Kraft Mystery Theater

Episode 1

Shadow of a Man

Wed, Jun 19, 1963 60 mins

A debonair stranger insinuates himself into a small town to investigate its most respected citizen, who's liquidating his assets on the Q.T. The outsider gets close by romancing the wealthy man's Southern belle daughter. What's the money for: blackmail, gambling debts, an affair ? Is the stranger a fortune hunter or something more ?

Episode 2

The Image Merchants

Wed, Jun 26, 1963

A magazine writer is assigned by a publisher to learn why a congressman near death from a plane crash unexpectedly flew to his home town on the night he was due at the state capitol for a high-level meeting.

Episode 3

The Rules of the Game

Wed, Jul 3, 1963

A newspaper editor is shaken when a dying man confesses to a murder for which another was executed.

Episode 4

Catch Fear by the Throat

Wed, Jul 10, 1963

A Lietuenant Governor (Steve Forrest) cracks after taking over for the dying Governor.

Episode 5

The Fugitive Eye

Wed, Jul 17, 1963

Episode 6

The Fortress

Wed, Jul 24, 1963

Lt. Wallace Brown is captured by the North Korean Communists and imprisoned in a barren cell with only an ever-burning light bulb to keep him company.

Episode 7

Of Struggle and Flight

Wed, Jul 31, 1963

Karen Evans is addicted to gambling and becomes involved with the underworld when she loses a large amount of money.

Episode 8

The Boy Who Wasn't Wanted

Wed, Aug 7, 1963

A detective tries to adopt the son of a man he helped send to prison.

Episode 9

The Dark Labyrinth

Wed, Aug 14, 1963

Five people defy warnings and enter the labyrinth of the legendary man-eating minotaur on the Island of Crete.

Episode 10

The Hour of the Bath

Wed, Aug 21, 1963

A U.S. Peace Corps worker learns that some of the Vietnamese people with whom he is cooperating have marked him for death.

Episode 11

Talk to My Partner

Wed, Aug 28, 1963

Hilary Snow, a neophyte corporation lawyer, is asked by the Legal Assistance League to defend a Japanese Gardener accused of theft. She gets a legal helping hand from Brig Hazard, one of the firm's junior partners.

Episode 12

Ordeal in Darkness

Wed, Sep 4, 1963

Temporarily blinded executive, John Miller, refuses to give up his business responsibilities. But his wife thinks they should be shared with their son.

Episode 13

Go Look at the Roses

Wed, Sep 11, 1963

A columnist meets violence when he attempts to locate the missing member of the Class of '28, to invite him to a reunion.

Episode 14

Pattern of Guilt

Wed, Sep 18, 1963

A newspaper reporter fears that either his ex-wife or his estranged wife will be the next target in a series of murders he's investigating. (Originally aired on Alcoa Premiere (1961) 09Jan62.)

Episode 15

Man Without a Witness

Wed, Sep 25, 1963

Attorney John Lawrence tries to track down a witness who lied on the stand, the only one who can prove the innocence of an ex-police captain charged with murder.