The Best Episodes of Thriller

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   #1 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs

   S1:E34/28/1973

   When two young women rent a room in a dark house filled with strange inhabitants, one of them is killed and the other is haunted by a mysterious man who appears at the top of the stairs. Donna Mills, Judy Carne, David de Keyser, Francis Wallis, Alethea Charlton, Brian McGrath, Peter Cellier, Clifford Parrish, Scott Forbes, Rhoda Lewis, Alan Roberto, Laura Collins, Richard Corbet, Charles Hill

   Director:John Sichel

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   #2 - File It Under Fear

   S1:E86/2/1973

   When several young women have been strangled in her neighborhood, a neurotic librarian tries to catch the killer. Maureen Lipman, Richard O'Callaghan, Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Colin Fisher, Rose Hill, Richard Pendrey, John Nightingale, Jenny Quayle, Georgina Melville, Sue Bond

   Director:Bill Hays

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #3 - I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill

   S3:E26/8/1974

   A young secretary doing work after hours is terrorized by a murderer in a deserted office building.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - Nurse Will Make It Better

   S4:E21/11/1975

   A woman who is hired to care for a paraplegic girl is a devil worshipper and promises the girl that she will be able to walk again in exchange for her soul.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Possession

   S1:E24/21/1973

   A couple moves into a sinister old country house, and the husband is taken over by strange forces. John Carson, Joanna Dunham, Hilary Hardiman, Athol Coats, James Cossins, Richard Aylen, Jack Galloway, Mary Ann Severne

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   7.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Lady Killer

   S1:E14/14/1973

   A shy librarian falls in love with and marries a smooth-talker, who is secretly already married and plots the death of his new wife. Barbara Feldon, Robert Powell, Linda Thorson, T. P. McKenna, Mary Wimbush, John Boswall, Ivor Roberts, Howard Rawlinson, Ronald Mayer, David Billa

   Director:Bill Hays

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   #7 - An Echo of Theresa

   S1:E45/5/1973

   While a couple vacations in London, the husband begins to act strangely, calling his wife "Theresa," and they become involved in espionage. Paul Burke, Polly Bergen, Dinsdale Landen, Basil Henson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Meriel Brooke, William Job, Roger Hume, Larry Taylor, Betty Woolfe, Neville Phillips, Ted Richards, John Caesar

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Brian Clemens

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - A Place to Die

   S1:E75/26/1973

   A newlywed couple moves to a village, where the husband takes over the medical practice, and finds that the villagers are devil worshippers. Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Hay, John Turner, Glynn Edwards, Sally Stephens, Juan Moreno, Georgine Anderson, Lila Kaye, Sydney Bromley, Jenny Laird, Peggy Ann Wood, Graham Weston, Bill Ward, John Flint, Arnold Ridley, Harold Bennett, Elsie Wagstaff, John Gabriel, Lewis Wilson

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Terence Feely

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   #9 - The Eyes Have It

   S1:E96/9/1973

   When a group of assassins takes over a school for the blind, they are overcome by the resourceful students. Peter Vaughan, Dennis Waterman, William Marlowe, Sinéad Cusack, Leslie Schofield, David Jackson, Michael Lees, Alun Armstrong, Colin McCormack, Angela Walker, Catherine Chase, David Sands

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Terence Feely

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    #10 - Spell of Evil

    S1:E106/16/1973

    A businessman consults a marriage bureau after his wife dies, but his beautiful new wife turns out to be a witch. Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza, Jeremy Longhurst, Jennifer Daniel, William Dexter, Iris Russell, Martin Wyldeck, Philip Anthony, Linda Cunningham, David Belcher, Reg Lye, Patricia Kneale

    Director:John Sichel

    Writer:Terence Feely

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - One Deadly Owner

    S2:E42/16/1974

    A fashion model buys a haunted Rolls-Royce. Donna Mills, Jeremy Brett, Robert Morris, Laurence Payne, Eric Lander, Michael Beint, Anthony Dawes, Bob Holness, Ray Marioni

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Screamer

    S4:E11/4/1975

    After a young woman is attacked on her way to visit friends in the country, she spends time in a mental institution. When she is released, she sees her attacker and exacts her revenge.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #13 - Night Is the Time for Killing

    S4:E31/18/1975

    A woman on a train finds a dead man, but later the body disappears and the man is seen alive.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #14 - The Colour of Blood

    S1:E55/12/1973

    A serial killer escapes from an asylum and picks a seemingly innocent woman as his next victim, but she is not as innocent as she seems. a.k.a "The Carnation Killer" (US title)

    Director:Robert Tronson

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #15 - Murder in Mind

    S1:E65/19/1973

    A woman who has been in a car accident and has amnesia believes that she has committed murder and turns herself into the police. Richard Johnson, Zena Walker, Donald Gee, Ronald Radd, Robert Dorning, Christina Greatrex, Anthony Boden, David Lampson

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #16 - Only a Scream Away

    S2:E11/26/1974

    The life of a newlywed couple is interrrupted by a strange neighbor. Hayley Mills, Gary Collins, Joyce Carey, David Warbeck, Jeremy Bulloch, Jonathan Elsom, Ronald Mayer, Barrie Fletcher, Richard Beaumont, Candida Brown

    Director:Peter Jefferies

    Writer:Terence Feely

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    #17 - Once the Killing Starts

    S2:E22/2/1974

    A college professor has an affair with a student and kills his wife, but then he receives blackmail letters from someone who claims to know what he did. Patrick O'Neal, Angharad Rees, Michael Kitchen, Gerald Sim, Gary Watson, Patricia Donahue, Terry Wright

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #18 - Kiss Me and Die

    S2:E32/9/1974

    A man investigates the disappearance of his brother at a country house. Jenny Agutter, George Chakiris, Anton Diffring, Russell Hunter, John Sharpe, Stephen Greif, Peggy Sinclair, John Atkinson, Barry James, Raymond Mason, Sue Robinson, Peter Casillas, Peter Elliott

    Director:John Sichel

    Writer:Terence Feely

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    #19 - Ring Once for Death

    S2:E52/23/1974

    A con man posing as a butler, with the help of his girlfriend posing as a maid and a disreputable doctor, poisons his employer, a wealthy widow. Michael Jayston, Nyree Dawn Porter, Barry Nelson, Thorley Walters, Janet Key, Victor Winding, Clare Sutcliffe, Richard Oldfield

    Director:Robert D. Cardona

    Writer:Terence Feely

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    #20 - K Is for Killing

    S2:E63/2/1974

    A young playboy hires an eccentric husband and wife team of private detectives to investigate the murder of his tycoon father. Gayle Hunnicutt, Stephen Rea, Jean Kent, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Dyneley, Derek Francis, Frances Bennett, Shirley Cain, Oliver Smith, Arthur White, James Appleby, Sally Miles, Francis Mortimer, Gilly Flower

    Director:Peter Moffatt

    Writers:Brian Clemens, Terry Nation

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    #21 - Sign It Death

    S2:E73/9/1974

    A young woman schemes to marry a wealthy businessman by becoming his secretary. Francesca Annis, Patrick Allen, Moira Redmond, Edward Judd, Gerald James, Barry Stanton, James Bate, Sheila Fearn, Jackie Tong, John Arnatt, Leon Eagles, Jeremy Pearce, Carmen Blanck, Alan Bennion, Sonia Graham, Lisa Young, Jimmy Gardner, Stuart Nichol

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Terence Feely

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    #22 - Who Killed Lamb

    S2:E83/9/1974

    A popular member of the Oxford community is killed, and nobody can think why, so a police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard, and discovers they may be more to the victim than met anyone's eye. 'Who Killed Lamb?' is a one off play from Yorkshire TV which has no connection with Thriller but was transmitted immediately after 'Sign It Death' in the second series schedule and was billed and fully networked as an episode of the classic ATV series. An American actor is featured, along with scripted Americanisms like "janitor" While it bears a similar running time [65 minutes], it uses a standalone title scene and theme music. This was quite a prestigious and well-received production at the time.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Anthony Skene

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    #23 - A Coffin for the Bride

    S3:E16/1/1974

    A serial killer who marries and then murders rich older women falls in love with a beautiful young woman he meets at a health resort, but he must have one more victim before he settles down with her.

    Director:John Sichel

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #24 - Death to Sister Mary

    S3:E36/15/1974

    After an actress who plays a nun in a TV series meets a strange fan, several cast members meet with fatal or near-fatal accidents.

    Director:Robert D. Cardona

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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    #25 - In the Steps of a Dead Man

    S3:E46/22/1974

    The grieving parents of a recently deceased soldier are visited by a man claiming to be their son's best friend, but he is not all that he claims to be.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Brian Clemens

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