About this season
A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom Conway as the titular character, a plainclothes English detective working with the NYPD Homicide Division. The Vise (seasons 1–4): Donald Gray portrays Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. Broadcast on ABC from October 1954 to June 1957. Saber of London (seasons 5–7): Gray reprises his role in this final iteration, broadcast on NBC from September 1957 to May 1960.
Episodes (38)
1. The Captain and His Killers
Aired 13 September 1959 • 30 min
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.
2. Hands Across the Sea
Aired 20 September 1957 • 30 min
3. Deep in the Heart of Chelsea
Aired 27 September 1957 • 30 min
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.
4. Death by Delayed Payment
Aired 4 October 1957 • 30 min
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.
5. S5.E5 ∙ The Missing Hours
Aired 11 October 1957 • 30 min
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.
6. 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.
7. Girls and Diamonds
Aired 25 October 1957 • 30 min
8. Murder Shall Speak
Aired 1 November 1957 • 30 min
9. The Baby-Sitter
Aired 8 November 1957 • 30 min
10. Hour of Decision
Aired 30 April 1959 • 30 min
12. The Law and the Lawless
Aired 29 November 1957 • 30 min
13. Hidden Money
Aired 10 December 1957 • 30 min
14. Fast Cars and Girls
Aired 10 December 1957 • 30 min
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.
15. Saber's Bow and Arrow
Aired 21 May 1959 • 30 min
16. Man About to Die
Aired 27 May 1959 • 30 min
17. Saber at Sea
Aired 5 January 1958 • 30 min
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.
18. Cheating Cheaters
Aired 12 January 1958 • 30 min
19. Six Months to Talk
Aired 12 January 1958 • 30 min
20. Four Against Three
Aired 12 January 1958 • 30 min
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?
21. Code to Murder
Aired 19 January 1958 • 30 min
22. The Case of Mr Shore
Aired 17 June 1959 • 30 min
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.
23. The Maid Was Curious
Aired 18 April 1960 • 30 min
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.
24. Calling Charley: Emergency
Aired 23 December 1959 • 30 min
25. The Visitor
Aired 24 September 1958 • 30 min
26. 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.
27. Power of Suggestion
Aired 21 July 1958 • 30 min
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.
28. The Man Who Was Twice
Aired 22 July 1958 • 30 min
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.
29. Dead Man's Hands
Aired 6 October 1959 • 30 min
30. Diamond Follies
Aired 7 October 1958 • 30 min
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.
31. A Diplomatic Affair
Aired 8 October 1958 • 30 min
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.
32. Black Pawn, White Pawn
Aired 5 September 1960 • 30 min
33. Lillies for Lucas
Aired 20 November 1958 • 30 min
34. The White Cane
Aired 21 November 1958 • 30 min
35. Beyond Fear
Aired 27 November 1959 • 30 min
36. Don't Lose Your Shirt
Aired 9 June 1958 • 30 min
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.
37. Weakness Doesn't Pay
Aired 22 June 1958 • 30 min
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.
38. Field Goal
Aired 23 June 1958 • 30 min
39. Corpse Cried Murder
Aired 24 June 1958 • 30 min
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.