0145 - Double Exposure (9/9/1974)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Kim Hunter; Larry Haines; Joan Shay; Sam Gray.


Susan Hollis runs across two people who claim that she is someone else. One claims that she was her neighbor while the other claims she was his wife, who abandoned him and their two children.

0144 - Deadline for Death (9/5/1974)

Written by Arnold Moss. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joseph Julian; Michael Tolan; June Gable; Guy Repp.

Sam Rogers testifies against his former partner-in-crime, Johnny Promo, but goes into seclusion in the wake of Johnny's promise that Sam will die within 30 days of his execution.

0143 - The Imp in the Bottle (9/3/1974)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Cast: William Redfield; Joan Loring; Ian Martin; Santos Ortega; Leon Janney.

Barry Holden inherits an amulet containing an imp that can grant wishes of wealth but to save his soul, Barry must sell the talisman for less than he paid for it.

0142 - The Return of Anatole Chevenic (9/2/1974)

Written by Sidney Sloan. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Alexander Scourby; Ann Pitoniak; Gil Mack; Sid Sloan.

* Hans Chevenic works long hours for his sadistic uncle Anatole, who in return gives meager pay and no assurance of an inheritance; it leaves Hans fantasizing about Anatole's death.

0141 - Medium Rare (8/29/1974)

Written by George Lowther. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Joan Lovejoy; Robert Dryden; Mason Adams; Marian Seldes; George Petrie.

Bilked out of big money while he was alive, the demanding ghost of a big-time gambler asks husband-and-wife false psychics to help exact revenge against a Las Vegas blackjack dealer and his wife, the ghost's ex-girlfriend.

0140 - The Fatal Marksman (8/28/1974)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Michael Wager; Suzanne Grossman; Ian Martin; Bryna Raeburn; William Johnstone.

To impress both the girl he loves and her father, an office clerk takes up hunting. His move breaks a vow he made to his late mother, who curses him into making bad shots.

0139 - The Deadliest Favor (8/26/1974)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Norman Rose; Ralph Bell; Dan Ocko.

Edmund Churchill does a favor by harboring an old friend who's on the lam from the law; it immediately causes trouble between Edmund and his wife.

0138 - The Case of M.J.H. (8/22/1974)

Written by Henry Slesar. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Augusta Dabney; Jack Grimes; Alan Hewitt; Robert Maxwell; Joan DeMoray.

* A con man persuades a psychiatrist's receptionist into stealing the doctor's private files so that he can blackmail the patients.


CBSRMT Trivia: This Henry Slesar story was broadcast on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on 1/23/1962.

0137 - Having a Horrible Time (8/21/1974)

Written by Bob Juhren. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Lynn Loring; Frances Sternhagen; Mandel Kramer; Ralph Bell; Nat Polen.

* After her court testimony brings down a notorious New York druglord, Amy Hastings and a friend vacation at a singles resort populated by lots of men — one of whom is out to murder Amy on the druglord's behalf.

0136 - A Preview of Death (8/20/1974)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Russell Horton; Staats Cotsworth; Clarise Blackburn; Robert Dryden; Marian Seldes.

Despite reservations, an engineer certifies as safe a cable car at his family's mountain resort. His apprehensions increase when he has dreams of a young woman perishing in that same car.