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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 1 - Captain Rogers
    0.0/10(61 votes)

    #1 - Captain Rogers

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Harry Green, W.W. Jacobs

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  2. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 2 - The Leather Funnel
    0.0/10(62 votes)

    #2 - The Leather Funnel

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Arthur Conan Doyle, David Ambrose

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  3. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 3 - A Terribly Strange Bed
    0.0/10(66 votes)

    #3 - A Terribly Strange Bed

    S1:E3

    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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  4. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 5 - The Dinner Party
    0.0/10(54 votes)

    #4 - The Dinner Party

    S1:E5

    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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  5. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 6 - Money to Burn
    0.0/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Money to Burn

    S1:E6

    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
    Writers:Margery Allingham, Michael Gilbert

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  6. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 7 - In the Confessional
    0.0/10(52 votes)

    #6 - In the Confessional

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Peter Sasdy
    Writer:David Ambrose

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  7. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 8 - Unseen Alibi
    0.0/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Unseen Alibi

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Mark Cullingham
    Writers:Bruce Graeme, Kenneth Jupp

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  8. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 9 - Battle of Wits
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Battle of Wits

    S1:E9

    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

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  9. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 10 - A Point of Law
    0.0/10(36 votes)

    #9 - A Point of Law

    S1:E10

    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
    Writers:W. Somerset Maugham, Donald Wilson

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  10. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 11 - The Monkey's Paw
    0.0/10(62 votes)

    #10 - The Monkey's Paw

    S1:E11

    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
    Writers:W.W. Jacobs, David Ambrose

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  11. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 12 - The Ingenious Reporter
    0.0/10(48 votes)

    #11 - The Ingenious Reporter

    S1:E12

    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

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  12. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 13 - Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl
    0.0/10(47 votes)

    #12 - Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl

    S1:E13

    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

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  13. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 14 - For Sale - Silence
    0.0/10(48 votes)

    #13 - For Sale - Silence

    S1:E14

    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
    Writers:David Ambrose, Don O. Knowlton

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  14. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 15 - The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd
    0.0/10(42 votes)

    #14 - The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd

    S1:E15

    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
    Writers:Kenneth Jupp, Dorothy L. Sayers

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  15. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 16 - An Affair of Honour
    0.0/10(46 votes)

    #15 - An Affair of Honour

    S1:E16

    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
    Writers:Carey Harrison, F. Britten Austin

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  16. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 17 - Farewell to the Faulkners
    0.0/10(25 votes)

    #16 - Farewell to the Faulkners

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Peter Sykes
    Writer:Miriam Allen DeFord

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  17. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 18 - The Power of Fear
    0.0/10(28 votes)

    #17 - The Power of Fear

    S1:E18

    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
    Writers:Lawrence Treat, N.J. Crisp

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  18. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 19 - Where There's a Will
    0.0/10(34 votes)

    #18 - Where There's a Will

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Mark Cullingham
    Writer:Michael Gilbert

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  19. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 20 - A Time to Remember
    0.0/10(30 votes)

    #19 - A Time to Remember

    S1:E20

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

    Director:Peter Sykes
    Writer:James Reach

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  20. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 21 - Ice Storm
    0.0/10(32 votes)

    #20 - Ice Storm

    S1:E21

    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

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  21. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 22 - Come Into My Parlour
    0.0/10(35 votes)

    #21 - Come Into My Parlour

    S1:E22

    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

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  22. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 23 - Compliments of the Season
    0.0/10(52 votes)

    #22 - Compliments of the Season

    S1:E23

    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
    Writers:Donald Wilson, O. Henry

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  23. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 24 - Under Suspicion
    0.0/10(44 votes)

    #23 - Under Suspicion

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Peter Sasdy
    Writers:Norman Edwards, Anthony Fowles

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  24. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 25 - Trial for Murder
    0.0/10(44 votes)

    #24 - Trial for Murder

    S1:E25

    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

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  25. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Season 1 Episode 26 - The Furnished Room
    0.0/10(44 votes)

    #25 - The Furnished Room

    S1:E26

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

    Director:Alan Gibson
    Writers:David Ambrose, O. Henry

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Captain Rogers" is the worst rated episode of "Orson Welles' Great Mysteries". It scored /10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Alan Gibson and written by Harry Green, W.W. Jacobs, it aired on 9/1/1973. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Leather Funnel".