The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.0/10(466 votes)

   #1 - 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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   Director:Bill Hays

   Writer:Brian Clemens
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   6.7/10(357 votes)

   #2 - 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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   Writer:Brian Clemens
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   7.2/10(446 votes)

   #3 - 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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   Director:John Sichel

   Writer:Brian Clemens
4. 

   6.5/10(280 votes)

   #4 - 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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   Writer:Brian Clemens
5. 

   7.3/10(307 votes)

   #5 - 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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   Director:Robert Tronson

   Writer:Brian Clemens
6. 

   6.6/10(253 votes)

   #6 - 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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   Writer:Brian Clemens
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   6.9/10(287 votes)

   #7 - 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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   7.4/10(296 votes)

   #8 - 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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   Writer:Brian Clemens
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   7.1/10(275 votes)

   #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. 

    6.7/10(250 votes)

    #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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    Director:John Sichel

    Writer:Terence Feely