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The Vise Season 5 Episodes

39 Episodes 1957 - 1960

Episode 1

The Captain and His Killers

Captain Edge reports, to the police, two men disposing a body on the sea bank. When the body can't be found his granddaughter asks Mark Saber for help. Saber and assistant Paul Paulson find the body and believe the suspects are locals.

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Episode 2

Hands Across the Sea

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Episode 3

Deep in the Heart of Chelsea

Fri, Sep 27, 1957

Texan Mr. Dugan, asks Mark Saber for help, when he is cheated out of £4,000, when he bought a fake painting by Ambroise Martin. To prove art dealer Guthrie is selling fakes Pete Paulson goes under cover as a rich American.

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Episode 4

Death by Delayed Payment

Ray Prentice has a shadow on the lung and has just three months to live. With an insurance policy about run out without a medical, he decides get a hit-man to kill him. When he learns the doctor made an error he needs Mark Saber's help.

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Episode 5

The Missing Hours

A millionaire comes to Mark asking him to find out who he is - his memories date back only to his time in the Second World War, and before that his memory is a complete blank. Someone is blackmailing him.

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Episode 6

The Penny Black

Stamp dealer Ferrari is accidentally sold a Penny Black, with printers error, for well under it's market value. A desperate John Roberts tries to buy it back. When Ferrari is murdered, Roberts goes on the run and asks Mark Saber for help.

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Episode 7

Girls and Diamonds

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Episode 8

Murder Shall Speak

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Episode 9

The Baby-Sitter

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Episode 10

Hour of Decision

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Episode 11

Luger for Chesser

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Episode 12

The Law and the Lawless

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Episode 13

Hidden Money

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Episode 14

Fast Cars and Girls

Colonel March asks Mark Saber for help. His friend Major Beanie is wheelchair bound and not been seen four days. His niece Marsha has vanished. Saber learns Marsha is a big spender and soon caught trying to forge her uncle's cheque.

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Episode 15

Saber's Bow and Arrow

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Episode 16

Man About to Die

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Episode 17

Saber at Sea

Following a car crash, that killed three friends, Julie Forbes' father sends her on a sea voyage to Naples. During the trip, Julie appears to be going mad when she claims to see a man murdered. Nobody believes her except for Mark Saber.

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Episode 18

Cheating Cheaters

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Episode 19

Six Months to Talk

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Episode 20

Four Against Three

Evidence shows that the fire at a large hospital started in a locked storeroom. Three trusted staff members had keys. Is one of them an arsonist with a grudge?

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Episode 21

Code to Murder

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Episode 22

The Case of Mr Shore

Accountant Roger Shore asks Mark Saber for help when his 8-year-old son Peter has been kidnapped. He is told to pay £1,000 but misses his contact. Saber stands in but discovers it is Shore making the calls and there is no kidnapping.

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Episode 23

The Maid Was Curious

George Peters leaves a trunk in an exclusive London hotel. When the maid opens the trunk she finds a dead body. Fearing bad publicity the hotel asks Mark Saber for help. He learns Harry Quinn has gone missing and his bank account emptied.

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Episode 24

Calling Charley: Emergency

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Episode 25

The Visitor

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Episode 26

Strong Man Out

A van delivery is used to cover for a robbery of diamonds at a bank. The robbers wearing uniforms left unchallenged. Mark Saber is called in but have only one suspect John Rogers, an aging employee with a record but he is blind.

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Episode 27

Power of Suggestion

John Bellville rings Mark Saber but falls unconscious. Saber finds Kitty Bellville dead and John fighting for his life following arsenic poisoning. Harrison Kane comes forward to say he give them the wine. Saber must find the truth.

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Episode 28

The Man Who Was Twice

Wells is accused by Mr. Rodney of fiddling the books. He has to the owner Mr. Westcott returns to get the money. Later that day he finds John Brading dying in the street and decides to take his identity unaware he is a wanted murderer.

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Episode 29

Dead Man's Hands

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Episode 30

Diamond Follies

Kathy Lansing dies in a car crash. She had a large diamond set in a cheap jewelry. The police think she may part of a smuggling ring alongside fiancee Tom Weeks. Saber knows her sister Jean so he speaks to Weeks but he is also murdered.

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Episode 31

A Diplomatic Affair

Petra Tomulkin is set for a secret meeting with her father but he is kidnapped in an Uranium embassy car. Mark Saber needs save Professor Franz Tomulkin but has to find a way inside the embassy before they torture him to death.

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Episode 32

Black Pawn, White Pawn

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Episode 33

Lillies for Lucas

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Episode 34

The White Cane

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Episode 35

Beyond Fear

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Episode 36

Don't Lose Your Shirt

Sun, Jun 1, 1958

Tim Shute loans his flat to his friend Fred Bassett, who is using it for an all night poker game. When Shute returns home he finds Bassett has been stabbed to death. Instead of going to the police his asks Mark Saber to find the murderer.

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Episode 37

Weakness Doesn't Pay

Sun, Jun 22, 1958

Mr. Poole asks Mark Saber to help his wife while he is on a trip to Paris. She has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and he fears she make commit suicide. When Saber arrives at their flat she is dead but it soon looks very suspicious.

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Episode 38

Field Goal

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Episode 39

Corpse Cried Murder

Two thugs badly beat up Mark Saber and warn him off the Pickard Case. Saber has never heard the name. The police tell him Amy Pickard has committed suicide. Next day, Jean Pickard visits Saber and asks him to solve her sister murder.

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