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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries(1973)

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First Air Date: 1973-09-01
Average Runtime: 25m
Rating: 6.8
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26

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 stories drawn from literary sources including Dickens, Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Balzac, Maugham, O. Henry, and others. Each episode is framed by original introductory and closing sequences performed by Orson Welles, who serves as the series’ host and sole recurring on-screen presence. These segments, written and directed by Welles (uncredited), function as stylized narrative framing devices rather than dramatic participation in the stories themselves. The dramatic content of each episode is performed by separate casts and directors, with no continuing characters or serialized narrative, establishing the series as a unified television anthology rather than a collection of standalone films.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 26
E01
Captain Rogers

Air Date: 1973-09-01

25m

The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows he is sec...

E02
The Leather Funnel

Air Date: 1973-09-08

25m

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

E03
A Terribly Strange Bed

Air Date: 1973-09-15

25m

Charles Faulkner, a young American gambler in Paris, should have left the casino after striking it lucky. Why the dev...

E04
La Grande Breteche

Air Date: 1973-09-22

25m

A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly...

E05
The Dinner Party

Air Date: 1973-09-29

25m

Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board of directors? It all depends on the sui...

E06
Money to Burn

Air Date: 1973-10-06

25m

A French girl in London finds herself in the awkward position of owing money to a Soho crime boss. But when she pays ...

E07
In the Confessional

Air Date: 1973-10-13

25m

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

E08
Unseen Alibi

Air Date: 1973-10-20

25m

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

E09
Battle of Wits

Air Date: 1973-10-27

25m

At the end of the semester, college professor Richard Lumsden is getting ready for vacation - and retirement. However...

E10
A Point of Law

Air Date: 1973-11-03

25m

A lawyer cannot stop a middle-aged spinster from making a fool of herself with a young fortune-hunter, but he can sto...

E11
The Monkey's Paw

Air Date: 1973-11-10

25m

An old army sergeant, back in England after long service in India, shows some old friends a strange possession he's a...

E12
The Ingenious Reporter

Air Date: 1973-11-17

N/A

Reporter Harry Langley pretends to be the murderer of unidentified women to boost sales with a special report from pr...

E13
Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl

Air Date: 1973-11-24

N/A

Four people are investigated after the death of a woman who ruined an artist's life and drove his wife to leave him.

E14
For Sale - Silence

Air Date: 1973-12-01

N/A

Businessman Pennington is bribed by a Mr. Briggs due to an extramarital affair. But it seems that Briggs has underest...

E15
The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd

Air Date: 1973-12-08

N/A

How did Mr. Budd become a top-class West End hairdresser after such humble origins in a suburban barbershop? Well, on...

E16
An Affair of Honour

Air Date: 1973-12-15

N/A

India: After secret plans for the defence of a harbour are secretly copied, British General Sanderson tasks officers ...

E17
Farewell to the Faulkners

Air Date: 1973-12-22

N/A

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

E18
The Power of Fear

Air Date: 1973-12-29

N/A

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

E19
Where There's a Will

Air Date: 1974-01-05

N/A

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

E20
A Time to Remember

Air Date: 1974-01-12

N/A

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

E21
Ice Storm

Air Date: 1974-01-19

N/A

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

E22
Come Into My Parlour

Air Date: 1974-01-26

N/A

Two beautiful women chat pleasantly over their martinis in a luxurious flat in Naples. But all is not what it seems -...

E23
Compliments of the Season

Air Date: 1974-02-02

N/A

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

E24
Under Suspicion

Air Date: 1974-02-09

N/A

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

E25
Trial for Murder

Air Date: 1974-02-16

N/A

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

E26
The Furnished Room

Air Date: 1974-02-23

N/A

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

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