Paul Dickson
Director
The Vise (1954)
Season 5
Mark Saber refers to a half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. Tom Conway portrayed Mark Saber as a plainclothes English detective working with the Homicide Division of the N.Y.P.D. in Mystery Theater which aired on ABC from October 1951 to June 1954. Donald Gray portrayed Mark Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. In The Vise which aired on ABC from September 1955 to June 1957. Donald Gray also portrayed Mark Saber in Saber of London which aired on NBC from October 1957 to May 1960.
Released Oct. 1, 1954
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Keywords: tmdb.police-detective, tmdb.private-detective, imdb.anthology
Production Companies: Danziger Productions Ltd.
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E6 - The Penny Black
An argument over a priceless stamp turns to murder when a stamp dealer is found dead in his office. A rival collector is accused of the crime and the theft of the rare stamp. But when he arrives at Saber's office asking for help to clear his name, Saber must determine if he is helping an innocent man being played for a fool.
S5E26 - Strong Man Out
In an audacious daylight robbery an £8000 payroll is stolen from the Diamond Manufacturing Company. When notes taken from the heist begin to appear in circulation and two of the alleged robbers turn up dead, Saber must act quickly before anyone else is murdered.
S5E1 - 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.
Sept. 13, 1959, midnight
S5E2 - Hands Across the Sea
Sept. 20, 1957, midnight
S5E3 - Deep in the Heart of Chelsea
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.
Sept. 27, 1957, midnight
S5E4 - 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.
Oct. 4, 1957, midnight
S5E5 - S5.E5 ∙ 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.
Oct. 11, 1957, midnight
S5E7 - Girls and Diamonds
Oct. 25, 1957, midnight
S5E8 - Murder Shall Speak
Nov. 1, 1957, midnight
S5E9 - The Baby-Sitter
Nov. 8, 1957, midnight
S5E10 - Hour of Decision
April 30, 1959, midnight
S5E12 - The Law and the Lawless
Nov. 29, 1957, midnight
S5E13 - Hidden Money
Dec. 10, 1957, midnight
S5E14 - 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.
Dec. 10, 1957, midnight
S5E15 - Saber's Bow and Arrow
May 21, 1959, midnight
S5E16 - Man About to Die
May 27, 1959, midnight
S5E17 - 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.
Jan. 5, 1958, midnight
S5E18 - Cheating Cheaters
Jan. 12, 1958, midnight
S5E19 - Six Months to Talk
Jan. 12, 1958, midnight
S5E20 - 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?
Jan. 12, 1958, midnight
S5E21 - Code to Murder
Jan. 19, 1958, midnight
S5E22 - 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.
June 17, 1959, midnight
S5E23 - 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.
April 18, 1960, midnight
S5E24 - Calling Charley: Emergency
Dec. 23, 1959, midnight
S5E25 - The Visitor
Sept. 24, 1958, midnight
S5E27 - 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.
July 21, 1958, midnight
S5E28 - 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.
July 22, 1958, midnight
S5E29 - Dead Man's Hands
Oct. 6, 1959, midnight
S5E30 - 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.
Oct. 7, 1958, midnight
S5E31 - 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.
Oct. 8, 1958, midnight
S5E32 - Black Pawn, White Pawn
Sept. 5, 1960, midnight
S5E33 - Lillies for Lucas
Nov. 20, 1958, midnight
S5E34 - The White Cane
Nov. 21, 1958, midnight
S5E35 - Beyond Fear
Nov. 27, 1959, midnight
S5E36 - Don't Lose Your Shirt
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.
June 9, 1958, midnight
S5E37 - Weakness Doesn't Pay
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.
June 22, 1958, midnight
S5E38 - Field Goal
June 23, 1958, midnight
S5E39 - 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.
June 24, 1958, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 6600 min.
Released: Oct. 1, 1954
Last Air Date: Sept. 5, 1960, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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