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Orson Welles Movies
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1974-76)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Dinosaur TV - Save Our Forgotten British Heritage (David Moore)
references:
TV Times / British Film Institute
Internet Movie Database (http://www.uk.imdb.com)
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ORSON WELLES' GREAT MYSTERIES
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Anglia Television Production
for the ITV Network [UK]
Producer John Jacobs
(most ITV stations showed all of the episodes - but NOT in the same time slot)
UK Anthology series 1974-76 26 episodes x 30 min colour
Hosted by Orson Welles
Anthology series of short stories similar to the same company's
"Tales of The Unexpected" series.
Theme music by John Barry
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Transmission dates are mainly those of
ITV station Anglia TV
[01] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: CAPTAIN ROGERS
6Jul74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
written by Harry Green
story by W.W. Jacobs
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Donald Pleasance as Cawser
Janet Key as Joan Mullet
Willoughby Goddard as Sir Thomas
Joseph O'Connor as Mullet
Maggie Fitzgerald as Phoebe
Colin Skeaping as Williams
Daphne Heard as Deborah Crabbe
Kevin Stoney as Surgeon Day
Alan Bennion as Parson
Donald Gee as George
[02] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE LEATHER FUNNEL
13Jul74 Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
13Jul74 [RF]
story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Jane Seymour as Veronique
Christopher Lee as Arnaud
Simon Ward as Stephen Barrow
Ralph Arliss as Priest
Andre Van Gyseghem as Judge
[03] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: A TERRIBLY STRANGE BED
20Jul74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
story by Wilkie Collins
directed by Alan Cooke
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Edward Albert
Rupert Davies
[04] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: LA GRANDE BRETECHE
27Jul74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
21Nov73 [RF]
story by Honore de Balzac
guest stars
Peter Cushing as Count Gerard De Merret
Susannah York as Mary
[05] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE DINNER PARTY
3Aug74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
written by Julian Bond
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Joan Collins as Jane Blake
Anton Rodgers as Edmund Blake
Anthony Sharp as J.J. McGill
[06] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: MONEY TO BURN
10Aug74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
story by Margery Allingham
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Victor Buono as Sam Adelbert
Paul Antrim as Paul
Isabel Dean as Christine Kaye
Bruce Liddington as Francesco
Glyn Owen as Det. Insp. Cumberland
Olga Georges-Picot as Louise Frosne
[07] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: IN THE CONFESSIONAL
14Aug74 ITV Anglia Wed (possibly 10.30pm)
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Jose Ferrer as Old Harry
Milo O'Shea as Father Crumlish
Julie Dawn Cole as Vera Mae Barton
Philip Davis as Johnny Sheeham
Shane Rimmer as Police Sergeant Warren
[08] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: UNSEEN ALIBI
17Aug74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
story by Bruce Graeme
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Dean Stockwell as Jerry
[09] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: BATTLE OF WITS
24Aug74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
written by Roger Marshall
directed by James Ferman
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Ian Bannen as Gregory Dean
Brewster Mason as Richard Lumsden
[10] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: A POINT OF LAW
31Aug74 ITV Anglia Sat (possibly 9.45pm)
story by W. Somerset Maugham
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Alec McCowan
[11] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE MONKEY'S PAW
7Sep74 ITV Anglia/LWT/possibly other regions - Saturday 9.45pm
(not fully networked on this date)
written by David Ambrose
story by W.W. Jacobs
directed by Alan Gibson
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Cyril Cusack as Mr. White
Patrick Magee as Sergeant Morris
Megs Jenkins as Mrs. White
Michael Kitchen as Herbert White
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12 month gap in transmission
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[12] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE INGENIOUS REPORTER
18Sep75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
written by Carey Harrison
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Ronald Radd as Leduc
David Birney as Harry Langley
James Mellor as Bucheron
James Maxwell as Duprey
Geoffrey Bayldon as Magistrate
Mia Nardi as Henriette
Anthony Ainley as Lafarge
Pam St. Clement as 1st Woman
Eamonn Boyce as 1st Man
Peter Madden as Judge
[13] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: DEATH OF AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL
25Sep75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
28Nov73 [RF]
story by Stanley Ellin
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Carol Lynley as Elizabeth Ann Zachary
Francesca Annis as Nicole Zachary
John Le Mesurier as Sidney Goldsmith
Jack Shepherd as David Belcito
Anne Stallybrass as Janet Belcito
Stephan Chase as Paul Zachary
Jon Laurimore as Detective Inspector Roberts
[14] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: FOR SALE - SILENCE
9Oct75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Jack Cassidy as Pennington
Ed Devereaux as Hamilton Briggs
Rona Newton-John as the Woman
Linda Liles as Hotel Receptionist
[15] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE INSPIRATION OF MR. BUDD
23Oct75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
story by Dorothy Sayers
directed by Peter Sasdy
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Donal Donnelly as Mr. Budd
Hugh Griffith as the Man
Neville Barber as Pilot
Carlos Douglas as Spanish Policeman
Gino Melvazzi as Italian Policeman
Glynn Edwards as Detective Inspector
[16] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR
30Oct75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
written by Carey Harrison
story by F. Britten Austin
directed by Alan Bromly
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Harry Andrews as General Sanderson
Jeremy Clyde as Major Frank Bruce
Michael Gambon as Major Rolfe
Jenny Hanley as Nina Fanshaw
Stephen Sheppard as Major Richard Fanshaw
[17] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: FAREWELL TO THE FAULKNERS
2Nov75 ITV Anglia Sunday (possibly 9.45pm)
directed by Peter Sykes
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Jane Baxter as Harriet Faulkner
Keith Baxter as Philip Faulkner
James Grout as Sergeant Fred Mullins
Kenneth Gilbert as Private Detective
Mike Lewin as Constable
John Ringham as Police Inspector
[18] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE POWER OF FEAR
6Nov75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
written by N.J. Crisp
story by Lawrence Treat
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Shirley Knight as Margot Brenner
Don Murray as Jack Stanley
Sarah Marshall as Rhoda Forbes
[19] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: WHERE THERE'S A WILL
13Nov75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
directed by Mark Cullingham
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Richard Johnson as Bruce Sexton
Hannah Gordon as Phyllida Marjoram
Norman Shelley as Colonel Delamere
Robert Cartland as Detective Superintendent Marker
Meadows White as Bowler
Sheila Raynor as Theresa Prentice
[20] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: A TIME TO REMEMBER
20Nov75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Patrick Macnee as Charles Foster
Charles Gray as Mikhail Zigorin
Patrick Barr as General Fox
Alan Browning as Banning
Sharon Maughan as Carol
David Sterne as Webb
[21] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: ICE STORM
27Nov75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
written by N.J. Crisp
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Claire Bloom as Sheila Pennell
Thorley Walters as Beecham
Robert Beatty as Trench
Donald Eccles as Barrington
Barry Jackson as Gurney
Brian Wilde as Mackay
George Malpas as Richards
[22] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: COME INTO MY PARLOUR
4Dec75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Anne Jackson as Vivienne
Dana Wynter as Marcia
[23] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
11Dec75 ITV Anglia Thur (possibly 10.30pm)
11Dec75 [RF]
story by O. Henry
directed by Philip Saville
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Hildegard Neil as The Lady
Eli Wallach as Fuzzy
Ed Bishop as The Millionaire
Billy Hamon as Peters
Philip Jackson as Carson
Freddie Lees as Smith
Preston Lockwood as the Butler
Michael Brennan as Publican
Ann Queensberry as Nanny
Andy Bradford as Man
[24] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: UNDER SUSPICION
16Dec75 ITV Anglia Tue (possibly 10.30pm)
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Janice Rule as Madame Freya
Kenneth Haigh as Jorge Vega
Dinsdale Landen as Simon Degarmo
Julie Crosthwaite as Sefiora Zerlina
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4 month gap in transmission
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[25] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: TRIAL FOR MURDER
30Apr76 ITV Anglia Friday (possibly 10.30pm)
story by Charles Dickens
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Ian Holm ............... Charles Stubbs
Jennie Linden .......... Alice Stubbs
Keith Buckley .......... Higgins
John Savident .......... Sir Richard Muir Q.C.
Hugh Dickson ........... Vachell Q.C.
Edwin Finn ............. Ghost of Venables
Lindsay Ingram ......... Maria Perkins
William Moore .......... Masters
Tony Bateman ........... Court Clerk
Barry Stanton .......... Warder
Wallas Eaton ........... Judge
[26] Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: THE FURNISHED ROOM (final episode)
24July76 ITV Anglia Saturday (possibly 9.45pm)
13Feb74 [RF]
story by O. Henry
Hosted by Orson Welles
guest stars
Clarence Williams III .. John Cambridge
Irene Worth ............ Mrs. Purdy
Joan Ann Maynard ....... Louise
Sally Travers .......... Mrs. McCool
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