Ghost Story (1972)
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GHOST STORY
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William Castle production in association with Screen Gems
a division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
for
NBC (Fridays 9:00 pm EST)
Executive Producer William Castle / Produced by Joel Rogosin
US Thriller Anthology series 1972 pilot + 13 episodes x 60 min color (Ghost Story)
Hosted by
Sebastian Cabot as Winston Essex (episodes 01-13)
Mid-season the title was changed from 'Ghost Story' to 'Circle Of Fear'
the host disappeared, and the themes were not necessarily supernatural thereafter.
'Ghost Story: Circle of Fear' theme music by Billy Goldenberg
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THE NEW HOUSE (pilot)
17Mar72
(shown as half of the NBC TV movie "Double Play")
Written by Richard Matheson
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
guest stars
Barbara Parkins ............... Eileen Travis
David Birney .................. John Travis
Jeanette Nolan ................ Mrs. Ramsey
Sam Jaffe ..................... DeWitt
Ivor Francis .................. priest
John Garwood .................. Sgt. Booth
Allyn Ann McLerie ............. Miss Tate
Caitlin Wyles ................. Thomasina Barros
Synopsis:
A young family purchases a house that is standing on a site where an
innocent woman was unjustly hanged. The woman's spirit eventually
takes over the family's newborn daughter
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NBC Fridays 9:00 pm Eastern
[01] Ghost Story: THE DEAD WE LEAVE BEHIND
15Sep72 NBC Fri
Written by Robert Specht
Directed by Paul Stanley
guest stars
Jason Robards, Jr. ............ Elliot Brent
Stella Stevens .................... Joanna Brent
Jack Kelly .................... Motorist
John McLiam ................... Titus Paul
Burr Smidt ............. Jud
Skip Ward ............................. Tommy Harper
Hayden Rorke ............... Newsman
Synopsis:
A forest ranger and his wife have a television that can predict the future, including the wife's accidental death.
[02] Ghost Story: THE CONCRETE CAPTAIN
22Sep72 NBC Fri
William Castle production in association with Screen Gems
Produced by Joel Rogosin
Story by Elizabeth Walter / Teleplay by Jimmy Sangster
Directed by Richard Donner
director of photography: Bill Butler
music by Robert Prince
host
Sebastian Cabot .......... Winston Essex
guest stars
Stuart Whitman ................ Ed Lucas
Gena Rowlands ................. Kate Lucas
Walter Burke .............. Daniel
Eugenia Stewart .............. Katherine
Glenn Wilder ................. Captain
Lloyd Gough ................ Doctor
Synopsis:
The spirit of a dead sea captain buried in concrete on the seashore haunts two tourists.
[03] Ghost Story: AT THE CRADLE FOOT
29Sep72 NBC Fri
William Castle production in association with Screen Gems
Produced by Joel Rogosin
Written by Anthony Lawrence
Directed by Don McDougall
director of photography: Bill Butler
music by Robert Prince
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
James Franciscus ............ Paul Dovep
Elizabeth Ashley ................. Karen Dovep
Meg Foster ............ Julie
Jeremy Slate ........... Norris
Karl Swenson ................. Ed Barnes
George McAllister, Jr. ........ Raphael, Jr.
Lori Busk .................... Emily Dovep as a girl
Lisa James ........................ Emily Dovep as a woman
Synopsis:
A father learns that changing events because he dreams that his
daughter is murdered twenty years later makes things even worse.
[04] Ghost Story: BAD CONNECTION
06Oct72 NBC Fri
William Castle production in association with Screen Gems
Produced by Joel Rogosin
Written by John McGreevey
Directed by Walter Doniger
director of photography: Emmett Bergholz
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Karen Black ................... Barbara Shepherd
Michael Tolan ....... Keith Norton
Kaz Garas .......... Phil Briggs
Skip Homeier .............. Steve
Curt Conway .................. Prescott
Med Flory ..................... Ed Talbot
Ellen Geer .................... Marian
Sandra Deel ................... Angie
James A. Watson, Jr. .......... Sgt. Appleton
Florida Friebus ............... Mrs. Prescott
Larry Fleischman .............. mailboy
Synopsis:
A young widow receives warnings from her dead husband over the telephone.
[05] Ghost Story: THE SUMMER HOUSE
13Oct72 NBC Fri
Written by Seeleg Lester
Directed by Leo Penn
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Carolyn Jones ................. Martha Alcott
Steve Forrest ................. Andrew Alcott
William Windom ................ Charlie Pender
Robert Mandan ................. Walter Jerrold
Darlene Conley ................ Ruth Jerrold
Regis Toomey .................. Sam Streeter
Harvey Fisher ................. Plumber
Wayne Heffley ................. Postman
Synopsis:
A well located in the basement keeps coming open thanks to a spirit living in a summer vacation home.
[06] Ghost Story: ALTER-EGO
27Oct72 NBC Fri
Teleplay by Stanley Ellin / Story by D.C Fontana (of Star Trek fame)
Directed by David Lowell Rich
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Helen Hayes ................... Miss Gilden
Michael-James Wixted .......... Robert
Collin Wilcox-Horne ........... Molly Cameron
Charles Aidman ................ Jack Cameron
Geoffrey Horne ................ Mr. Harkness
Janet MacLachlan .............. Mrs. Dillon
Phyllis Love .................. Joan Howard
Gene Andrusco ................. Davey
Synopsis:
A young boy creates a doppelganger because he is bored and ill.
Unfortunately, the doppelganger almost destroys him until he is rescued
by the spirit of the chess-playing teacher his doppelganger killed.
[07] Ghost Story: HALF A DEATH
03Nov72 NBC Fri
Written by Henry Sleasar
Directed by Les Martinson
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Pamela Franklin ............... Christina/Lisa
Signe Hasso ................... Mrs. Eliscu
Eleanor Parker ................ Paula
Andrew Duggan ................. Jeremy
Tod Andrews ................... Andrew Burgress
Stephen Brooks ................ Ethan
Taylor Lacher ................. Charlie Eliscu
Synopsis:
A young woman is haunted by the spirit of her twin sister who turns out
not to be what she thought she was going to be.
[08] Ghost Story: HOUSE OF EVIL
10Nov72 NBCFri
Written by Robert Bloch
Directed by Daryl Duke
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Melvyn Douglas ................ Grandpa Witherby
Mildred Dunnock ............... Mrs. Rule
Joan Hotchkis ................. Fran
Jodie Foster .................. Judy
Richard Mulligan .............. Tom
Brad Savage ................... Kevin
Alan Fudge
Synopsis:
Jodie Foster stars as a mute girl who has telekinetic powers along with
her evil grandfather played by Melvyn Douglas.
[09] Ghost Story: CRY OF THE CAT
24Nov72 NBC Fri
William Castle production in association with Screen Gems
Produced by Joel Rogosin
Written by William Bast
Directed by Arnold Laven (on film) Walter Doniger (on copyright)
music by Billy Goldenberg and Robert Prince
theme by Billy Goldenberg
director of photography Emmett Bergholz
film editor David Wages, A.S.C.
special effects Phil Cory
music and sound effects by Sunset Editorial
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Doug McClure .................. Dan Hollis
Lauri Peters .................. Mariah Hollis
Mariette Hartley .............. Sheila Conway
Jackie Cooper ................. Dumpy Doyle
Don "Red" Barry ............... 1st cowboy
Clint Ritchie ................. 2nd cowboy
Synopsis:
"It shows" that rodeo star Dan Hollis is "crazy about" his
pretty new wife, yet Dumpy Doyle, who had known the girl's stunning mother,
hopes for Dan's sake that beauty is the only thing Mariah has inherited.
When a cougar brutally attacks the bull that had thrown and trampled Dan in
the arena, Dan's stallion, and his former girl friend the cowboys suspect
that the legendary cat "Big Red" has come down out of the hills. But could
there be any truth to Dumpy's concern and Mariah's fears that she is "possessed"?
[10] Ghost Story: ELEGY FOR A VAMPIRE
01Dec72 NBC Fri
Written by Mark Weingart & Elizabeth Walter
Directed by Don McDougall
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Hal Linden .................... David Wells
Mike Farrell .................. Frak Simmons
Arthur O'Connell .............. Owen Huston
Marlyn Mason .................. Laura Benton
John Milford .................. Detective Thorpe
Sheila Larken ................. Marne Simmons
Heather North ................. Dana
Susan Foster .................. Fern
Patricia Eltinge .............. Coed
Synopsis:
Hal Linden plays a college professor who haunts the campus every night as a vampire.
[11] Ghost Story: TOUCH OF MADNESS
08Dec72 NBC Fri
Written by Halsted Welles
Directed by Robert Day
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Geraldine Page ................ Aunt Hattie
Rip Torn ...................... Uncle Jonathan
Lynn Loring ................... Janet Walker
Michael Bell .................. Harry Collins
Richard Angarola .............. Gray
Stacy Harris .................. James Dillon
Jan Clayton ................... mother
George Wallace ................ sheriff
Synopsis:
A house inherited by a young woman possesses some unexpected secrets.
[12] Ghost Story: CREATURE(S) OF THE CANYON
15Dec72 NBC Fri
William Castle production in association with Screen Gems
Produced by Joel Rogosin
Written by Del Reisman
Directed by Walter Doniger
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Angie Dickinson ............... Carol Finney
John Ireland .................. Arthur Mundy
Madlyn Rhue ................... Georgia Strauss
Robert Donner ................. Ralph
Mary Murphy ................... Maggy Mundy
Synopsis:
A woman is haunted by the spirit of a dead dog that eventually attacks her through her poodle.
[13] Ghost Story: TIME OF TERROR
22Dec72 NBC Fri
Written by Jimmy Sangster
Directed by Robert Day
host
Sebastian Cabot
guest stars
Patricia Neal ................. Ellen Alexander
Craig Stevens ................. Brett
Alice Ghostley ................ Betty Carter
Douglas Henderson ............. George Carter
Elliot Montgomery ............. Harry Alexander
Robert P. Lieb ................ Drunk
Fred Holliday ................. Desk Clerk
Mark Tapscott ................. Security Guard
Bruce Kimmel .................. Bell Hop
Lynn Hamilton ................. Attendant
Maggie Malooly ................ Nurse
Mel Gallagher ................. Policeman
Nelson D. Cuevas .............. Ambulance Doctor
Tony Ballen ................... Keno Caller
Ondine Vaughn ................. Keno Girl
Jannis Durkan ................. Waitress
Betty Ann Carr ................ Pool Waitress
Dorothy Meyer ................. Woman
Synopsis:
Patricia Neal plays a wife who discovers that her husband has checked out of the
luxury hotel they are staying in. Unfortunately, she finds out where he checked out to.
Mid-season the title was changed from 'Ghost Story' to 'Circle of Fear'
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