User Reviews

Sometimes "Four Star Playhouse" was a great show and sometimes it wasn't...and when it wasn't, often it was because they just tried to shove too much into the half hour time slot. This film is a good example of the latter.

When the film begins, a husband is doting over his invalid wife (Ida Lupino) and everything seems fine with the marriage. However, both soon begin talking to their friends and you learn that the marriage is an awful mess. The disabled wife apparently caused the injury to herself because she's unstable. You learn from her that she's actually faking the injury--or at least playing it up to punish and control the husband! This is a great setup, but there simply is too much story and the thing is way too contrived and rushed. Also, the acting, at times, by Lupino is rather shrill and overboard. It's not great...and could have been had is been more subtle and longer.