Prisoner of the Machines
John Lithgow, Ian Martin, Earl Hammond, Ray Owens, Himan Brown

During a war between humans and machines, a group of men are taken prisoner by the robots and kept on Asteroid Prison One. The commander schemes to get them freed.

01/16/1980
1051
Once Upon an Island
Norman Rose, Diana Kirkwood, Russell Horton

A young couple on their honeymoon visit her uncle on a Carribean Island. They notice an old house on the property and after hearing that it is haunted, the young husband decides to explore it. He ends up in a bad way because of it. Anyone who spends a night in a house haunted by a 'shining ghost' goes insane.

Adaptation

01/21/1980
1052
The Forty-Four
John Beal, Himan Brown, Court Benson, Carol Teitel, Bryna Raeburn

A wealthy, lonely landowner confesses she killed her cousin with an antique Colt .44 when he confronted her over ownership of some land. Balllistics reports that the weapon has not been fired in decades. The sheriff, who carries a torch for her, attempts to find out who actually murdered the land-snatching cousin.

01/23/1980
1053
The God Machine
Lloyd Battista, Teri Keane, Robert Kaliban, Patricia Elliott

In an unfeeling, perfect future, marriages and reproduction are dictated by a master computer. When a man and a woman fall in love, they are pleasantly surprised. When they are divorced by the computer, they decide to fight back.

01/28/1980
1054
The Crystal Gazer
Robert Dryden, Ian Martin, Evie Juster, Ray Owens

A man sees his death in a crystal ball and 'The Thinking Machine' discovers the truth. A young woman disappears upon learning of an arranged marriage to an old man. A detective matches wits with a fortune teller to find the woman — dead or alive.

Adaptation

01/30/1980
1055
That's What Friends Are For
Tony Roberts, Earl Hammond, Diana Kirkwood, Russell Horton

A British officer stationed in India lives in a house haunted by a ghost that plays bagpipes. His flirtatious fiance finds the situation intolerable and demands that he get rid of it. Manwhile, she enjoys the company of other men. The piper may be trying to warn him about his engagement to an unfaithful, obnoxious woman.

Adaptation

02/04/1980
1056
The Deserter
John Lithgow, Evie Juster, Ralph Bell

A couple and their infant son are stranded in the California's Sierra mountains by a rockslide. They are rescued by a reclusive mountain man who helps them survive, but will not guide them back to civilization.

02/06/1980
1057
Talk to Me
John Beal, Paul Hecht, Jack Grimes, Bryna Raeburn

An old and lonely man calls a crime tip hotline and pretends he's witnessed a crime, just so he can have someone to talk to. He ends up getting an innocent kid arrested for murder. He tries to figure out how to put things right.

02/11/1980
1058
Crime of Passion
Mandel Kramer, Carol Teitel, Earl Hammond, Ian Martin

An attorney is asked to defend a night watchman accused of murdering his wife after catching her with another man. As he builds his case, he begins to suspect that his own wife may not be faithful.

02/13/1980
1059
The Time Box
Russell Horton, Diana Kirkwood, Robert Dryden

A newspaper reporter discovers a time traveling invention developed in the 1880s. He uses it to travel back in time 100 years where he is called upon to save the daughter of its inventor who is engaged to a serial killer.

02/18/1980
1060