
Mark Saber (1954)
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.
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Episode 1 - Curse of Death
Release Date: 1958-10-12 -
Episode 2 - The Killer and the Kid
Release Date: 1958-10-19An escaped murderer persuades a young boy to get him clothes and food. But when the child's father discovers the items are missing, he calls Mark Saber.
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Episode 3 - Paid Off
Release Date: 1958-10-26Freddy Benson steals diamonds smuggled in from Amsterdam and leaves the courier for dead. The courier reaches former Sir George Royston but dies. Royston has been in prison so decides to ask Mark Saber for help rather than the police.
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Episode 4 - Trap for Murder
Release Date: 1958-11-02 -
Episode 5 - Night on the Town
Release Date: 1958-11-09 -
Episode 6 - Background for Murder
Release Date: 1958-11-16John Perry is arrested for the murder of Howard Armstrong. He is engaged to his niece Julia, who asks Mark Saber for help. Housekeeper Mrs. Frost worships Armstrong and wants Perry to hang. She later admits Armstrong committed suicide.
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Episode 7 - Where There's a Will
Release Date: 1958-11-23Mrs. Kraft finds the body of Mrs Ridley, the companion to neighbour Mrs. Verity. Mark Saber learns Mrs. Verity has just died and Mrs. Ridley was set to be the main beneficiary. Mrs. Verity's family are now jockeying over who benefits most.
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Episode 8 - A Toast to Death
Release Date: 1958-11-30Sylvia suspects that her mother's second husband, Count Dariani, is up to no good. She engages Mark Saber, who solves the mystery with a bottle of champagne.
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Episode 9 - It Walks at Night
Release Date: 1958-12-07Sir Thomas Winters begs Mark Saber for help. He says he is haunted by the Curse of Eye Halwara and claim he has actually seen it. His family believe he's going out of his mind. Saber learns that the family will all benefit from his death.
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Episode 10 - The Lady Doesn't Scare
Release Date: 1958-12-14 -
Episode 11 - Uncle William
Release Date: 1958-12-21Joe Kelly meets Kathleen Grant to ask about his fiancee Jane's suicide. He believes that Jane's father, Uncle William is lying and asks Mark Saber to get to the truth. He learns that Kathleen has now inherited Jane's money worth £100,000.
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Episode 12 - The Black Widow
Release Date: 1959-01-04 -
Episode 13 - Hour of Reckoning
Release Date: 1959-03-08Frank gambles heavily to impress a girl. But he loses all his money, and puts her life in danger. As a result, Mark Saber is engaged to save her.
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Episode 14 - Double Take
Release Date: 1959-04-05 -
Episode 15 - Cooked-Up Murder
Release Date: 1959-04-12 -
Episode 16 - Dark Moments
Release Date: 1959-04-19 -
Episode 17 - Platinum Murder
Release Date: 1959-04-26A caretaker, Dumphy throws a brick at a thief running away. The thief is dead but only has a lighting fixture on him. The dead man's is Albert Taff, a bank guard who suddenly quit. Mark Saber learns lighting fixture is made of platinum.
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Episode 18 - Silent Accusation
Release Date: 1959-05-03Fred Winchell has just been released from prison. Tom Brent offers him the chance earn £50,000. All he has to do is give Tom and his wife an alibi when he leaves to murders his aunt. The local inspector is foxed and asks Mark Saber help.
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Episode 19 - Under Suspicion
Release Date: 1959-05-10A young London policeman asks detective Mark Saber to assist him in clearing his name when Scotland Yard suspects him of complicity in a series of robberies.
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Episode 20 - Dangerous Meeting
Release Date: 1959-05-17 -
Episode 21 - Dilemma for Harry
Release Date: 1959-05-24 -
Episode 22 - Operation Arson
Release Date: 1959-05-31Mr. Shaw is an house builder who has been hit by a string of arson's. He fell out with the fire service and asks Mark Saber to find the culprit. Mrs. Walston was sacked from Shaw's and she told her son Chester, who set fires in revenge.
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Episode 23 - Come Out Fighting
Release Date: 1959-06-07The trainer of a prizefighter asks Mark Saber to investigate when his fighter walks out before a championship bout.
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Episode 24 - Time Alibi for Murder
Release Date: 1959-06-14 -
Episode 25 - Out of the Past
Release Date: 1959-06-21Amy Kubrick visits London to see the editor of the Daily Echo. They printed a picture of a man she recognised. He is Mason Crowder and later confronts him. Next day she is found strangled. The editor recognises her and tells Mark Saber.
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Episode 26 - Incident in Soho
Release Date: 1959-06-28 -
Episode 27 - Jockey Missing
Release Date: 1959-07-05A young jockey who brings in the first winner for a hard-luck racing stable disappears after his victory. The stable owner's daughter asks Mark Saber to investigate.
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Episode 28 - Death Hides Out
Release Date: 1959-07-12An elderly lady visits Mark Saber, because she believes her house is haunted. He agrees to take the case, and to spend the night at the property.
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Episode 29 - Switch to Murder
Release Date: 1959-07-19A sultan discovers that a diamond delivered to him by a jewelry salesman is fake and Mark Saber is hired by an insurance company to investigate the switch.
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Episode 30 - Silence for Sale
Release Date: 1959-07-26Sir Robert Quinlan hires detective Mark Saber to find a blackmailer. Saber becomes suspicious when he discovers that the blackmailer has not approached Sir Robert, but his wife, Lady Quinlan.
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Episode 31 - Arena for Fraud
Release Date: 1959-08-02A young boxer wishes to give up the fight game, but vested interests stand to lose a lot of money if he walks away, and doesn't become the champion.
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Episode 32 - 1000 Alibis
Release Date: 1959-08-09An elderly woman informs Mark Saber that her son's life is threatened by a young actress. The young man ridicules the idea that anyone is trying to kill him, but while he is being questioned by Saber, someone takes a shot at him.
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Episode 33 - The Opportunists
Release Date: 1959-08-16Susy Wilmot and her friend Betty are on a touring holiday, in the West Country. They are unaware someone is watching. Her father, Fred gets an anonymous call demanding £10,000, in the next 24 hours. He agrees but asks Mark Saber to help.
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Episode 34 - A Date with Trouble
Release Date: 1959-08-23 -
Episode 35 - Death at His Fingertips
Release Date: 1959-08-30 -
Episode 36 - Murder for Revenge
Release Date: 1959-09-06Businessman John Adams wife Stella has weaponised her heart attack to be spiteful. Adams is meeting actress Betsy Linton. His designer Lynch, wants him to let him out of of his royalties deal. When Adams is shot, Betsy needs Mark Saber.
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Episode 37 - Dead Before Arrival
Release Date: 1959-09-13Mari Carmen asks Mark Saber to find her guitarist boyfriend, Antonio Peron, who has vanished. Saber learns a dead body was found by workers moving crates, at the dock. The body is unrecogisable but Saberis sure his boss, Gujaro is lying.
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Episode 38 - Fire!
Release Date: 1959-09-20Mark Saber is employed by an insurance company to investigate a series of fires plaguing the warehouses owned by Roy Burgess.