From Beyond the Grave

First sketch of the home life of Ian Bannen as downtrodden London middle manager Lowe, who bought shoelaces from the will-be villain, in the second segment (titled An Act Of Kindness) of the horror anthology, carrying little weight with his wife (Diana Dors as Mabel) or son (John O'Farrell), the first feature from the later Hollywood-based prolific TV director Kevin Connor, in From Beyond The Grave, 1973, from stories by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

Opening the third segment, The Elemental, Ian Carmichael as foppish Reggie tries to hoodwink the shopkeeper Peter Cushing, appearing to succeed, then on the train meets the kooky Margaret Leighton who is, we will learn, “Madame Orloff,” in the hit British horror anthology From Beyond The Grave, 1973.

Early in the fourth segment, The Door, the “Proprietor” Peter Cushing meets Ian Ogilvy as Seaton, who buys an ornate door while arousing some suspicion, then brings it home to his prepossessing wife Margaret (Lesley-Anne Down), in the horror anthology From Beyond The Grave, 1973.

From the first episode, The Gatecrasher, Edward (David Warner) is inspired by the mirror brought from the shop which links the stories, to hold a séance, Wendy Allnut as his girlfriend Pam, Marcel Steiner the unexpected guest, in From Beyond The Grave, 1973.

Ian Bannen as henpecked Lowe has his second meeting with panhandling disabled vet Jim (Donald Pleasence), who flatters him as a military man, inspiring him to return to the shop, greeted by the proprietor Peter Cushing, to obtain the medal he earlier coveted, in the horror anthology From Beyond The Grave, 1973.