Tales Of The Unexpected Episode Guide

25. The Man at the Top

Young sailor Hardy is left stranded when his ship sails without him. He robs a man but accidentally kills him. Diane, his girlfriend, tells him of a man who may be able to help him. Sam Madrid is The Man at The Top, and Hardy is in for a shock when he meets him.

Main Cast: Peter Firth, Rachel Davies, Cassie McFarlane

26. The Flypaper

The police are dragging the marshes looking for a young schoolgirl. It appears that a child-killer is on the loose. When Sylvia is accosted by a strange man on the bus, Mrs Harrison, a motherly middle-aged woman, comes to the rescue and sends him packing. Is the kindly woman all she seems?

Main Cast: Stephanie Cole, Alfred Burke, Bernadette Windsor

27. A Picture of a Place

Confidence trickster Merv Pottinger travels the countryside conning elderly people out of their valuable treasures by insisting that they are worthless. When he meets Hazel, whose son owns a run-down farm, he buys what he thinks is a valuable painting at a paltry price. Is the painting worth what he thinks it is?

Main Cast: Michael Troughton, Bill Maynard, Jessie Matthews, Judy Riley

28. Proof of Guilt

George Stamford is the prime suspect in a murder case. He was locked in a room with the deceased man, but there is no evidence against him. Can inspector Walters crack the case?

Main Cast: Jeremy Clyde, Roy Marsden, Dudley Sutton

29. vengeance is Mine Inc

Two out-of-luck actors, tired of living hand-to-mouth, set up a business called Vengeance is Mine Inc, where they exact revenge on anyone their client should desire. Actress Mrs. Wilbur wants them to punch art critic Lionel Brewster and even gives them disguises to carry out their attack. What could possibly go wrong?

Main Cast: Julian Fellowes, Betsy Blair, Morris Barry

30. A Girl Can't Always Have Everything

Two struggling actresses, Suzy and Pat, share an apartment. Herbert, a middle-aged widower, becomes the theatre's rich backer, and Suzy soon latches on to him. She gets lots of expensive gifts from him but is less than than pleased when he asks her to marry him. Suzy asks Pat for some help.

Main Cast: Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, James Faulkner

31. Parson's Pleasure

Cyril Boggis poses as a cergyman and pretends he is the president of a society which preserves rare furniture. In reality he tries to purchase valuable antiques at a rock bottom price and sell them at a huge profit. One day he spots a valuable piece owned by a farmer, but is his luck just about to end?

Main Cast: John Gielgud, Bernard Miles, Lee Montague, Godfrey James

32. The Stinker

Jack Cutler is a highly successful businessman. He meets timid Harold Tinker, who he used to bully at school and call him "stinker tinker". He offers him a job. Harold accepts the offer to please his wife, but he soon suspects her of having an affair with his old school foe.

Main Cast: Denholm Elliot, Joss Ackland, Patricia Quinn

33. I'll Be Seeing You

Roland Trent is married to a miilionairess. He is having an affair with a young woman who is nearly blind. He decides to leave his wife for her even though it will leave him broke.

Main Cast: Anthony Valentine, Hilary Tindall, Amanda Redman, Roger Brierley

34. The Party

Harry Knox hears rumours that the toy factory he manages is being sold to foreigners. Highly annoyed and believing that he will be given the sack, he decides to torch the factory.

Main Cast: Robert Morley, Joyce Redman, Amanda Redman

35. Would You Believe It?

Miller and Tanner are archaeologists who have unearthed a striking statue of a woman in Jordan. They load it onto their truck and try to smuggle it through the border to Israel in order to sell it. A rainstorm stymies their plans!

Main Cast: Nigel Havers, Richard Johnson

36. Vicious Circle

An elderly woman catches a young burgular, Rex Tobin, at her home in the act of stealing. She gives him a chance to go straight, but he isn't really interested. What will the old woman do about it?

Main Cast: Patrick Field, Siobhan McKenna, Lesley Goldie, Roger Evans