Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Season 1 Episode 2: The Leather Funnel

Sep 08, 1973NR25m8

When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a presentiment that it was once used as an instrument of torture.

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries background

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Captain Rogers

1. Captain Rogers

Aired: Sep 1, 1973

The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed b...

Episode 2 The Leather Funnel

2. The Leather Funnel

Aired: Sep 8, 1973

When a young man discovers a curious funnel made of leather, he has a present...

Episode 4 La Grande Breteche

4. La Grande Breteche

Aired: Sep 22, 1973

A Spanish officer, captured by the French during the Peninsular War, is impri...

Episode 5 The Dinner Party

5. The Dinner Party

Aired: Sep 29, 1973

Blake is a brilliant accountant, but does he deserve a promotion to the board...

Episode 6 Money to Burn

6. Money to Burn

Aired: Oct 6, 1973

A French girl in London finds herself in the awkward position of owing money ...

Episode 7 In the Confessional

7. In the Confessional

Aired: Oct 13, 1973

An old tramp takes refuge in a church, and, concealed within the confessional...

Episode 8 Unseen Alibi

8. Unseen Alibi

Aired: Oct 20, 1973

Dean Stockwell stars as the victim of an elaborately staged murder frame cent...

Episode 9 Battle of Wits

9. Battle of Wits

Aired: Oct 27, 1973

At the end of the semester, college professor Richard Lumsden is getting read...

Episode 10 A Point of Law

10. A Point of Law

Aired: Nov 3, 1973

A lawyer cannot stop a middle-aged spinster from making a fool of herself wit...

Episode 11 The Monkey's Paw

11. The Monkey's Paw

Aired: Nov 10, 1973

An old army sergeant, back in England after long service in India, shows some...

Episode 14 For Sale - Silence

14. For Sale - Silence

Aired: Dec 1, 1973

Businessman Pennington is bribed by a Mr. Briggs due to an extramarital affai...

Episode 16 An Affair of Honour

16. An Affair of Honour

Aired: Dec 15, 1973

India: After secret plans for the defence of a harbour are secretly copied, B...

Episode 18 The Power of Fear

18. The Power of Fear

Aired: Dec 29, 1973

A handyman, finding that a number of middle-aged housewives require him for r...

Episode 19 Where There's a Will

19. Where There's a Will

Aired: Jan 5, 1974

A letter opened in error provides rather dangerous knowledge concerning a mur...

Episode 20 A Time to Remember

20. A Time to Remember

Aired: Jan 12, 1974

Zigorin, a top Russian spy, has defected to the West. But is he really Zigori...

Episode 21 Ice Storm

21. Ice Storm

Aired: Jan 19, 1974

An "Ice Storm" traps a woman with a potential thief masquerading as one of th...

Episode 24 Under Suspicion

24. Under Suspicion

Aired: Feb 9, 1974

A pianist on an international tour is forced to spy for the secret police to ...

Episode 25 Trial for Murder

25. Trial for Murder

Aired: Feb 16, 1974

During a murder trial in 19th-century England, one of the jurors begins to ha...

Episode 26 The Furnished Room

26. The Furnished Room

Aired: Feb 23, 1974

A young man's month-long search for a missing girl ends in a haunted room of ...

Info about Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy