CTVA UK - "Saber Of London" (Danziger Photoplays/ UK) (1957-59) starring Donald Gray

CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - UK

"Calling Scotland Yard" (UK) (1953-54) - aka - "Adventure Theater"(US) (1956-57)
"The Vise"(anthology) (1954-55) "The Vise:Mark Saber" (1955-57) "Saber of London" (1957-60) "Detective's Diary" (1957-61)
"Man from Interpol" (1959-60) "The Cheaters" (1960-61) "Richard the Lionheart" (1961-62)
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(Season 2) (imdb list as The Vise season 6)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Trevor Jordan,(UK),
Author of Donald Gray's biography "Colonel White Meets Mark Saber"
D.W. McGregor (Sunderland, UK), David Moore (UK), Tom Alger (USA) [Updated June 2020 TA]
"The Vise: Mark Saber" finished on ABC Fridays 9:30pm circa July 1957
It returned the following season moving from ABC to NBC
with a new title "Saber of London" NBC Fridays 7:30 pm Eastern
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SABER OF LONDON
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Danziger production
Executive Producers
Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger
for
Season 1 NBC (Fridays 7:30 pm EST)(13Sep1957 to 06Dec1957)
Season 1 NBC (Sundays 5:30pm EST)(22Dec1957 to 29Jun1958)
(39 episodes)
Season 2 NBC (Sundays 7:00 pm EST)(19Oct58- 03May59) (26 episodes)
Season 3 NBC (Sundays 6:30pm EST)(11Oct59 - 15May60)(26 episodes)

UK Detective series 1957-60 91 episodes x 30 min
Starring Donald Gray as Mark Saber
Co-Starring
Robert Arden as Bob Page (Saber's assistant) (episodes 2.01 to 3.12)
Colin Tapley as Inspector Parker (recurring through all 3 seasons)

'Hello I'm Mark Saber - and this is London!'

The series was not networked in the UK and air dates vary in
ITV regions.
Most UK airdates here are from the following ITV stations:-
Associated-Rediffusion (London)
ATV (Midlands)
Granada Television (North-West/Yorkshire)
Tyne-Tees Television (North-East)

Most episodes were shown in the UK over 18 months after their US network release.
Episodes continue from:-.
"The Vise: Mark Saber"(detective series) (1955-57) also starring Donald Gray

Saber of London
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Season 2 NBC (Sundays 7:00 pm EST)(19Oct58- 03May59) (26 episodes)

2.01 [SOL-73] Saber of London: DEATH AT HIS FINGERTIPS
19Oct58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
16Aug60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue
no airdate for A-R London
27Jun69 [uk] Granada, Fri
Produced by The Danzigers
Story by Brian Clemens /Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............. Mark Saber
Robert Arden ............ Bob Page (Saber's assistant) (entry)
Colin Tapley ............ Inspector
Francis Matthews ........ Rex
Vera Fusek .............. Jill
Paul Stassino ........... Miller
John Stuart ............. Stage Manager
Howard Pays ............. Tom
Grace Arnold ............ Emma
Mark Singleton .......... Anton
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Jill and Rex are happily married and good entertainers with their knife-throwing
act. Their happiness comes to an end, however, when Jill recieves gifts from
an unknown admirer and Rex receives notes and phone calls alleging that Jill
is being unfaithful. When Jill is killed with one of Rex's knives he becomes
the obvious suspect. Angry and worried, Rex consults Mark Saber. [DWMcG]
Synopsis (US):
Saber investigates the case of a carnival knife thrower accused of murdering his wife.
[Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.02 [SOL-41] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
PAID OFF
Film no. 42 (on leader)
26Oct58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
19Jul60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue (shown in Midlands before London)
12Dec60 [uk] A-R London, Mon
20Jul64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Jaques Cey ............. Pierre
Michael Ripper ......... Freddy
Michael Peake .......... Carter
Robert Raikes .......... George Royston
Patricia Driscoll ...... Peggy Royston
Hal Osmond ............. Mather
John Brooking .......... King
As Pierre arrives at Victoria Station he is stabbed and
robbed of diamonds. He struggles to the home of George Royston
and dies. Royston swears to Mark Saber he knows nothing, but
the police think they have their murderer.

2.03 [SOL-42] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
TRAP FOR MURDER
© 1958 Copyright year on Film
2Nov58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
23Aug60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue
3Jul61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
27Jul64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Brian Clemens
Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Dorothy Gordon ........ Dorothy
Robert Dorning ........ Bailey
Michael Peake ......... Burnaby
Brian Weske ........... Flannagan
Mark Saber is asked by the daighter of a murdered blind begger
to find his killer, but it is not an easy case to solve.

2.04 [SOL-43] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
A NIGHT ON THE TOWN
9Nov58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
9Aug60 [uk] ATV Midlands Tue (shown in Midlands before London)
9May61 [uk] A-R London, Tue 11:35 pm
28May69 [uk] Granada, Wed
Written by Gilbert Winfield / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Sandra Dorne ........... Suzy
Patrick Holt ........... Max
Mark Singleton ......... Carson
Edwin Richfield ........ Jimmy
Ian Wilson ............. Porter
Olive Kirby ............ Maid
Carl Duering ........... Cesare
Paddy Webster .......... Girl Friend
Synopsis 1 (UK):
A cabaret artist from the Continent - a friend of Mark Saber's assistant - is knocked unconscious
in the room of her London hotel. Mark Saber and Bob Page find themselves with a puzzling case.
Synopsis 2 (US)
A cabaret artist is knocked unconscious after surprising a intruder in her hotel room.
[Chicago Tribune].

2.05 [SOL-44] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
BACKGROUND FOR MURDER
Film no. 45 (on leader)
16Nov58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
29Mar61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
24Jul61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
4Jul69 [uk] Granada, Fri
Written by NOT KNOWN / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Howard Pays ............ Bob Perry
Jan Miller ............. Julia
Selma Vaz Deaz ......... Mrs. Feast
Claude Bonser .......... Hawkins
John Brooking .......... Howard
Olive Kirby ............ Betty
John Stuart ............ Dr.Westcott
Howard Lang ............ Policeman
Julia asks Mark Saber to prove her fiance, Bob Perry is
innocent of the murder of her uncle.

2.06 [SOL-45] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
Film no. 46 (on leader)
23Nov58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
26Jul60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue (shown in Midlands before London)
19Dec60 [uk] A-R London, Mon
30Apr69 [uk] Granada, Wed
Written by NOT KNOWN / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Ellen Pollock .......... Celia
Peter Reynolds ......... Peter
Ian Whittaker .......... Lionel
Tottie Trueman-Taylor .. Mrs. Kraft
Frank Forsythe ......... Surgeon
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Mrs. Kraft is in her garden when she finds a dead body. She phones Mark Saber,
but when he arrives on the scene, there is no sign of a dead body.
Synopsis 2 (US):
A disappearing corpse and a half-eaten pear confuse the solution of a murder. [Chicago Tribune]

2.07 [SOL-46] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
A TOAST TO DEATH
30Nov58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
12Jul60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue (shown in Midlands before London)
5Dec60 [uk] A-R London, Mon
29Jan62 [uk] Tyne-Tees, Mon 11:07 pm
13Jul64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by George St George / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Kay Callard ........... Sylvia
Phillip Saville ....... Count Dariani
Noel Dyson ............ Princess Dariani
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Sylvia suspects that her mother's second husband, Count Dariani,
is up to no good. She Calls in Mark Saber, who solves the
mystery with a bottle of champagne.
Synopsis 2 (US):
A woman suspects her stepfather of being an opportunist and planning to cheat her mother
out of her money. [Chicago Tribune]

2.08 [SOL-47] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
IT WALKS AT NIGHT
07Dec58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
2Nov60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
11Sep61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
no airdate for Granada
Written by Eldon Howard / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Ian Fleming ............ Winters
Francis Mathews ........ Jayo (or Jaya?)
Sylvia Francis ......... Toni
Raymond Young .......... John Alan
Jack Melford ........... Oscar
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Winters is scared out of his wits by an aparition he keeps seeing. He thinks it is a sign
of a curse put on him in India. He tells his manservant Jaya to go to see Mark Saber.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Fear of on ancient East Indian curse leads a man to call in Mark Saber to solve a baffling mystery.
[Philadelphia Inquirer]

[--] 14Dec1958 NBC Sunday 7-8pm - pre-empted for Hall of Fame: “The Christmas Tree”

2.09 [SOL-48] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
THE LADY DOESN'T SCARE
21Dec58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
5Apr61 [uk] ATV Midlands Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
31Jul61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
10Aug64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Guest Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Honor Blackman ......... Sally Evans
Denis Shaw ............. Tom Gantry
John Martin ............ Bill Tower
Brian Hames ............ Ben
Hal Osmond ............. Freddie
Julian Orchard ......... Hotel Receptionist
Rolf Harris ............ Airport Clerk
Synopsis 1 (UK):
A young man asks Mark Saber and Bob Page to give a package to an attractive named Sally. Soon
afterwards the young man is shot, and Saber and Bob are aided by Sally in tracking down the assailant.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Saber and his assistant get involved in a shooting while having a drink at a bar. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.10 [SOL-49] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
UNCLE WILLIAM
Film no. 50 (on leader)
28Dec58 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
14Dec60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
30Oct61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
1Jun64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Patricia Hill / Directed by Max Varnel
Guest Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)(verified)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Jack Melford ........... Uncle William
Robert Ayres ........... Joe Kelly
Sylvia Francis ......... Kathleen
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Joe Kelly, an American, comes to London to find out why Jane, his fiancee, killed herself.
Joe isn't really sure it was suicide, and after speaking to Jane's sister Kathleen and her
Uncle William, he calls on Mark Saber.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Joe Kelly, an American, comes to London to find out why Jane, his fiancee, killed herself. Joe isn't
really sure it was suicide, and after speaking to Jane's sister and uncle, he calls on Mark Saber.
(NBC "Detective's Diary" re-run 20Aug60, Saturday at 3:30pm Pacific)
Synopsis 3 (US):
Saber suspects that a supposed suicide is murder when he reads the suicide note and realizes that
the words were copied out of a French book. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.11 [SOL-50] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
CURSE OF DEATH
04Jan59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
delayed 15Jan58 KRON-4 San Francisco Thurs. 7:30pm
30Aug60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue (shown in Midlands before London)
10Jul61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
3Jul69 [uk] Granada, Thur
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Howard Pays ........... Brody
Robert Raikes ......... Martyn
Paddy Webster ......... Peggy
Frank Singeneau ....... Marchant
Chief M. Alley ........ Magobo
Joseph Layod .......... Gun Boy
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Brody and Martyn are on safari and kill a sacred buffalo. A Witch Doctor puts a curse on them.
Brody is convinced that the curse is working on and goes to Mark Saber for help.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Saber investigates the case of a man who is terrified because he believes a witch doctor’s curse
is being thrown on him. [Chicago Tribune]
Synopsis 3 (US):
An African safari and a native curse play important parts in helping Saber solve the mystery
of “Curse of Death.” [San Mateo (CA) Times]

2.12 [SOL-51] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
THE KILLER AND THE KID (US title) aka THE PRETENDER
11Jan59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
19Oct58 [us] NBC Sun 7:00 pm (Chicago Tribune) (original scheduled airdate) (possibly postponed)
5Oct60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
14Aug61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
11Oct62 [uk] Tyne-Tees
31Aug64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Harry Fowler .......... Masters
Richard Williams ...... Bobby
Patrick Holt .......... Barney
John Stuart ........... Inspector Forbes
Cathleen St. John ..... Mrs. Barlow
Synopsis 1 (UK):
A murderer escapes from the police and hides on a barge, where young Tommy is playing at pirates.
He persuades the child to help him with clothes, a file and some food. But when Tommy's father Barney.
discovers that things are missing he calls in his friend, Mark Saber. (Child's character name - Tommy or Bobby??)
Synopsis 2 (US):
“The Pretender.” A merchant seaman is arrested in connection with a stabbing.
[Chicago Tribune]
Synopsis 3 (US):
A merchant seaman wanted in connection with a stabbing and the subsequent murder of a
Scotland Yard officer takes Mark Saber on a trail to a waterfront in a second mystery,
that of a missing boy. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Synopsis 4 (US):
Saber is called in to aid in the search for a missing boy, believed to have been kidnapped.
[Chicago Tribune]
Synopsis 5 (US):
A police sergeant is killed when he tries to arrest a murderer. [Lowell (Mass.) Sun]

[—] 18Jan1959 NBC Sun. 7-8pm - pre-empted for “Ten Little Indians,” an adaption of Agatha Christie’s
mystery novel “And Then There Were None.”

2.13 [SOL-52] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
HOUR OF RECKONING
25Jan59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
12Oct60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
21Aug61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
no airdate for Granada
Written by John Roeburt (verified) / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Jean Aubrey ........... Nancy
Denis Shaw ............ Kasley
Brian Nissan .......... Frank
Ryck Rydon ............ Keska
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Frank gambles on a girl but though winning her he loses gamble
putting her life in danger. Mark Saber is pressed for time to save her.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Frank goes in for some heavy gambling to impress Nancy whom he thinks is rich.
After he loses all his money a man named Kaslo offers him a proposition:
He'll lend him some money in return for half of Nancy's fortune.
(NBC "Detective's Diary" re-run 3Sep60, Saturday at 5:00pm Eastern)
Synopsis 3 (US):
A gambling debt leads to a murder threat for a client of Mark Saber. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.14 [SOL-53] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
DILEMMA FOR HARRY
01Feb59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
3May61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
9Oct61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
13Apr64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Eldon Howard / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
John McLaren ........... Mac
Roberta Huby ........... Mae
Hal Osmond ............. Roberts
Arnold Yarrow .......... Blake
Shirley Cain ........... Carol
Ian Wilson ............. O'Brian
Len Sharpe ............. Taxi Man
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Bob Page's life is in danger. Mark Saber works round the clock to save him.
Synopsis 2 (US):
A man asks Mark Saber to help him after he receives a telephone call telling him that
he will be murdered. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.15 [SOL-54] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
THE BLACK WIDOW
08Feb59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
12Apr61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
7Aug61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
no airdate for Granada
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
John McClaren ......... Henry
Geoffrey Hibbert ...... Freddy
Robert Raglan ......... Dr. Krile
Diana Chesney ......... Janet
Adrian Cains .......... Phillips
John Martin ........... Tasker
Stella Bonheur ........ Governess
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Dr. Friend asks Mark Saber to help with a patient who has lost his memory. The only thing
he remembers is putting a Black Widow spider in Henry's case. Who is Henry?
Synopsis 2 (US):
Amnesia and a poisonous spider add up to near tragedy. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.16 [SOL-55] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
DANGEROUS MEETING
15Feb59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
9Nov60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
18Sep61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
20Apr64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Eldon Howard / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Kay Callard ............ Tina
Tony Doonan ............ Domino
Mark Singleton ......... Mr. Shaw
Hal Osmond ............. Hotel Clerk
Carl Duering ........... Mario
Jack Melford ........... Nick
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Tina an international playgirl books into a hotel under an assumed name.
The manager calls in Mark Saber to find out what she's up to
Synopsis 2 (US):
Mark Saber's assistant, Bob Page, poses as a wealthy American oilman to help the
detective trap a group Involved in illegal immigration. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.17 [SOL-56] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
PLATINUM MURDER
Film no. 56 (on leader)
22Feb59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
16Nov60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
2Oct61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
29Apr64 [uk] Granada, Wed
Written by Eldon Howard / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
John Longden ........... Standish
Kenneth Edwards ........ Dumphy
Anna Gerber ............ Marion
Gerard Green ........... Mr. King
Howard Lang ............ Mr. Peters
Michael Kent ........... Mr. Archer
David Graham ........... Bond
Gordon Needham ......... Brown
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Dumphy, a guard suprises an intruder and kills him. The police
suspect he is involved in something shady. The boss calls in Mark Saber.
Synopsis 2 (US):
An ordinary lighting fixture provides the single clue to a murder-robbery
and its solution by detective Mark Saber.

2.18 [SOL-57] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
OPERATION ARSON
01Mar59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
30Nov60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
16Oct61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
no airdate for Granada
Written by Eldon Howard / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Anthony Wager .......... Chester
Noel Dyson ............. Mr. Walston
Ian Fleming ............ Denning
John Brooking .......... Mr. Shaw
Walter Horsburgh ....... Runyan
Geoffrey Hibbert ....... Rumson
Frank Sieman ........... Meyer
Ann Lynn ............... Meg
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Mr. Shaw's factory keeps being burnt down. He asks Mark Saber for help.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Mark Saber is hired to discover the cause of four mysterious fires,
which destroyed the holdings of a powerful London company.

2.19 [SOL-58] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
DEATH HIDES OUT
08Mar59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
7Dec60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed
no airdate for A-R London
24Aug64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Catherine Page ......... Mrs. Meyers
Neil Hallett ........... Fenning
Diana Dawcett .......... Mrs. Barton
Brian Haines ........... Roy
John Brooking .......... Harvey
Synopsis 1 (UK):
A ghost troubles an old lady so Mark Saber stays at her house to see what is going on.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Saber takes the case of an elderly lady who says she's been seeing ghosts.

2.20 [SOL-59] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
TIME ALIBI FOR MURDER
15Mar59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
10May61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
6Nov61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
8Jun64 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by John Roeburt / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Phillip Saville ........ Kirk
Jennifer Jayne ......... Kathy
John Stuart ............ Dr. Wells
Susan Lyal Grant ....... Lana
Hal Osmond ............. Father
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Mark Saber, investigating the murder of Allison Stephens who had telephoned to say
his life had been threatened, finds one of his strongest clues to be a scream.
Synopsis 2 (US):
The method used to murder a man is the due which leads Saber to the murderer. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.21 [SOL-60] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Rob
ert Arden/ Colin Tapley
MURDER FOR REVENGE
22Mar59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
11Jan61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
4Dec61 [uk] AR-London, Mon
15Jul69 [uk] Granada, Tue
Written by Stanley Miller / Directed by NOT KNOWN
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Robert Raglan .......... John Adams
Marion Mathis .......... Stella Adams
Robert Raikes .......... Lynch
Elizabeth Fraser ....... Betsy Linton
Noel Dyson ............. Jean
Kathleen St. John ...... Mrs Colby
Synopsis 1 (UK):
When John Adams is murdered, there are three suspects-his jealous crippled wife,
his business partner, and his girl friend, to whom he has left all his money. Saber,
by a clever piece of deduction, discovers the real murderer.
Synopsis 2 (US):
Three persons are murder suspects—the victim's crippled wife,
his young protege and his girl friend. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

[--] 29Mar1959 [us] NBC 7-8pm - repeat of special “The Jazz Age” narrated by Fred Allen.

2.22 [SOL-61] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
DOUBLE TAKE
5Apr59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
(Delayed 12Apr59 broadcast, WIIC-11, Pittsburgh, PA, Sunday at 4:30pm
26Apr61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
28Aug61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
17Aug64 [uk] Granada
Written by Stanley Miller / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Robert Dorning ........ Jack Lewis
Gene Anderson ......... Gina
Peter Elliott ......... Minoli
Robert Raglan ......... Governor
Walter Horsbrugh ...... Judge
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Jack Lewis is threatened by Minoli who he gives evidence against.
Minoli swears he will get even and Lewis seeks Mark Saber's help.
Synopsis 2 (US):
A man is threatened by a gangster.
Synopsis 3 (US):
Bob Page, Mark Saber's assistant, is assigned to protect a client who fears his life is threatened
because of testimony he gave at a trial. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.23 [SOL-62] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
COOKED-UP MURDER
12Apr59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
6Sep60 [uk] ATV Midlands, Tue
17Jul61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
3Aug69 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by NOT KNOWN / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page, Saber's assistant
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Andreas Malanrinos ..... Georgio
Carl Duering ........... Augusto
Dereck Blomfield ....... Jean Paul
Shirley Dehne .......... Jackie
Anne Gherber ........... Nichole
Synopsis 1 (UK):
During a meal at Georgio's, Bob Page sees a girl put something
in a man's drink after which he dies. Bob and Mark Saber investigate.
Synopsis 2 (US):
While Mark Saber and Bob Page are eating in a restaurant, Bob
notices a girl at another table slip something into her escort’s drink. (US TV Guide)
(Delayed local broadcast 20Apr59, WSB-2 Atlanta, Georgia, Monday 10:30pm)
Synopsis 3 (US):
A man suffers a fit and dies shortly after his female dinner companion has slipped something
into his drink. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.24 [SOL-63] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
DARK MOMENTS
19Apr59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
4Jan61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
27Nov61 [uk] A-R London, Mon
16Apr69 [uk] Granada, Mon
Written by Eldon Howard / Directed by Max Varnel
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Colin Tapley ........... Inspector Parker (recurring)
Arnold Bell ............ Mr. Keel
Peter Elliot ........... Dr. Kittaway
Marion Mathie .......... Roberta Keel
Hugh Cross ............. Dr. Welsh
David Lander ........... Pawnbroker
Kathleen St. John ...... Landlady
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Mr. Keel asks Mark Saber for help when his wife threatens to kill him. When Mark goes
to see her she has disappeared. He discovers that she recently had a nervous breakdown.
Synopsis 2 (US):
A man seeks Inspector Mark Saber's help when his wife, who appears to
have a persecution complex, threatens him with a gun. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.25 [SOL-64] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden
OUT OF THE PAST
Film no. 64 (on leader)
26Apr59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
8Mar61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
29Jan62 [uk] A-R London, Mon
Written by Brian Clemens / Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
Robert Dorning ......... Pete Phillips
Hugh Cross ............. Crowder
Mary Jones ............. Theresa
John Martin ............ Frank
Dorothy Gordon ......... Amy
John Heller ............ Schultz
Norah Gordon ........... Landlady
Ann Lynn ............... Secretary
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Journalist Pete Phillips is visited by a woman who is later murdered.
Pete a friend of Mark Saber's asks him to investigate and find out why?
Synopsis 2 (US):
Saber investigates a murder, the outcome of a threat to expose a bigamous marriage.
[Philadelphia Inquirer]

2.26 [SOL-65] Saber of London: Donald Gray/ Robert Arden/ Colin Tapley
SILENT ACCUSATION
03May59 [us] NBC New York, Sun 7:00 pm (original network airdate)
(end of present NYC run)
8Feb61 [uk] ATV Midlands, Wed (shown in Midlands before London)
1Jan62 [uk] A-R London, Mon
Written by Stanley Miller /Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Regular Support Cast:
Cast:
Donald Gray ............ Mark Saber
Robert Arden ........... Bob Page (Saber's assistant)
John Stuart ............ Inspector
Neil Hallett ........... Tom Brent
Honor Shepherd ......... Lillian Brent
Robert Raikes .......... Winchell
Kathleen St. John ...... Aunt
Dermot Macdowell ....... Mr. Beale
Norah Gordon ........... Mrs. Beale
Lorna Henderson ........ Pat
Synopsis 1 (UK):
Whilst working on a case of an old lady murdered, Mark Saber
finds a clue that breaks the alibi of the main suspect.
Synopsis 2 (US):
A clue found in the back seat of a car gives Mark Saber the evidence needed
to crack a seemingly airtight alibi in a murder case. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

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