'The Girl with the Hungry Eyes'. Scripted by Robert Malcolm Young, based on a story by Fritz Leiber, Jr. This is interesting material notable for bringing together a couple of 'Night Gallery' veterans: James Farentino ("Dead & Buried"), Joanna Pettet (the original "Casino Royale"), John "Gomez Addams" Astin, and director John Badham ("Saturday Night Fever", "WarGames", etc.).
Farentino plays David Faulkner, a photographer whose newest model (Pettet) is an utter mystery. She prefers that people know practically nothing about her, yet she is the perfect image to sell product for a brewing company magnate (Astin). She is utterly bewitching, and gives strict warning that she not be followed around. Meanwhile, various strange murders (the police can't figure out if they ARE homicides or mere heart attacks) occur.
Pettet is at her best as the alluring and yet unsettling beauty, very capably selling the idea of the woman who captivates unwary men and may very well be leading them to their doom. Farentino does a good job, as does Astin. Kip Niven ("Magnum Force") has a small role as Faulkners' friend who is as smitten with the beauty as most unfortunate men in this tale.
This is an intelligent, provocative yarn with a special effects climax that is at least amusing and not as cheesy as some viewers may fear. It goes very far on Pettets' sex appeal and the overall serious tone of the material.
Nine out of 10.