This features a top notch performance by Norman Eshley, who was more at home in comedy - he was the long suffering neighbour in "Man About the House" and it's spin off "George and Mildred". Occasionally in "Thriller" there was a mixture of both British and American stars but this one about a charming serial killer had an all English cast.
The episode opened with a confronting scene that had Arthur Page (Norman Eshley) walking a pram along the edge of a hill - suddenly he sends it hurtling over the rise and a dead girl falls out. (Unlike the other reviewer, the scenes of her murder were not included in my copy). He is captured, tried and found criminally insane but a freak accident sees him escape the police van and sauntering to the station to seek his next victim. Girl Friday Julie Marsh (Katharine Schofield) is given the job of meeting an eccentric client, who has insisted on receiving an inheritance of 40,000 pounds in cash instead of the usual cheque. Julie doesn't see him at the station but she does meet Arthur, who is also sporting a red carnation - his signature, but also what the eccentric client was going to wear as well. It is clear, after a bit, that Julie is plotting something that the viewer doesn't know about, but has she met her match in Arthur.
Again, like all the Thrillers I have seen so far - you think you know what's going on but you don't!!!
The episode opened with a confronting scene that had Arthur Page (Norman Eshley) walking a pram along the edge of a hill - suddenly he sends it hurtling over the rise and a dead girl falls out. (Unlike the other reviewer, the scenes of her murder were not included in my copy). He is captured, tried and found criminally insane but a freak accident sees him escape the police van and sauntering to the station to seek his next victim. Girl Friday Julie Marsh (Katharine Schofield) is given the job of meeting an eccentric client, who has insisted on receiving an inheritance of 40,000 pounds in cash instead of the usual cheque. Julie doesn't see him at the station but she does meet Arthur, who is also sporting a red carnation - his signature, but also what the eccentric client was going to wear as well. It is clear, after a bit, that Julie is plotting something that the viewer doesn't know about, but has she met her match in Arthur.
Again, like all the Thrillers I have seen so far - you think you know what's going on but you don't!!!