The Brain without Mercy
Norman Rose, Bryna Raeburn, Leon Janney, Ian Martin

A mad scientist removes the brain from a severely injured hijacker to ascertain where he left the loot he got away with. Just how far will he go in the name of science?

07/26/1976
0501
Shotgun Wedding
Jack Grimes, Leon Janney, William Griffis, Patricia Elliott

Charlie, a man of about 30, is invited by his co-worker, Gus, to meet his daughter. Gus feels that Charlie will fall instantly in love with Elaine. When Charlie meets her, he does fall in love with her. Then things begin to get strange. Charlie goes back to visit his beloved, but he finds the house and its occupants gone.

07/29/1976
0502
Every Dog Has His Day
Court Benson, Russell Horton, Morgan Fairchild, Ian Martin

Two brothers argue over their father's estate with one accusing the other of murder. The real heir could be the dog. Meanwhile, their father's lawyer's daughter is in love with both of them and must choose.

08/02/1976
0503
Lovers and Killers
Robert Dryden, Russell Horton, Marian Seldes, Evie Juster, Robert Maxwell

A young lothario is on trial for killing a woman's husband when he catches them together after an evening at a singles bar. A reluctant juror must make up his mind about the suspect's guilt based on a number of criterea.

08/05/1976
0504
Overnight to Freedom
William Redfield, Robert Dryden, Earl Hammond, Mandel Kramer, Rosemary Rice

During WWII an American POW from a German prison camp and with the help of some friendly advice, makes his attempt at escaping across Germany into occupied France. There, he tries to make contact with the French Underground. But who can he trust?

08/09/1976
0505
The Haliday Prediction
Tony Roberts, Morgan Fairchild, Robert Dryden, Ian Martin

It seems that every prediction Cash Haliday makes in his Friday newspaper column comes true. Does he have uncanny insight, some sort of ESP, or as his secretary/girlfriend thinks, do things come true because he predicts them.

08/12/1976
0506
Your Grade Is A
Robert Kaliban, Ralph Bell, Joe Silver, Joan Shay

Molly Butler is found dead of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The police think that it was either suicide or accidental. But Molly's best friend, Judith Kent, has other thoughts after she reads in Molly's diary that Silas Butler wrote a mystery story for his Creative Writing class about a murder using CO that was undetectable.

08/16/1976
0507
The Golden People
William Redfield, Marian Seldes, Bryna Raeburn, Evie Juster

Richard Paradon has it all, looks, brains, charm, talent, and the ability to make money — or should I say the ability to bilk women out of theirs. Then he meets a woman he falls in love with at first sight. Can he put his past behind him to treat this woman right? She did promise to never leave him — even in death!

08/19/1976
0508
The Train Stops
Norman Rose, Eugene Francis, Jada Rowland, Ann Sheppard

The train used to stop at the small town of Dandridge. Now the town doctor relates a story about two strangers who only himself and his daughter have met. She tells her father that she has fallen in love with a man who stops in town daily on the 5:16 train. No one else has seen him and he continues to stop in, even when the train doesn't.

08/23/1976
0509
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
William Redfield, Marian Haley, Russell Horton, Arnold Moss

As 1899 comes to a close, in the Bowery section of lower Manhattan, George comes to the realization that he can alter events by just willing it to be so. Everything he wishes for comes true. But his power leads to hubris and he goes too far. Will he be able to reverse the course he has set for the world?

Adaptation

08/26/1976
0510