CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0657 - The Boscombe Pool Mystery (5/31/1977) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Patricia Elliott; Ian Martin; Dennis Coke. Sherlock Holmes investigates when the son of a wealthy landowner is murdered; despite irrefutable evidence against the lad, Holmes doubts his guilt.

0656 - The Silent Witness (5/30/1977) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Lloyd Battista; Earl Hammond. Visions of an open grave, and memories triggered by his new assistant's fiancée, plague a banker in Hawaii.

0655 - Guilty Secret (5/27/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mandel Kramer; Leon Janney; Evie Juster; Teri Keane. A U.S. Senator is worried that an indescretion from his past will be used against him while he campaigns for the presidency.

0654 - The Countess (5/26/1977) Written by Gerry Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Honore de Balzac. Cast: Marian Seldes; Roberta Maxwell; William Griffis; Court Benson; Russell Horton. A French countess recounts her brief attraction to a Spanish prisoner of war and her marriage to a brutal French dignitary.

0653 - Transmutation, Incorporated (5/24/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; Robert Dryden; Bryna Raeburn. * Small-time gambler Bones Terwilliger must decide between good and evil when he does an act of kindness for a man who reveals himself as the Devil.

0652 - The Briefcase Blunder (5/23/1977) Written by Karen Thorsen. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Paul Hecht; Ann Williams; Ian Martin; Jackson Beck; Himan Brown (uncredited). * Harry finds a briefcase full of money in the back of his cab, but trouble befalls him when he turns it in to the police. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as an unnamed policeman in act 1.

0651 - Wine, Women, and Murder (5/20/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Robert Dryden; Carol Teitel; Bob Kaliban; William Griffis. A mild-mannered book seller is framed for murder while attending a literary festival in Germany.

0650 - A Matter of Customs (5/19/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Joan Copeland; Leon Janney; Himan Brown (uncredited). A detective novel enthusiast and her husband go on a sea cruise, where they repeatedly encounter another couple. But one couple's constant changing of husbands arouses suspicion in the other. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.

0649 - The Child's Cat's Paw (5/17/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Sarah Parker; Bryna Raeburn; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Guy Sorel. A young girl and a peculiar cat aim to spark a love connection between an elderly man and a gold-digging woman. The little girl is played by 12-year-old Sarah Jessica Parker.

0648 - Mayerling Revisited (5/16/1977) Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Paul Hecht; Joan Shay; Ian Martin. An engaged couple must confront the groom's rich, domineering father and his opposition to the nuptials. Defects: Poor audio quality.

0647 - Bottom of the World (5/6/1977) Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Tony Roberts; Kristoffer Tabori; William Griffis; Robert Maxwell. * Set far in the future, this story follows a team of scientists fleeing a planet in deep freeze, while dodging an unknown set of "others" who want to prevent their departure.

0646 - Reunion Fever (5/5/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Phyllis Newman; Paul Hecht; Bob Kaliban; Evie Juster; Joe Silver. * As a mysterious virus strikes attendees of a class reunion, one member of the class receives an offer: For a $10,000 fee, an antidote can be his. Defects: Occasional static.

0645 - The Luck Sisters (5/3/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Fred Gwynne; Bryna Raeburn; Russell Horton; Carol Teitel. The story of twin sisters cursed by opposite types of luck and what their superstitious mining town neighbors will do to ensure a chance to get rich.

0644 - Much Too Much (5/2/1977) Written by Gerald Keane. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Leo Tolstoy. Cast: Robert Dryden; Ian Martin; Court Benson; Earl Hammond. Based on a Leo Tolstoy story, this farce finds the ruler of a tiny kingdom needing to purchase a guillotine to execute a murderer.

0643 - Wuthering Heights (4/29/1977) Written by Elizabeth Pennell. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Emily Bronte. Cast: Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Russell Horton; Roberta Maxwell; Lloyd Battista. A prodigal son returns to his family's homestead hellbent on seizing control from the relatives that mistreated him during his youth.

0642 - The Second Chance Lady (4/28/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Marian Seldes; Teri Keane; Mandel Kramer; William Griffis. A door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman tries to stay alive after unwittingly stumbling onto a bank robber's lair.

0641 - The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (4/26/1977) Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Robert Dryden; Ian Martin. Sherlock Holmes aids a friend who's been swindled by a group of red-headed men and in doing so uncovers a much larger scheme.

0640 - Bound East for Haiti (4/25/1977) Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mason Adams; Fred Gwynne; Ian Martin; Evie Juster. The first mate aboard a tramp steamer attempts to curse his captain with black magic in an effort to claim his girlfriend.

0639 - The Prisoner of Zenda (4/22/1977) Written by Robert Newman. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Anthony Hope. Cast: Howard Ross; Evie Juster; Lloyd Battista; Leon Janney; Dan Ocko. A new king's coronation is disrupted when he is drugged by his brother and replaced by a distant relative who bears a close resemblance to the new monarch. This episode includes AI-generated content.

0638 - Come Away Death (4/21/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Norman Rose; William Griffis; Marian Seldes; Joan Shay; Ian Martin. An old lawyer swaps jobs with The Grim Reaper in an effort to forestall his passing.