# 0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977)

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Podcast: [CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600)
Published: 2026-08-30T14:00:02+00:00
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0637 - The Book of Abaca (4/19/1977) Written by Sam Dann. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Alan Swift; Robert Dryden; Court Benson; Bryna Raeburn; Himan Brown (uncredited). The captain of a doomed oil freighter gives his chief engineer the ship's log book which reveals the many violations of the ship's owner. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the doctor in act 3.

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