Escape From Anzio
Episode 1376
Original Air Date: October 1, 1982
An Army pilot is shot down over occupied Italy during World War II. He and his comarades must hide and eventually flee the German officers searching for them.
Cast: Gordon Gould, Sam Gray, Cynthia Adler, Robert Kaliban
Writer: James Agate, Jr.
Rating: ***
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
1349 Come Back Next Week
Come Back Next Week
Episode 1349
Original Air Date: July 9, 1982
A woman dutifully travels to a state prison each week to visit with the hitman who killed her husband to find out who hired him. She ends up finding out more about her husband than she ever dreamed existed.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Teri Keane, Evie Juster, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
Episode 1349
Original Air Date: July 9, 1982
A woman dutifully travels to a state prison each week to visit with the hitman who killed her husband to find out who hired him. She ends up finding out more about her husband than she ever dreamed existed.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Teri Keane, Evie Juster, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
1304 The Magic Stick Of Manitu
The Magic Stick Of Manitu
Episode 1304
Original Air Date: March 19, 1982
An interstellar diplomat travels to a remote planet with her boss to establish relations with a people whose primary resource is music. The diplomat is immediately enchanted by the music; her boss looks for ways to exploit the people and their planet.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Keir Dullea, Marian Seldes, Sam Gray
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **1/2
Episode 1304
Original Air Date: March 19, 1982
An interstellar diplomat travels to a remote planet with her boss to establish relations with a people whose primary resource is music. The diplomat is immediately enchanted by the music; her boss looks for ways to exploit the people and their planet.
Cast: Fred Gwynne, Keir Dullea, Marian Seldes, Sam Gray
Writer: Victoria Dann
Rating: **1/2
1287 Change Of Heart
Change Of Heart
Episode 1287
Original Air Date: February 8, 1982
When his girlfriend breaks up with him, she calls him a Pig. When he is forced to have heart surgery where a porcine heart valve is installed, he begins to take on the characteristics of a pig.
Cast: Louis Turenne, Sam Gray, Patricia Elliot, Joan Shea
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *
Episode 1287
Original Air Date: February 8, 1982
When his girlfriend breaks up with him, she calls him a Pig. When he is forced to have heart surgery where a porcine heart valve is installed, he begins to take on the characteristics of a pig.
Cast: Louis Turenne, Sam Gray, Patricia Elliot, Joan Shea
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: *
Sunday, April 22, 2012
1240 Episode Of Terror
Episode Of Terror
Episode 1240
Original Air Date: September 7, 1981
A priest's convictions are challenged by the brutality of the French Revolution. HE refuses to say burial mass for a person who is not buried in consecrated ground.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Arnold Moss, Earl Hammond, Sam Gray
Writer: Honore de Balzac adapted by G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: **
Episode 1240
Original Air Date: September 7, 1981
A priest's convictions are challenged by the brutality of the French Revolution. HE refuses to say burial mass for a person who is not buried in consecrated ground.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Arnold Moss, Earl Hammond, Sam Gray
Writer: Honore de Balzac adapted by G. Frederick Lewis
Rating: **
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
0963 The Unseen Watcher
The Unseen Watcher
Episode 0963
Original Air Date: March 19, 1979
A gambler, desperate to pay off before his bookie kills him, conspires to kill his wife and torch his house for the insurance money. An observer in a traffic copter sees him.
Cast: Earl Hammond, Mandel Kramer, Sam Gray, Evie Juster
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Episode 0963
Original Air Date: March 19, 1979
A gambler, desperate to pay off before his bookie kills him, conspires to kill his wife and torch his house for the insurance money. An observer in a traffic copter sees him.
Cast: Earl Hammond, Mandel Kramer, Sam Gray, Evie Juster
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: ***
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Monday, February 27, 2012
0957 Hickory, Dickory, Doom
Hickory, Dickory, Doom
Episode 0957
Original Air Date: February 26, 1979
A young Pennsylvania couple purchases a grandfather clock at an estate sale for a minister. The clock repeatedly malfunctions. but telling time is this clock's secondary function. Its primary function is much more sinister.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Patricia Elliot, Sam Gray, Joan Shea
Writer: Bob Juhren
Rating: *****
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Episode 0957
Original Air Date: February 26, 1979
A young Pennsylvania couple purchases a grandfather clock at an estate sale for a minister. The clock repeatedly malfunctions. but telling time is this clock's secondary function. Its primary function is much more sinister.
Cast: Tony Roberts, Patricia Elliot, Sam Gray, Joan Shea
Writer: Bob Juhren
Rating: *****
No news
No commercials
Saturday, February 4, 2012
0880 Raptures Of The Deep
Raptures Of The Deep
Episode 0880
Original Air Date: August 16, 1978
A diver searching for lost treasure stumbles into the lost kingdom of Atlantis and learns how it fell into the ocean and how its inhabitants survived.
Cast: Michael Tolan, Catherine Byers, Sam Gray, Ray Owens
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **
No news
Commercials: Shout!, DiGel, Goodyear car service,
Episode 0880
Original Air Date: August 16, 1978
A diver searching for lost treasure stumbles into the lost kingdom of Atlantis and learns how it fell into the ocean and how its inhabitants survived.
Cast: Michael Tolan, Catherine Byers, Sam Gray, Ray Owens
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **
No news
Commercials: Shout!, DiGel, Goodyear car service,
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
0875 The Avenging Ghost Of Kitty Morgan
The Avenging Ghost Of Kitty Morgan
Episode 0875
Original Air Date: August 4, 1978
A jilted woman vows to haunt the home she made for a philanderer and kills herself. She haunts future residents, but it is a couple generations down the line, she gets her chance for full-blown revenge.
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Evie Juster, Bryna Raeburn, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
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Episode 0875
Original Air Date: August 4, 1978
A jilted woman vows to haunt the home she made for a philanderer and kills herself. She haunts future residents, but it is a couple generations down the line, she gets her chance for full-blown revenge.
Cast: Mandel Kramer, Evie Juster, Bryna Raeburn, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **1/2
No news
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
0824 The House On Chimney Pot Lane
The House On Chimney Pot Lane
Episode 0824
Original Air Date: April 28, 1978
A woman inherits an antique store when her uncle is murdered. When she refuses to sell the shop to the man who inhabits the upstairs apartment above the shop, she runs into major trouble.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Sam Gray
Writer: Bob Juhren
Rating:***
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Episode 0824
Original Air Date: April 28, 1978
A woman inherits an antique store when her uncle is murdered. When she refuses to sell the shop to the man who inhabits the upstairs apartment above the shop, she runs into major trouble.
Cast: Marian Seldes, Teri Keane, Earl Hammond, Sam Gray
Writer: Bob Juhren
Rating:***
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
0781 Night Eyes
Night Eyes
Episode 0781
Original Air Date: February 13, 1978
A stablehand at a race track ends up dead after he notices that a lousy racehorse has been replaced with a nearly identical horse. The horse's owner's wife investigates.
Cast: Earl Hammond, Ralph Bell, Joan Lovejoy, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
No news
Commercials: Buick
Episode 0781
Original Air Date: February 13, 1978
A stablehand at a race track ends up dead after he notices that a lousy racehorse has been replaced with a nearly identical horse. The horse's owner's wife investigates.
Cast: Earl Hammond, Ralph Bell, Joan Lovejoy, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
No news
Commercials: Buick
0777 The Talking Women
The Talking Women
Episode 0777
Original Air Date: February 6, 1978
A businessman is blackmailed when his mistress ends up dead in New York City.
Cast: Ed Ames, Bryna Raeburn, Evie Juster, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
No news
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Episode 0777
Original Air Date: February 6, 1978
A businessman is blackmailed when his mistress ends up dead in New York City.
Cast: Ed Ames, Bryna Raeburn, Evie Juster, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
No news
No commercials
Saturday, December 24, 2011
0702 The Reunion
The Reunion
Episode 0702
Original Air Date: August 31, 1977
A veteran of D-Day returns to France to reunite with an old army buddy 10 years after the end of the war. He finds that his friend is leading a double life -- and one life doesn't know the other exists.
Cast: Paul Hecht,Mildred Clinton Sam Gray, William Griffis.
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
Episode 0702
Original Air Date: August 31, 1977
A veteran of D-Day returns to France to reunite with an old army buddy 10 years after the end of the war. He finds that his friend is leading a double life -- and one life doesn't know the other exists.
Cast: Paul Hecht,Mildred Clinton Sam Gray, William Griffis.
Writer: Percy Granger
Rating: **1/2
Sunday, November 20, 2011
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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679 The Gift

The Gift
Episode 0679
Original Air Date: July 8, 1977
A couple having an affair off her husband while the stereo is playing full classical music full blast. When the murderer gets home, he finds a new stereo in his living room. But it plays only one tune.
Cast: Ralph Bell, Sam Gray, Evie Juster, Robert Dryden
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: ***
No news
No commercials
Sunday, October 2, 2011
0579 Conquest Of Fear

Conquest Of Fear
Episode 0579
Original Air Date: January 7, 1977
A bandito abducts a famous actress while she is traveling through Spain. She convinces him to desert his life of crime and resume his career as Spain's premiere bull fighter.
Cast: Tammy Grimes, Rosemary Rice, Ian Martin, Sam Gray
Writer: Ian Martin
Rating: **
No news
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
0495 45 Minutes To Murder

45 Minutes To Murder
Episode 0495
Original Air Date: June 28, 1976
A defense attorney examines discrepencies in the story of a businessman whose wife was murdered. The solution lies in how fast poison works.
Cast: Larry Haines, Leon Janney, Joan Shea, Cort Benson, Sam Gray
Writer: Sam Dann
Rating: **
Commercials: Buick, Budweiser, Time Magazine, 1977 Buick LeSabre, Sine Off, Preparation H, Contac,
Monday, April 4, 2011
0485 A Mexican Standoff
Sunday, March 27, 2011
0478 Two Plus Two Equals Death

Two Plus Two Equals Death
Episode 0478
Original Air Date: April 29, 1976
A young architect inherits a circus and soon falls in love with a performer. She has an evil twin who haunts him.
Cast: William Redfield, Marian Seldes, Robert Dryden, Sam Gray
Writer: Alfred Bester
Rating: *1/2
Recorded from WFAA, Dallas, Tx
Commercials: 55 MPH speed limit, Buick, American Libraries PSA, Tru Value Hardware, Help Your Kid to Read, Allied Van Lines, Navy Recruiting, Sears Appliances, Red Cross, NASA Space Note (announcing imminent Viking landing),
Saturday, March 26, 2011
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
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