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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Season 1 1973 - 1974

  • 1973-09-01T19:00:00Z on ITV
  • 25m
  • 10h 50m (26 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama, Mystery
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of different tales. Each episode was introduced by Orson Welles, who was the only regular actor in the series. In the opening titles, Welles would be shown in silhouette as he walked through a hallway towards the camera, smoking a cigar and outfitted in a broad-brimmed hat and a huge cloak, the outfit itself being a nod to his having provided the voice of The Shadow in the radio program. When he actually appeared on-screen to introduce the episodes, his face would be all that would be shown, in extreme close-up and very low lighting.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1973-09-01T19:00:00Z

1x01 Captain Rogers

Series Premiere

1x01 Captain Rogers

  • 1973-09-01T19:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-09-08T19:00:00Z

1x02 The Leather Funnel

1x02 The Leather Funnel

  • 1973-09-08T19:00:00Z25m

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

1973-09-15T19:00:00Z

1x03 A Terribly Strange Bed

1x03 A Terribly Strange Bed

  • 1973-09-15T19:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-09-22T19:00:00Z

1x04 La Grande Breteche

1x04 La Grande Breteche

  • 1973-09-22T19:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-09-29T19:00:00Z

1x05 The Dinner Party

1x05 The Dinner Party

  • 1973-09-29T19:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-10-06T19:00:00Z

1x06 Money to Burn

1x06 Money to Burn

  • 1973-10-06T19:00:00Z25m

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?

1973-10-13T19:00:00Z

1x07 In the Confessional

1x07 In the Confessional

  • 1973-10-13T19:00:00Z25m

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

1973-10-20T19:00:00Z

1x08 Unseen Alibi

1x08 Unseen Alibi

  • 1973-10-20T19:00:00Z25m

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

1973-10-27T19:00:00Z

1x09 Battle of Wits

1x09 Battle of Wits

  • 1973-10-27T19:00:00Z25m

1973-11-03T20:00:00Z

1x10 A Point of Law

1x10 A Point of Law

  • 1973-11-03T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-11-10T20:00:00Z

1x11 The Monkey's Paw

1x11 The Monkey's Paw

  • 1973-11-10T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-11-17T20:00:00Z

1x12 The Ingenious Reporter

1x12 The Ingenious Reporter

  • 1973-11-17T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1x13 Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl

  • 1973-11-24T20:00:00Z25m

1973-12-01T20:00:00Z

1x14 For Sale - Silence

1x14 For Sale - Silence

  • 1973-12-01T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1x15 The Inspiration Of Mr. Budd

  • 1973-12-08T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-12-15T20:00:00Z

1x16 An Affair of Honour

1x16 An Affair of Honour

  • 1973-12-15T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1973-12-22T20:00:00Z

1x17 Farewell to the Faulkners

1x17 Farewell to the Faulkners

  • 1973-12-22T20:00:00Z25m

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

1973-12-29T20:00:00Z

1x18 The Power of Fear

1x18 The Power of Fear

  • 1973-12-29T20:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-05T20:00:00Z

1x19 Where There's a Will

1x19 Where There's a Will

  • 1974-01-05T20:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-12T20:00:00Z

1x20 A Time to Remember

1x20 A Time to Remember

  • 1974-01-12T20:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-19T20:00:00Z

1x21 Ice Storm

1x21 Ice Storm

  • 1974-01-19T20:00:00Z25m

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

1974-01-26T20:00:00Z

1x22 Come Into My Parlour

1x22 Come Into My Parlour

  • 1974-01-26T20:00:00Z25m

1974-02-02T20:00:00Z

1x23 Compliments of the Season

1x23 Compliments of the Season

  • 1974-02-02T20:00:00Z25m

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.

1974-02-09T20:00:00Z

1x24 Under Suspicion

1x24 Under Suspicion

  • 1974-02-09T20:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-16T20:00:00Z

1x25 Trial for Murder

1x25 Trial for Murder

  • 1974-02-16T20:00:00Z25m

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

1974-02-23T20:00:00Z

1x26 The Furnished Room

1x26 The Furnished Room

  • 1974-02-23T20:00:00Z25m

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

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