All Episodes of Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
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Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is a British television anthology series produced by Anglia Television for the ITV network and broadcast between 1973 and 1974. The series presents standalone adaptations of classic mystery, crime, and supernatural
Season 1
1.0/10135 votesLa 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: Peter Sasdy
Writer: Honoré de Balzac, Martin Worth
- N/A/1061 votes
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: Alan Gibson
Writer: Harry Green, W.W. Jacobs
- N/A/1062 votes
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: Alan Gibson
Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle, David Ambrose
- N/A/1066 votes
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
- N/A/1054 votes
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
- N/A/1042 votes
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: Alan Gibson
Writer: Margery Allingham, Michael Gilbert
- N/A/1052 votes
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: Peter Sasdy
Writer: David Ambrose
- N/A/1031 votes
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: Bruce Graeme, Kenneth Jupp
- N/A/1032 votes
Battle of Wits
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1973
At the end of the semester, college professor Richard Lumsden is getting ready for vacation - and retirement. However he is interrupted by an angry parent of a student, blaming him for his son's suicide after he was expelled for stealing.
Director: James Ferman
Writer: Maisie Sharman
- N/A/1036 votes
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: W. Somerset Maugham, Donald Wilson
- N/A/1062 votes
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: Alan Gibson
Writer: W.W. Jacobs, David Ambrose
- N/A/1048 votes
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: Peter Sasdy
Writer: Carey Harrison
- N/A/1047 votes
Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1973
Four people are investigated after the death of a woman who ruined an artist's life and drove his wife to leave him.
Director: Alan Gibson
Writer: Stanley Ellin
- N/A/1048 votes
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: Peter Sykes
Writer: David Ambrose, Don O. Knowlton
- N/A/1042 votes
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: Peter Sasdy
Writer: Kenneth Jupp, Dorothy L. Sayers
- N/A/1046 votes
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: Alan Bromly
Writer: Carey Harrison, F. Britten Austin
- N/A/1025 votes
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: Peter Sykes
Writer: Miriam Allen DeFord
- N/A/1028 votes
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: Peter Sasdy
Writer: Lawrence Treat, N.J. Crisp
- N/A/1034 votes
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: Mark Cullingham
Writer: Michael Gilbert
- N/A/1030 votes
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: Peter Sykes
Writer: James Reach
- N/A/1032 votes
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: Alan Gibson
Writer: N.J. Crisp
- N/A/1035 votes
Come Into My Parlour
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/26/1974
Two beautiful women chat pleasantly over their martinis in a luxurious flat in Naples. But all is not what it seems - one is plotting an evil revenge on the other.
Director: Peter Sasdy
Writer: Elaine Morgan
- N/A/1052 votes
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: Philip Saville
Writer: Donald Wilson, O. Henry
- N/A/1044 votes
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: Peter Sasdy
Writer: Norman Edwards, Anthony Fowles
- N/A/1044 votes
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: Peter Sykes
Writer: Charles Dickens
- N/A/1044 votes
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: Alan Gibson
Writer: David Ambrose, O. Henry