Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973)

Name: Orson Welles Great Mysteries
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Orson Welles

Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is a British television anthology series produced by Anglia Television for the ITV network and broadcast between 1973 and 1974. The series presents standalone adaptations of classic mystery, crime, and supernatural stories drawn from literary sources including Dickens, Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Balzac, Maugham, O. Henry, and others. Each episode is framed by original introductory and closing sequences performed by Orson Welles, who serves as the series’ host and sole recurring on-screen presence. These segments, written and directed by Welles (uncredited), function as stylized narrative framing devices rather than dramatic participation in the stories themselves. The dramatic content of each episode is performed by separate casts and directors, with no continuing characters or serialized narrative, establishing the series as a unified television anthology rather than a collection of standalone films.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (287 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Orson Welles Self - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (1973)

7.04 avg 26 episodes 7.5 → 6.2 24 min avg

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Captain Rogers	7.5	63
2	The Leather Funnel	7.6	64
3	A Terribly Strange Bed	6.7	67
4	La Grande Breteche	8.5	135
5	The Dinner Party	7.8	55
6	Money to Burn	7.1	45
7	In the Confessional	7.0	53
8	Unseen Alibi	6.8	32
9	Battle of Wits	7.4	33
10	A Point of Law	7.2	37
11	The Monkey's Paw	8.1	64
12	The Ingenious Reporter	6.7	49
13	Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl	6.8	48
14	For Sale - Silence	6.9	49
15	The Inspiration of Mr. Budd	7.2	43
16	An Affair of Honour	7.1	47
17	Farewell to the Faulkners	6.5	26
18	The Power of Fear	6.4	29
19	Where There's a Will	6.9	35
20	A Time to Remember	6.8	31
21	Ice Storm	7.0	33
22	Come Into My Parlour	7.0	36
23	Compliments of the Season	6.9	54
24	Under Suspicion	6.1	45
25	Trial for Murder	6.9	46
26	The Furnished Room	6.2	45

Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973)

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