The Star and the Story

A writer's fiction becomes terrifying reality, sucking him into his own novel being played out. Ray Ericson writes of a lovely woman who leaves her steady boyfriend for a man out to kill her. Suddenly he realizes life is imitating art: he is in the killer role! How can the novelist prevent destroying the woman he's come to love?

A ship's first mate is jealous of the captain because of his new bride. The 1st mate and captain's wife are native islanders who believe in voodoo. The bride is worried the 1st mate will harm her husband, but the captain is unconcerned.

As a young girl, Laura's lie put a man in prison for twenty years, and now, years later, she wants to make up for it with the man she lied about, but he wants revenge.

On the eve of her wedding, a waitress gives her life savings to her fiance to invest for their future. Not surprisingly, he vanishes without a trace. Except for one clue -- a time table for the Fox Island Ferry.

A detective is escorting a convict on a train to testify in court. The two men are handcuffed to each other, the convict seems very calm, and the detective seems very nervous. Will this be a safe journey?

A man's wife makes a deal for a divorce. If he doesn't see his mistress for three months, she will grant the divorce.

A woman tries to destroy her daughter's romance by pretending to be an invalid.

A couple vacationing in cabin in the wilderness encounter a madman bent on murder.

This entertaining anthology series was hosted by Henry Fonda during the Golden Era of TV. An American tourist is challenged to a duel by a Spanish swordsman after he innocently flirted with his wife.

A young woman is trying to find a job in Chicago and is told she needs to learn short hand and wear a hat. She goes hat shopping but can't get excited about it because all she really wants is a husband.

A man blames his wife's death on his soon to be son-in-law.

A retired gentleman has been forbidden by his wife from going to the casino. He sneaks out anyway and wins 2 million francs. A young vixen observes his winnings and demands the 2 mil as blackmail.

A married woman, afraid of growing old, plans to leave her husband when she is romanced by a much younger man.

A pompous official confronts his wife's infidelity.

Paddy Faneen is the town storyteller and McGinnis is his chief skeptic. Problem is, McGinnis' grandson Terry wants to marry Paddy's granddaughter Sheila and Paddy's latest yarn about a flying saucer is causing turmoil between the 2 clans.

An aging matador and his little brother are to fight "Mano a Mano" in the bullring, the event having been organized by the brothers' two agents. Everyone is looking forward to the event except for the aging matador, for whom the event has triggered a mid-life crisis.

At a European resort, a writer encounters a seedy polygamist courting an unsuspecting girl.

A newspaperman, assigned to a murder story, discovers that the victim is a childhood pal who was trying to go straight after a career in the underworld.

A man who has been in prison for a crime he didn't commit seeks out the rookie cop whose testimony sent him there.

Jane is a flawless housekeeper to her government official employer, Mr. Harenger. In fact, he is so pleased, he would like to change her job title to "wife."

A bored and frivolous heiress is out for a joy ride and kills a young mother of two. At her trial, the heiress receives a unique sentence.

A trespasser gets involved with a heiress.

During "the norther," an old Western term for a blistering heat wave, Marshal Matt Galt goes after two desperadoes who robbed the Cimarron post office and killed the postmaster.