When the episode begins, Mrs. Marion Brown (Teresa Wright) visits one of her husband's other wives. Yes, Raymond (Dan Duryea) has four...at the same time!! This bigamist is a bad guy...but not nearly as bad as Marion. Instead of contacting the police when she discovered he was married to so many women in different cities, she decides to eliminate the competition!
Casting Teresa Wright was an inspiration. After all, Wright mostly played the sweetest and nicest characters in films....sort of the girl next door. But here, she's a monster!! Now as far as Duryea goes, he was spot on, as he nearly always played jerks and weasels in films...though I read in real life he was a nice guy and family man despite his image.
So is this any good? Yes...it's very good. I think the best aspect of it is that it's unique...and I can't believe anyone else has made a show or movie with a plot like this one! HOWEVER, like too many episodes of this and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", the epilogue by Hitchcock informs us that the folks WERE captured and sent to prison...which really undoes much of the ending. I hate this...and assume the networks or sponsors insisted on such tacked on moralistic endings. I would have given this one an 8 or 9 without this ending.
Casting Teresa Wright was an inspiration. After all, Wright mostly played the sweetest and nicest characters in films....sort of the girl next door. But here, she's a monster!! Now as far as Duryea goes, he was spot on, as he nearly always played jerks and weasels in films...though I read in real life he was a nice guy and family man despite his image.
So is this any good? Yes...it's very good. I think the best aspect of it is that it's unique...and I can't believe anyone else has made a show or movie with a plot like this one! HOWEVER, like too many episodes of this and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", the epilogue by Hitchcock informs us that the folks WERE captured and sent to prison...which really undoes much of the ending. I hate this...and assume the networks or sponsors insisted on such tacked on moralistic endings. I would have given this one an 8 or 9 without this ending.