CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Episode 75

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Title:

Men Without Mouths

Plot:

A gangster adopts the daughter of a dead comrade and sees her off faithfully until her happy marriage. With approaching old age however, he is tormented with visions of men without mouths despite the sincere aid from his sworn daughter.

Episode:

0075

Air Dates:

First Run - April 16, 1974
Repeat - July 6, 1974
Repeat - February 29, 1980

Actors:

Elliott, Patricia

Lewis, Ira

Ocko, Dan

Silver, Joe

Writer:

Slesar, Henry

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9 Responses to Episode 0075

Excellent episode. Very satisfying to discover who the men without mouths are. Suspense, no supernatural elements.
	Andy, 2012-01-18 15:08:16

Well-acted psychological drama made even better by the fabulous rumbling voice of "Uncle Joe!"
	Nancy, 2012-08-11 22:23:05

A former gangster (with a great radio voice) has panic attacks and visualizes men and women without mouths. His "neice" is soon to be married to a young doctor who believes the attacks are borne from guilt. His toment eventually ends but not because of a simple confession. We learn why the men have no mouths in the last few seconds of the play.
	Rico, 2012-12-12 11:00:07

A Baritone with a criminal history, men without mouths and an attempt at redemption.
	Lady Lane S., 2012-12-13 10:22:28

A man's violent criminal past may be coming back to haunt him when he finds himself confronted wherever he goes by men who literally have no mouths. His "neice" and her fiance try to cure him of these terrible visions but the man's only salvation may lie within the secrets of his deadly past. The episode's premise is intriguing but ultimately I felt like it didn't really go anywhere. There is an ending that attempts to explain all that has happened but I was hoping for something a little more imaginative. Genre: Drama

Sean Chelly Shawn, 2012-12-16 10:41:28

Story of a retired gangster who keeps seeing people with no mouths. It's a creepy image in a decent story with interesting characters... but not much of an ending.
	Mel Tiangco, 2013-01-17 09:22:54

A mobster takes in the daughter of a dead compatriot and raises her as his own. As he approaches his twilight years, he's haunted by visions of creatures without mouths. His adopted daughter son-in-law try to help him. Good story with a solid ending. One of the most remembered shows in the show's history.
	Jelly Bradford, 2013-01-17 09:25:11

An ex-mobster looks after his buddy's daughter after he was killed. She, unaware of his past, wants him to meet her fiancé, a medical doctor, who knows about him, seeks to help him with the terrifying visions he has of men without mouths that cause him to lose consciousness.
	Fiona, 2013-01-17 09:38:10

I thought it was a good ending, because I also include finding out what really happened to the girls father as part of the ending, it really ties it all together.
	DanR, 2013-03-26 08:43:20

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