Terrific episode shot in part at the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles, this features a very good performance by Stuart Erwin as Clay P. "Sandy" Sandover, a accountant who's embezzled $201,000. He's ready to leave his wife and run off with hotty Lita Krail (Kathleen Hughes). On his way to meet her in Arizona, he discovers someone has loaded his briefcase with another $45,000 in cash. Realizing he's been set up, he hastens to get the money back to LA before its loss is discovered. His wife, Perry's good friend Beth Sandover, is accused of killing Krail and Perry goes to work proving she did not.
Erwin is great and the lighting for the early scenes is even better as they make good use of the Bradbury building. "Superman" fans should keep their eyes open for George Reeves' brother Richard, who shows up in a small part as a truck driver. The script by Jackson Gillis (who also wrote for "Superman" as well as "Columbo") is terrific, only falling down a bit at the very end when Erwin goes over the top in his confession, bragging he was smart enough to embezzle all that dough. Allen Miner did a great job directing most of this episode, but he really needed to reign Erwin in at the end.
Erwin is great and the lighting for the early scenes is even better as they make good use of the Bradbury building. "Superman" fans should keep their eyes open for George Reeves' brother Richard, who shows up in a small part as a truck driver. The script by Jackson Gillis (who also wrote for "Superman" as well as "Columbo") is terrific, only falling down a bit at the very end when Erwin goes over the top in his confession, bragging he was smart enough to embezzle all that dough. Allen Miner did a great job directing most of this episode, but he really needed to reign Erwin in at the end.