A released convict (John Cassavetes) contacts his former cellmate's wife (Ann Sothern) in order to find some hidden loot.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writers: Robert Bloch (short story), Alfred Hayes (teleplay)
#335 - S3E3 - October 19, 1964
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Terrific episode! The story, acting, direction, evrrything.
This one reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Enough Rope for Two". People who don't trust each other set out to find some loot, but their greed becomes their undoing.
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I remember seeing this on television right around the time WILLARD came out in 1971. First of all this was done 7 years earlier with rats. Second, I don't know how it could have even aired. There was an episode of EASTSIDE WESTSIDE starring George C Scott that dealt with a baby in a tenement during a garbage strike that gets severely bitten by rats. James Earl Jones guest starred. The network had to cut footage with the rats, so we had to depend on Mr. Jones' excellent acting skills. Because the network chose to sugarcoat the episode, this led to Mr. Scott becoming angry about doing network television. I am surprised that no fans of the show ever singled this episode out. It is truly eery and chilling, and again I don't know how it could have aired. The acting was outstanding.
You may recall we just saw John Cassavetes a couple of weeks ago in the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode Murder Case.
Ann Sothern was friends with Lucille Ball, whom she appeared alongside on Ball's program The Lucy Show on multiple occasions, who called Sothern "the best comedian in the business, bar none.
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