Brian Keith and Pat Breslin play the parents of an adopted teenage girl who are being blackmailed. Either pay up or the crooks will reveal that her real father killed her mother and he died in prison. What a Hitchcock mess.
10 stars.
There are some dynamic character portrayals and a real creepy feel here. Keith (a forest ranger) plays hard ball with some sinister folk in a remote area. Don't miss the lone hooting owl.... And you know Hitch had to do something with that. Anything Alan Crosland, Jr directed had to be good, who took after his famous dad.
Mike Kellen, a terrific dramatic actor, plays one of the blackmailers, slowly going insane. Veteran character actor Philip Coolidge plays his partner, a favorite of Hitchcock for years. Coolidge was a distant cousin of President Coolidge, and there's a family resemblence. He was an excellent actor, and should have gotten bigger parts, as many critics have noted. He had a memorable role (almost Hitchcock-like) in the cult film THE TINGLER (1959), opposite Vincent Price.
Brian Keith, as usual, is his rugged self and you really feel sorry for him. An extremely well acted and written mystery, one of the early entries in the one hour format which also used more of the sprawling Universal backlot.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 remastered CBS box set. According to Amazon, many of the box set dvds were produced in Europe and will not play on American made players. That also includes the large box set featuring the entire series episodes. Check with the seller first for these "Region 2" dvds.
10 stars.
There are some dynamic character portrayals and a real creepy feel here. Keith (a forest ranger) plays hard ball with some sinister folk in a remote area. Don't miss the lone hooting owl.... And you know Hitch had to do something with that. Anything Alan Crosland, Jr directed had to be good, who took after his famous dad.
Mike Kellen, a terrific dramatic actor, plays one of the blackmailers, slowly going insane. Veteran character actor Philip Coolidge plays his partner, a favorite of Hitchcock for years. Coolidge was a distant cousin of President Coolidge, and there's a family resemblence. He was an excellent actor, and should have gotten bigger parts, as many critics have noted. He had a memorable role (almost Hitchcock-like) in the cult film THE TINGLER (1959), opposite Vincent Price.
Brian Keith, as usual, is his rugged self and you really feel sorry for him. An extremely well acted and written mystery, one of the early entries in the one hour format which also used more of the sprawling Universal backlot.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 remastered CBS box set. According to Amazon, many of the box set dvds were produced in Europe and will not play on American made players. That also includes the large box set featuring the entire series episodes. Check with the seller first for these "Region 2" dvds.