CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0685 - The Mysterious Island (7/19/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Jules Verne.

Cast: Earl Hammond; Leon Janney; Jackson Beck; Roger Baron; Himan Brown (uncredited).

After escaping a Confederate prison camp via hot air balloon, two Union soldiers and a reporter land on a mysterious island.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited in act 3.

0684 - The Bisara of Pooree (7/18/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Cast: Paul Hecht; Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; William Griffis.

A British soldier buys a small, mysterious jewelry box that gives him bad luck.

Defects: Occasional static.

0683 - The Kingdom Below (7/15/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Phyllis Newman; Fred Gwynne; Paul Hecht; Bryna Raeburn; Roger Baron.

A wealthy American financier and his wife travel to Europe to help their daughter find a husband. The hope is that their daughter will marry an aristocrat.

0682 - A Matter of Conscience (7/14/1977)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Ambrose Bierce.

Cast: Kristoffer Tabori; Arnold Moss; Evie Juster; Earl Hammond; Robert Dryden.

Defying his parents who are loyal to the Confederacy, a young Kentuckian joins the Union Army and is sent to spy on a Rebel regiment.

0681 - The Colonel Chabert (7/12/1977)

Written by Karen Thorsen. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Honore de Balzac.

Cast: Alexander Scourby; Lori March; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko.

A supposedly dead French colonel reemerges and tries to recover part of his fortune from his since-remarried wife.

0680 - A Scandal in Bohemia (7/11/1977)

Written by Murray Burnett. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Cast: Kevin McCarthy; Court Benson; Marian Seldes; William Griffis; Himan Brown (uncredited).

Sherlock Holmes meets a cunning and deductive equal while seeking to recover a scandalous photo for a Bohemian monarch.

CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as Boris in act 2.

0679 - The Gift (7/8/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Sam Gray.

Rita Holland and Walter Powers pull off the long-planned murder of Rita's husband.

CBSRMT Trivia: CBSRMT Trivia: The cast credits for today's episode, "The Gift," are read by an unknown person.

0678 - A Stranger Among Us (7/7/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Bryce Bond.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Court Benson; Lloyd Battista.

Based on the actual documented story of one "Lisa X," this tale finds a woman arrested for auto theft, but claims she is a victim of an alien abduction.

CBSRMT Trivia: CBSRMT Trivia: The cast credits for today's episode, "A Stranger Among Us," are read by an unknown person.

0677 - Hexed (7/5/1977)

Written by Nancy Moore. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Roberta Maxwell; Paul Hecht; Ian Martin.

A newlywed tries to convince her husband to sell their plantation and move, all due to her belief that his resentful manservant is trying to put a curse on her.

CBSRMT Trivia: The cast credits for today's episode, "Hexed," are read by an unknown person.

0676 - Boomerang (7/4/1977)

Written by Elspeth Eric. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Corrine Orr; Ann Sheppard; Norman Rose; Michael Wager.

A young witch enlists the Devil's help in casting spells on the man who continues to spurn her romantic advances.

CBSRMT Trivia: The closing cast credits for the next four episodes are read by someone other than E.G. Marshall. The cast credits for today's episode, "Boomerang," are read by Himan Brown.

Defects: Poor audio quality.