All Episodes of Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Season 1

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  La Grande Breteche

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1973

  A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly aristocrat with a bored young wife - whose lover he becomes, with deadly consequences.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Captain Rogers

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1973

  The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows he is secretly the notorious pirate Captain Rogers.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Leather Funnel

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1973

  When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a presentiment that it was once used as an instrument of torture

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  A Terribly Strange Bed

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1973

  Charles Faulkner, a young American gambler in Paris, should have left the casino after striking it lucky. Why the devil did he accept to sleep in the casino's guest bed? This was to be the most horrible night he had ever lived.

  Director: Alan Cooke

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Dinner Party

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1973

  Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board of directors? It all depends on the suitability of his wife. His bosses attend a small dinner party given by the Blakes to check her out.

  Director: John Robins

  Writer: Julian Bond

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  Money to Burn

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1973

  A French girl in London finds herself in the awkward position of owing money to a Soho crime boss. But when she pays him off, he contemptuously sets fire to the money. Why?

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  In the Confessional

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1973

  An old tramp takes refuge in a church, and, concealed within the confessional, overhears things of great interest.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Unseen Alibi

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1973

  Dean Stockwell stars as the victim of an elaborately staged murder frame centering around a lover's rendezvous.

  Director: Mark Cullingham

  Writer: Unknown

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  Battle of Wits

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1973

  A psychological drama pitting a brilliant headmaster against a vengeful actor in a deadly game.

  Director: James Ferman

  Writer: Unknown

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  A Point of Law

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/1973

  A lawyer cannot stop a middle-aged spinster from making a fool of herself with a young fortune-hunter, but he can stop the fellow from getting his hands on her money.

  Director: Peter Sykes

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Monkey's Paw

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1973

  An old army sergeant, back in England after long service in India, shows some old friends a strange possession he's acquired - a monkey's paw which can make wishes come true.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Ingenious Reporter

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1973

  Reporter Harry Langley pretends to be the murderer of unidentified women to boost sales with a special report from prison. But once arrested, the authorities seem to be convinced that he is indeed the killer.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1973

  A jealous wife faces complications stemming from her artist husband's obsession with his ex-wife.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  For Sale - Silence

  Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/1/1973

  Businessman Pennington is bribed by a Mr. Briggs due to an extramarital affair. But it seems that Briggs has underestimated his opponent and the tables might be turning.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd

  Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/8/1973

  How did Mr. Budd become a top-class West End hairdresser after such humble origins in a suburban barbershop? Well, one day, a stranger came in for a shave and a haircut.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  An Affair of Honour

  Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/15/1973

  India: After secret plans for the defence of a harbour are secretly copied, British General Sanderson tasks officers Bruce and Rolfe with convincing the apparent traitor Fanshaw to "save his honour" by committing suicide.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Farewell to the Faulkners

  Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/22/1973

  The masquerade is over when a murdered man turns up alive in the guise of his wife.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Power of Fear

  Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/29/1973

  A handyman, finding that a number of middle-aged housewives require him for rather more than his professional services, turns to blackmail.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Where There's a Will

  Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/5/1974

  A letter opened in error provides rather dangerous knowledge concerning a murder case.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  A Time to Remember

  Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/12/1974

  Zigorin, a top Russian spy, has defected to the West. But is he really Zigorin or an impostor?

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Ice Storm

  Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/19/1974

  An "Ice Storm" traps a woman with a potential thief masquerading as one of three experts invited to view a collection of valuable manuscripts.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Come Into My Parlour

  Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/26/1974

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  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Compliments of the Season

  Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/2/1974

  A penniless man tries to claim a reward from a millionaire at Christmas, and finds it's not as easy as he thought it would be.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Under Suspicion

  Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/9/1974

  A pianist on an international tour is forced to spy for the secret police to avoid being detained.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  Trial for Murder

  Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/16/1974

  During a murder trial in 19th-century England, one of the jurors begins to have mysterious hallucinations - has he seen a ghost?

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  The Furnished Room

  Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 2/23/1974

  A young man's month-long search for a missing girl ends in a haunted room of a boarding house.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown