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Scene of the Crime
"Two half-hour series were combined to make this series."
Overview
Suspense anthology series hosted by Orson Welles who asks the audience to solve the crime presented in the first part of each episode. The second part is a separate horror or thriller story with a twist.
Status
Ended
Created By
Orson Welles
Network
NBC
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
An Education in Murder/The Memory Game
Orson Welles hosts two murder mysteries. In "Education In Murder," a blackmailing coed is slain. In "Memory Lane," a timid man plots the death of his shrewish wife. The second episode of an imaginative mystery series, where viewers are invited to solve crimes. Orson Welles introduces two stories, one involving a blackmailing coed who is murdered in her sorority house, and another in which a meek man takes refuge in a bar when his plans to murder his nagging wife fall through.
Murder on the Rocks/A Very Practical Joke
Implicated in a model's murder: a jealous rival, an angry husband, and two competing agents. And the joke’s on a practical joker, Jack Morton (Jeff Altman), when his wife Cloris (Kay Lenz) and friends turn the tables on him. Orson Welles is the host.
Dead Wrong/Murder on the Half Shell
A fitness queen is murdered after selling her famous health spa; and a young woman becomes a murder target after she stumbles into a reclusive billionaire while vacationing on a tropical island.
Medium is the Murder/A Vote for Murder
A newly elected Senator is murdered at his victory party; and a young wife's plot to convince her middle-aged husband that he is going crazy falls through when her boyfriend double-crosses her. Hosted by Orson Welles.
Top Cast
Orson Welles
Alan Thicke
Craig Spears
