Network, which released the DVD Orson Welles Great Mysteries Volume 1 in the United Kingdom last year, will release the second and final volume on October 26.
Produced by Anglia Television, the 25-minute long episodes were originally broadcast by Britain’s ITV between September 1973 and February 1974. Thirteen episodes were featured on the first volume and the remaining 13 shows are contained on Volume 2.
The episodes featured on the second volume of Orson Welles Great Mysteries – include tales from Margery Allingham, Dorothy L. Sayers, Stanley Ellin and W. Somerset Maugham.
Look for appearances by Victor Buono, Joan Collins, Dean Stockwell, Ian Bannen, Hugh Griffith, Carol Lynley, Richard Johnson, and Patrick Macnee.
Like the previously issued 10-episode German DVD set from Pidax Film Media,, the UK release is encoded in the PAL, Region 2 format, which means it is not compatible with most North American players. (There has been no word of a U.S. release.)
The episodes featured on this set, include:
Money to Burn
Battle of Wits
Come Into My Parlour
Farewell to the Faulkners
The Inspiration of Mr Budd
The Dinner Party
Unseen Alibi
Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl
A Point of Law
Where There’s a Will
The Power of Fear
Ice Storm
A Time to Remember
Welles’ involvement in the British series was limited.
A decade later, Welles hosted the short-lived NBC anthology series Scene of the Crime.
Ordering information may be found at networkonair.com/popular-products/3207-orson-welles-great-mysteries-volume-2
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