Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Season 1

26 episodes · Sep 1, 1973

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  • S1E1

    Captain Rogers

    Sep 1, 197325m

    The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows he is secretly the notorious pirate Captain Rogers.

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  • S1E2

    The Leather Funnel

    Sep 8, 197325m

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

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  • S1E3

    A Terribly Strange Bed

    Sep 15, 197325m

    Charles Faulkner, a young American gambler in Paris, should have left the casino after striking it lucky. Why the devil did he accept to sleep in the casino's guest bed? This was to be the most horrible night he had ever lived.

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  • S1E4

    La Grande Breteche

    Sep 22, 197325m

    A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly aristocrat with a bored young wife - whose lover he becomes, with deadly consequences.

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  • S1E5

    The Dinner Party

    Sep 29, 197325m

    Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board of directors? It all depends on the suitability of his wife. His bosses attend a small dinner party given by the Blakes to check her out.

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  • S1E6

    Money to Burn

    Oct 6, 197325m

    A French girl in London finds herself in the awkward position of owing money to a Soho crime boss. But when she pays him off, he contemptuously sets fire to the money. Why?

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  • S1E7

    In the Confessional

    Oct 13, 197325m

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

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  • S1E8

    Unseen Alibi

    Oct 20, 197325m

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

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  • S1E9

    Battle of Wits

    Oct 27, 197325m

    At the end of the semester, college professor Richard Lumsden is getting ready for vacation - and retirement. However he is interrupted by an angry parent of a student, blaming him for his son's suicide after he was expelled for stealing.

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  • S1E10

    A Point of Law

    Nov 3, 197325m

    A lawyer cannot stop a middle-aged spinster from making a fool of herself with a young fortune-hunter, but he can stop the fellow from getting his hands on her money.

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  • S1E11

    The Monkey's Paw

    Nov 10, 197325m

    An old army sergeant, back in England after long service in India, shows some old friends a strange possession he's acquired - a monkey's paw which can make wishes come true.

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  • S1E12

    The Ingenious Reporter

    Nov 17, 1973

    Reporter Harry Langley pretends to be the murderer of unidentified women to boost sales with a special report from prison. But once arrested, the authorities seem to be convinced that he is indeed the killer.

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  • S1E13

    Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl

    Nov 24, 1973

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

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  • S1E14

    For Sale - Silence

    Dec 1, 1973

    Businessman Pennington is bribed by a Mr. Briggs due to an extramarital affair. But it seems that Briggs has underestimated his opponent and the tables might be turning.

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  • S1E15

    The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd

    Dec 8, 1973

    How did Mr. Budd become a top-class West End hairdresser after such humble origins in a suburban barbershop? Well, one day, a stranger came in for a shave and a haircut.

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  • S1E16

    An Affair of Honour

    Dec 15, 1973

    India: After secret plans for the defence of a harbour are secretly copied, British General Sanderson tasks officers Bruce and Rolfe with convincing the apparent traitor Fanshaw to "save his honour" by committing suicide.

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  • S1E17

    Farewell to the Faulkners

    Dec 22, 1973

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

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  • S1E18

    The Power of Fear

    Dec 29, 1973

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

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  • S1E19

    Where There's a Will

    Jan 5, 1974

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

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  • S1E20

    A Time to Remember

    Jan 12, 1974

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

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  • S1E21

    Ice Storm

    Jan 19, 1974

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

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  • S1E22

    Come Into My Parlour

    Jan 26, 1974

    Two beautiful women chat pleasantly over their martinis in a luxurious flat in Naples. But all is not what it seems - one is plotting an evil revenge on the other.

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  • S1E23

    Compliments of the Season

    Feb 2, 1974

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

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  • S1E24

    Under Suspicion

    Feb 9, 1974

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

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  • S1E25

    Trial for Murder

    Feb 16, 1974

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

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  • S1E26

    The Furnished Room

    Feb 23, 1974

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

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