Showing posts with label Russell Horton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russell Horton. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

0373 The Mortgage

The Mortgage
Episode 0373
Original Air Date: November 1, 1975

A middle-aged college professor is actually a sleeper spy. when his picture appears in the paper for doing a good deed, he worries that he might be activated, disrupting the life he loves.

Cast: Larry Haines, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, Robert Maxwell, Russell Horton

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, TX

Commercials: Drunk driving PSA, Buick Century, Braille Foundation for Blind Musicians, Budweiser, Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Sine Off, Campaign for Human Development, International Rescue Committee PSA, American Lung Association PSA, U.S. Coast Guard Academy,

1399 The Boatman And The Devil

The Boatman And The Devil
Episode 1399
Original Air Date: December 7, 1982

The boatman who transports Russian exiles to Siberia tries to convince a young man to serve out his sentence dilligently and not try to bring his family to pass the time with him in the Russian wilderness of Siberia.

Cast: Alexander Scourby, Russell Horton, Earl Hammond, Marian Seldes

Writer: Anton Chekhov adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

Sunday, May 13, 2012

1386 Resident Killer

Resident Killer
Episode 1386
Original Air Date: October 25, 1982

Five hundred years in the future man has eliminated violence and violent thoughts in society A violent man is reprogrammed to have placid thoughts. But when they need violence to protect society, will they be able to change him back?

Cast: Marian Seldes, Russell Horton, Carol Teitel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2

1385 Three Fireflies In A Bottle

Three Fireflies In A Bottle
Episode 1385
Original Air Date: October 22, 1982


A man claims that he has been contacted by an extraterrestrial who portends doom for the human race because of pollution and war.

Cast: Russell Horton, Evie Juster, Cynthia Adler, Lloyd Batista

Writer: Nancy Moore

Rating: **1/2

Saturday, May 12, 2012

1374 Roll Call Of The Dead

Roll Call Of The Dead
Episode 1374
Original Air Date: September 27, 1982

In the 19th century, two college students decide to head west to explore the American Frontier. They hire an old Apache guide who tries to disuade them from taking the route they want. When they do, they encounter members of an old exploring party who are supposed to be dead.

Cast: Russell Horton, Lloyd Batista,Arnold Moss, Robert Dryden

Writer: Arnold Moss

Rating: **1/2

Friday, May 11, 2012

1371 The Way Station

The Way Station
Episode 1371
Original Air Date: September 20, 1982


A pair of twins overhear their father, a gravedigger, talking to men they know to be dead. They find out their father is much more than a gravedigger.

Cast: Mia Dillon, Russell Horton, Bernard Grant, Norman Rose

Writer: Franz Monar adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: ****

Monday, May 7, 2012

1367 Scenes From A Murder

Scenes From A Murder
Episode 1367
Original Air Date: September 7, 1982

A down on his luck music teacher turns to murder to solve his financial woes.

Cast: Russell Horton, Carol Teitel, Joan Shea, Earl Hammond

Writer: G. Frederick Lewis,

Rating: **1/2

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

1359 A Pair Of Green Eyes

A Pair Of Green Eyes
Episode 1359
Original Air Date: August 10, 1982

When an archeologist dies in a remote country, a mystery involving murder and jewel smuggling ensues.

Cast: Teri Keane, Arnold Moss, Russell Horton, Robert Kaliban

Writer: Arnold Moss

Rating: **1/2

1356 Mind Over Mind

Mind Over Mind
Episode 1356
Original Air Date: July 29, 1982

A young bank teller is questioned about her role in a bank robbery. She has no memory of participating or even being involved.

Cast: Jada Rowland, Earl Hammond, Bernard Grant, Russell Horton

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: **1/2

Sunday, May 6, 2012

1345 Killer Crab

Killer Crab
Episode 1345
Original Air Date: June 30, 1982

In the future, on a far-away planet, a man plans to exact revenge on his former wife and her new boyfriend, who is a colleague, for trying to kill him. His instrument of revenge is a killer robot.

Cast: Russell Horton, Ann Williams, Mandel Kramer, Robert Dryden

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: *1/2

Friday, May 4, 2012

1338 The Woman Who Wanted To Live

The Woman Who Wanted To Live
Episode 1338
Original Air Date: June 14, 1982

A woman is taken hostage by a desparate fugitive who has escaped from prison. She helps him elude police in order to stay alive.

Cast: Roberta Maxwell, Larry Haines, Russell Horton

Writer: Bryce Walton

Rating: ***1/2

1334 The Chess Master

The Chess Master
Episode 1334
Original Air Date: May 28, 1982

An unemployed advertising agent plays a pickup game of chess in the park with a stranger. That game of chess leads him into an adventure he never anticipated.

Cast: Paul Hecht, Fred Gwynne, Russell Horton

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: ***1/2

1331 The 'Different' People

The 'Different' People
Episode 1331
Original Air Date: May 21, 1982

A 20th century anthropologist discovers documents that indicates a group of Civil War veterans may have found immortality. He decides to hunt them down and see if they made it.

Cast: Kristoffer Tabori, Jada Rowland, Arnold Moss, Russell Horton

Writer: Arnold Moss

Rating: **1/2

1329 The Imperfect Crime

The Imperfect Crime
Episode 1329
Original Air Date: May 17, 1982

A police detective assumes the routine when he is asked to complete the report on the hit and run death of a wealthy socialite. Instead he finds murder. More troubling -- that murder is close to home.

Cast: Russell Horton, Carol Teitel, Robert Dryden

Writer: James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **

Thursday, May 3, 2012

1322 The Last Duel

The Last Duel
Episode 1322
Original Air Date: April 30, 1982

A Lieutenant challenges a subordinate to a duel when he catches him playing cards> many years pass and many events transpire between the two shots.

Cast: Lee Ricardson, Teri Keane, Russell Horton, Bernard Grant

Writer: Alexander Bushton adapted by James Agate, Jr.

Rating: **1/2

1320 The Hanging Sheriff

The Hanging Sheriff
Episode 1320
Original Air Date: April 26, 1982

A sheriff has problems with imposing the death penalty when he is asked to carry out a hanging. When his overbearing wife pushes him to do it, he decides to help the prisoner escape.

Cast: Fred Gwynne, Elspeth Eric, Bernard Grant, Russell Horton

Writer: Bryce Walton

Rating: ***

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

1315 The Visions Of Sir Philip Sidney

The Visions Of Sir Philip Sidney
Episode 1315
Original Air Date: April 14, 1982

In 19th century London, a Zulu War veteran is plagued by visions of people on a train who no one else notices. Are they real people tormenting him, or is he suffering from shell shock?

Cast: Lee Richardson, Cort Benson, Cynthia Harris, Russell Horton

Writer: M.R. James adapted by G. Frederick Lewis

Rating: **1/2

1314 His Fourth Wife

His Fourth Wife
Episode 1314
Original Air Date: April 12, 1982

A painter is commissioned to paint a portrait of the prospective bride of the notorious King Henry VIII who has not yet laid eyes on her. He must decide if he will paint her as a stunning goddess, or paint her as his eyes behold her.

Cast: Russell Horton, Norman Rose, Earl Hammond, Carol Teitel

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **

1312 Only A Woman

Only A Woman
Episode 1312
Original Air Date: April 7, 1982

A woman who claims to be the daughter of a goddess recounts for her biographer how she brought down several men who underestimated her.

Cast: Russell Horton, Marian Seldes, Norman Rose, Ray Owens

Writer: Sam Dann

Rating: **1/2