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. Curse of Death
Aired 12 October 1958 • 30 min
2. The Killer and the Kid
Aired 19 October 1958 • 30 min
An 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.
3. Paid Off
Aired 26 October 1958 • 30 min
Freddy 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.
4. Trap for Murder
Aired 2 November 1958 • 30 min
5. Night on the Town
Aired 9 November 1958 • 30 min
6. Background for Murder
Aired 16 November 1958 • 30 min
John 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.
7. Where There's a Will
Aired 23 November 1958 • 30 min
Mrs. 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.
8. A Toast to Death
Aired 30 November 1958 • 30 min
Sylvia 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.
9. It Walks at Night
Aired 7 December 1958 • 30 min
Sir 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.
10. The Lady Doesn't Scare
Aired 14 December 1958 • 30 min
11. Uncle William
Aired 21 December 1958 • 30 min
Joe 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.
12. The Black Widow
Aired 4 January 1959 • 30 min
13. Hour of Reckoning
Aired 8 March 1959 • 30 min
Frank 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.
14. Double Take
Aired 5 April 1959 • 30 min
15. Cooked-Up Murder
Aired 12 April 1959 • 30 min
16. Dark Moments
Aired 19 April 1959 • 30 min
17. Platinum Murder
Aired 26 April 1959 • 30 min
A 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.
18. Silent Accusation
Aired 3 May 1959 • 30 min
Fred 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.
19. Under Suspicion
Aired 10 May 1959 • 30 min
A 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.
20. Dangerous Meeting
Aired 17 May 1959 • 30 min
21. Dilemma for Harry
Aired 24 May 1959 • 30 min
22. Operation Arson
Aired 31 May 1959 • 30 min
Mr. 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.
23. Come Out Fighting
Aired 7 June 1959 • 30 min
The trainer of a prizefighter asks Mark Saber to investigate when his fighter walks out before a championship bout.
24. Time Alibi for Murder
Aired 14 June 1959 • 30 min
25. Out of the Past
Aired 21 June 1959
Amy 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.
26. Incident in Soho
Aired 28 June 1959 • 30 min
27. Jockey Missing
Aired 5 July 1959 • 30 min
A 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.
28. Death Hides Out
Aired 12 July 1959 • 30 min
An 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.
29. Switch to Murder
Aired 19 July 1959 • 30 min
A 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.
30. Silence for Sale
Aired 26 July 1959 • 30 min
Sir 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.
31. Arena for Fraud
Aired 2 August 1959 • 30 min
A 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.
32. 1000 Alibis
Aired 9 August 1959 • 30 min
An 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.
33. The Opportunists
Aired 16 August 1959 • 30 min
Susy 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.
34. A Date with Trouble
Aired 23 August 1959 • 30 min
35. Death at His Fingertips
Aired 30 August 1959 • 30 min
36. Murder for Revenge
Aired 6 September 1959 • 30 min
Businessman 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.
37. Dead Before Arrival
Aired 13 September 1959 • 30 min
Mari 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.
38. Fire!
Aired 20 September 1959 • 30 min
Mark Saber is employed by an insurance company to investigate a series of fires plaguing the warehouses owned by Roy Burgess.