CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)

0581 - The Passing of Black Eagle (1/11/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Larry Haines; Evie Juster; Paul Tripp; Earl Hammond.

A panhandler has two personalities: When drunk, he's a meek, easygoing beggar; when sober, he's a fearsome, grandiose, train-robber.

0580 - Two Renegades (1/10/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by O. Henry.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Ralph Bell; Bryna Raeburn; Leon Janney; Ian Martin.

A case of mistaken identity turns a con artist into a Panamanian army general; his incompetence attracts the interest of Panama's enemies.

CBSRMT Trivia: To celebrate the start of their fourth year, Mystery Theater presents seven consecutive adaptations of stories by O. Henry.

0579 - Conquest of Fear (1/7/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Tammy Grimes; Rosemary Rice; Ian Martin; Sam Gray.

In Spain, a desperado abducts a famous actress who convinces him to leave behind his life of crime and return to a previous career that made him famous — bullfighting.

0578 - The Man from Ultra (1/6/1977)

Written by Alfred Bester. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Court Benson; Robert Burr; Mandel Kramer; Roberta Maxwell.

An interstellar traveler who can't comprehend love inadvertently ruins the mind of a talented but mentally fragile artist.

0577 - This Breed is Doomed (1/4/1977)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Howard DaSilva; Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Gilbert Mack.

A con man tricks a small town's residents and takes away a piece of baggage known as irony.

0576 - Whose Little Girl Are You? (1/3/1977)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Marian Seldes; Russell Horton; Bill Griffis.

A tennis star recounts how she lost her stellar backhand shot and other events that put her into a pill-induced, suicidal, manic-depressive state.

0575 - Tomorrow's Murder (12/31/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Robert Dryden; Evie Juster; Court Benson; Earl Hammond.

Stressed sales manager Harold K. Starbright becomes even more anxious when he is shown a cemetery tombstone that displays his future death date.

0574 - Your Move, Mr. Ellers (12/30/1976)

Written by Roy Winsor. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Jack Grimes; Bobby Readick; Roger DeKoven; Jackson Beck.

Fondness for the game of chess figures into an insurance investigator's look into who may have stolen priceless gems from a jeweler's shop.

0573 - The Artist (12/28/1976)

Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Adaptation of a story by Guy de Maupassant.

Cast: Michael Wager; Patricia Elliott; Court Benson; Ann Pitoniak.

Nebbish businessman Marc Harrison becomes enthralled by a knife-throwing performer and his assistant.

0572 - The Mark of Cain (12/27/1976)

Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown.

Cast: Ralph Bell; Marian Seldes; Ian Martin; Bob Kaliban.

A cattle baron hires a gunslinger with a unique mark in his hair and a dark past in his soul; his arrival arouses love in the rancher's daughter, but also anger in her betrothed.

Defects: Poor audio quality.