A profile of USDA scientist Mark Carleton (Donald Douglas), who introduced a drought-resistant Russian wheat to the United States during a time of blight. The new strain was a hit with farmers, but proved difficult to mill because of its hardness. An entry in the "Passing Parade" series, directed by Fred Zinnemann and narrated by John Nesbitt.
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Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie are among the performers featured in radio-style adaptations of classic horror stories. Included: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Rudyard Kipling's "Mark of the Beast" and Oscar Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost."
A strangely-garbed and eccentric-acting stranger arrives in a small English town. But, after several days on being in the town, the citizens accept him as a harmless, though a bit daft, member of the community. He then pays a visit to the town's leading citizen and reveals himself as a man with the perfect plan for murder.