Is the fat man in white really as jovial and kindly as he seems, or is he the master of vice and soul destruction? That's the lesson that gangster Larry Blynden must learn in his first day of the afterlife where everything seems to be going his way... At first. The happy-go-lucky fat man in white is Sebastian Cabot, best known to TV fans as Mr. French on the "Family Affair" series, plays a spirit of such charm that there seems no way in this alternate world for blending to be completely happy. Everything seems to be going his way but he realizes that this world has no challenge for him, and that is a hell of a
different sort.
Cabot, once cast as Santa Claus in the TV remake of "The Miracle on 34th Street", plays the opposite side of the spectrum, filling his characterization with jolly good devilish delight, basking in the knowledge of his identity which Blyden does not realize until it is too late. written in a comic manner, once again the scriptwriter has the audience fooled with the serious teams below the surface and the twists and turns that ultimately are jaw-dropping. Fantastic art deco, speedy editing and crisp photography has this holding you prisoner just as much as Blynden is held in his afterlife prison. Cabot grabs onto his character's last line and roars just like the MGM lion as this brilliant episode comes to its chilling conclusion.
Cabot, once cast as Santa Claus in the TV remake of "The Miracle on 34th Street", plays the opposite side of the spectrum, filling his characterization with jolly good devilish delight, basking in the knowledge of his identity which Blyden does not realize until it is too late. written in a comic manner, once again the scriptwriter has the audience fooled with the serious teams below the surface and the twists and turns that ultimately are jaw-dropping. Fantastic art deco, speedy editing and crisp photography has this holding you prisoner just as much as Blynden is held in his afterlife prison. Cabot grabs onto his character's last line and roars just like the MGM lion as this brilliant episode comes to its chilling conclusion.