Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Name: Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Genre: Mystery, Drama
Cast: Orson Welles, Joan Collins, Ian Bannen, Daphne Heard, Milo O'Shea

Mystery

Drama

September 1, 1973 – February 23, 1974 (began 53 years ago)

25m / episode

6.8/10

Ended

1 Season

26 Episodes

Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is a British television anthology series produced by Anglia Television for the ITV network and broadcast between 1973 and 1974. The series presents standalone adaptations of classic mystery, crime, and supernatural stories drawn from literary sources including Dickens, Conan Doyle, Wilkie Collins, Balzac, Maugham, O. Henry, and others. Each episode is framed by original introductory and closing sequences performed by Orson Welles, who serves as the series’ host and sole recurring on-screen presence. These segments, written and directed by Welles (uncredited), function as stylized narrative framing devices rather than dramatic participation in the stories themselves. The dramatic content of each episode is performed by separate casts and directors, with no continuing characters or serialized narrative, establishing the series as a unified television anthology rather than a collection of standalone films.

Key Crew

Creator

Orson Welles

Director

Orson Welles

Ages 58

Writer

Orson Welles

Ages 58

Orson Welles

Self - Host

Ages 58

26 eps

Joan Collins

Jane Blake

Ages 40

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Key Crew

Season 1

Cast (100)

Directors

Writers