The Magician - Season 1

The Magician - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes21
DatesMar 17, 1973 - Apr 15, 1974

Episodes

The Manhunters
Season 1Episode 160 min

The Manhunters

In the series opener, Anthony Blake sets out to discover who tried to murder his best friend, Max Pomeroy, a newspaper columnist with an impressive   array   of   enemies. 

Oct 2, 1973
The Vanishing Lady
Season 1Episode 260 min

The Vanishing Lady

A young singer appearing with Tony in Las Vegas has been kidnapped by sinister thugs who plan to collect ransom—and then dump their captive in Lake Mead. 

Oct 9, 1973
Illusion in Terror
Season 1Episode 360 min

Illusion in Terror

Tony Blake meets and falls in love with beautiful Joanna Marsh, only to lose her in a tragíc hit-and-run accident.

Oct 23, 1973
Lightning on a Dry Day
Season 1Episode 460 min

Lightning on a Dry Day

Blake's life is placed in jeopardy when he seeks the reasons behind a hospitalized young boy's fright and retreat into silence. By making a plant grow before a distrusting woman's eyes, Blake hopes she will provide a clue to the event that traumatized a young man in a backwoods town full of close-mouthed people. While performing his magic act in a hospital, Blake encounters Ian Keefer, a 17-year-old who goes into hysterics when he sees fire in the act. Probing the core of Ian's dilemma takes Blake to Elm Ridge, a southern backwoods town where the people, including Sheriff Platt and Mrs. Thatcher, are fearful, silent and sometimes violent. 

Oct 30, 1973
Ovation for Murder
Season 1Episode 560 min

Ovation for Murder

In this strange tale, magician Anthony Blake (Bill Bixby) finds himself trying to prove the innocence of a friend who is accused of murder. The brutal fact is Blake and many others at a party witnessed the friend firing the gun at a man, but he swears he can't remember the shooting. He uses his disappearing magic to help the suspect in an escape plot from the prison hospital.

Nov 6, 1973
Man on Fire
Season 1Episode 660 min

Man on Fire

A woman who begins laughing hysterically when her boyfriend Paul proposes to her falls down a staircase after he shakes her. Matt Matthews, a supposed friend, photographs Paul as he carries the body outside and convinces him that the police will never believe his version of what happened and that he should put the body into a trunk and dump it in the lake. Matthews then immediately proceeds to blackmail Paul. Tony Blake is involved when Paul's son, Danny, finds out what happens and attempts to help his father, only to be captured by the villains. Blake's investigation leads him to a rendezvous at an ornate, Gothic style inn where he must find his informant and outwit the blackmailers.
Nov 20, 1973
Lady in a Trap
Season 1Episode 760 min

Lady in a Trap

Magician Anthony Blake is at the library to borrow a copy of a book on magic when a priceless Machiavelli manuscript is stolen. The thieves are caught but the manuscript is not recovered. The librarian takes the afternoon off to go boating off the coast of Malibu when her boyfriend shows her that he has the Machiavelli. She soon finds herself plunging to the ocean floor with a pair of weights chained to her ankles. Fortunately, Blake is scuba diving in the area and rescues her. Blake tracks down the boyfriend only to discover that he has been killed and the Machiavelli once again absconded. Blake finds the Machiavelli after being imprisoned in jail without charge and escaping. A secret message in the book points to the location of the buried loot at an abandoned winery. Tony makes his way to the winery but discovers that the villains are there to meet him. Tony must use every trick in his arsenal to escape from the crooks.
Nov 27, 1973
The Man Who Lost Himself
Season 1Episode 860 min

The Man Who Lost Himself

Magician Anthony Blake is setting up for a fund raising performance outside a church when a man, chased by two pursuers, stumbles onto the stage, trips over a piece of the rigging, and causes a scaffolding to collapse. The next scene finds Tony and the man, who he later finds out is named George, in a hospital room, Tony with a few bruises and George with amnesia. When the pursuers find George at the hospital, Tony rescues him and brings him to his friend, Max Pomeroy. Showing him a few pictures, Tony and Max are able to jog George's memory about an acquaintance, racecar driver Tim Dunnagin, whom George immediately runs out to see. Dunnagin reminds George that they were involved in a robbery 30 years earlier and that $1.6 million worth of loot is still hidden. Only George will be able to remember where it is--if he is able to get his memory back--but Dunnagin can be ruthless as well as impatient.
Dec 11, 1973
Nightmare in Steel
Season 1Episode 960 min

Nightmare in Steel

A band of modern-day pirates is seeking to hijack a tanker ship for its $4 million worth of fuel. They have coerced a merchant seaman to help them by kidnapping his wife, who had just gotten a role as Tony Blake's stage assistant. Tony steals onto the ship to overhear the pirates' nefarious plans and to try to devise a way to rescue husband and wife.
Dec 18, 1973
Shattered Image
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Shattered Image

After a magic class Tony Blake teaches, A carnival performer comes up to tell Tony about a little girl in his care--she seems to be upset about something. Tony discovers that the girl's father is in hiding for committing a murder he claims he did not commit. Tony discovers that the crime was really committed by a man named Malone-- and Tony arranges a trap in his magic workshop to trick Malone into making a confession.
Jan 8, 1974
The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)
Season 1Episode 1160 min

The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (1)

Lloyd Nolan guests as a reformed criminal who tries to disassociate with all criminal activities especially a shady prison executive who is masterminding a robbery. 

Jan 14, 1974
The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)
Season 1Episode 1260 min

The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit (2)

Tony Blake fails to rescue Janet from the jail in which the kidnappers are holding her. Soon he finds himself caught between the kidnappers, who have put out a contract on Janet, and her own father, who thinks Tony's efforts to rescue her are actually interfering with her safe return. Tony eventually steals into the currency printing plant that the kidnappers have taken over and tries to devise a way to rescue Janet.
Jan 21, 1974
The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady
Season 1Episode 1360 min

The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady

Irene Denore, a famous film actress of the silent era, is being held hostage in her own home by her ruthless business manager, Brad Nicholson, who is slowly bleeding her dry of her fortune. Meanwhile, reporter Victoria Hunter is trying to use Tony to get an exclusive interview with Irene. Tony is busy trying to uncover the true reason why the actress won't see anyone.
Jan 28, 1974
The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit
Season 1Episode 1460 min

The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit

Tony Blake is doing a benefit performance on a casino boat when a robbery takes place. As far as the police are concerned, the prime suspect in the crime is Tony's friend, boat operator Ed Cassidy (played by William Shatner), but Tony sets out to prove him innocent.
Feb 4, 1974
The Illusion of Black Gold
Season 1Episode 1560 min

The Illusion of Black Gold

Tony Blake stages a real life illusion--making it appear that a Alexander Polchek, a scientist from the Soviet Union, is killed so that he can be given a new identity. Thanks to a leak, however, a band of kidnappers is not fooled. They capture the scientist and hold an auction for his secret of extracting oil from shale rock. Californiamagic writes: This episode opens with what appears to be a well thought out assassination of a famous scientist at a public press conference..... But in reality Tony is helping to fake the doctor's death so that the doctor can go under an assumed name, and will no longer have to fear for his life. Why all the trouble? Because this doctor has the secret to extract oil from shale! But even with Tony's help, the bad guys figure out the doctor is not really dead, and kidnap him with plans to sell him to the highest bidder.
Feb 11, 1974
The Illusion of the Lost Dragon
Season 1Episode 1660 min

The Illusion of the Lost Dragon

Tony gets involved in a mystery of a stolen Chinese heirloom. A sculpture of a dragon is missing, and when Tony starts to get close to the culprits he gets a karate chop for his trouble! Looks like Tony is physically outmatched by the martial arts experts who steal the statue, but never underestimate the magic of Tony Blake, as he solves the mystery of the Lost Dragon and returns it to it's rightful owner. -- Submitted by Californiamagic
Feb 18, 1974
The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate
Season 1Episode 1760 min

The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate

In this episode, Tony is contacted by an old Magician Friend who is down on his luck, living out of a shelter. Apparently he is concerned about someone else who turned up missing from a local shelter, and asks for Tony's help. Tony investigates and soon finds things don't add up, and learns the gruesome details of what happens after staying at Reverend Wally's halfway house, just in time to save his magician friend from the same fate as the others before him.
Feb 25, 1974
The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow
Season 1Episode 1860 min

The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow

A young girl with psychic powers (Pamela Franklin) keeps seeing murders before they happen, so she enlists the aid of friend Tony Blake (Bill Bixby.)

Mar 4, 1974
The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings
Season 1Episode 1960 min

The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings

Tony finds out someone is trying to blackmail a friend, wealthy Jackson Wyndham, for $500,000. They have already broken into Wyndham's home, projected a bizarre puppet show in his private movie theatre, and booby-trapped his telephone with a bomb. After two close incidents, Tony becomes concerned for his friend and offers his help in finding out who is trying to blackmail him.
Mar 18, 1974
The Illusion of the Cat's Eye
Season 1Episode 2060 min

The Illusion of the Cat's Eye

In the search of a missing art treasure solid silver cat, Tony tracks a ruthless beauty and her killer panther.

Mar 25, 1974
The Illusion of the Evil Spikes
Season 1Episode 2160 min

The Illusion of the Evil Spikes

An escape artist is killed while performing his act and Tony goes after a special effects man against the wishes of several people.

Apr 15, 1974

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