel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: ***

1096 Life Blood

Life Blood
Episode 1096
Original Air Date: June 23, 1980

A geneticist builds a life-like robot of a woman and orders it to seduce another scientist who has done him wrong.

Cast: John Beal, Marian Seldes, Ralph Bell, Gordon Gould

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: **1/2

Thursday, March 22, 2012

1069 The Death Wish

The Death Wish
Episode 1069
Original Air Date: March 19, 1980

To relax, a stressed-out businessman takes up meditation. While meditating, he has visions of his wife having an affair. He is also visited by an ethereal temptress who would have him leave this plane of existence for her.

Cast: Ralph Bell, Ian Martin, Carol Teitel, William Griffis

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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: **

Friday, March 16, 2012

1039 Beyond Belief

Beyond Belief
Episode 1039
Original Air Date: December 17, 1979

A young woman is taken in by a couple who own a small shop in New York City. They soon discover her dark secret that she conceals with a pleasant demeanor.

Cast: Jada Rowland, Carol Teitel, Ralph Bell, Gerald Hiken

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **

Sunday, March 11, 2012

1030 The $999,000 Error

The $999,000 Error
Episode 1030
Original Air Date: November 14, 1979

A computer error allows a crooked lawyer in Manilla to reap a $999,000 windfall. When the bank president discovers the error, he tries to collect from the crooked lawyer. To do so, he calls in a favor from the best lawyer in the world.

Cast: Ian Martin, Ralph Bell, Carol Teitel, Jackson Beck

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating: **1/2