`Logo of ${APP_NAME}`

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of different tales. Each episode was introduced by Orson Welles, who was the only regular actor in the series. In the opening titles, Welles would be shown in silhouette as he walked through a hallway towards the camera, smoking a cigar and outfitted in a broad-brimmed hat and a huge cloak, the outfit itself being a nod to his having provided the voice of The Shadow in the radio program. When he actually appeared on-screen to introduce the episodes, his face would be all that would be shown, in extreme close-up and very low lighting.

en
Mystery
Drama
Created By

Orson Welles

First Aired on

Sep 01, 1973

1 seaons till Feb 23, 1974

Popularity: 35.0925
3 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

20th Century Fox Television (US)ITV (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: The Furnished Room

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 26 episodes

Season 1

Aired

26 Episodes
  • Episode 1Captain Rogers25 min

    The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows he is secretly the notorious pirate Captain Rogers.

  • Episode 2The Leather Funnel25 min

    When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a presentiment that it was once used as an instrument of torture

  • Episode 3A Terribly Strange Bed25 min

    Charles Faulkner, a young American gambler in Paris, should have left the casino after striking it lucky. Why the devil did he accept to sleep in the casino's guest bed? This was to be the most horrible night he had ever lived.

  • Episode 4La Grande Breteche25 min

    A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is imprisoned at the country house of an elderly aristocrat with a bored young wife - whose lover he becomes, with deadly consequences.

  • Episode 5The Dinner Party25 min

    Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board of directors? It all depends on the suitability of his wife. His bosses attend a small dinner party given by the Blakes to check her out.

Crew & Team

Orson Welles

Director

Similar shows