Superior Hitch, tight, suspenseful, and ironical. Wastrel son-in-law Bruce (Chastain) has forged checks against his mother-in-law (Collinge) to pay a gambling debt. Now she's found him out and wonders what to do since it's a family matter. Meanwhile likable daughter Addie (Walter) knows nothing about what's going on. So what's Mom going to do, and maybe more importantly, what's a desperate Bruce going to do.
It's a real nail-biter once the suspense kicks in. Actor Chastain is new to me with not many credits (IMDB). Still, he's quite good here as a no-goodnik schemer whose sweat almost shows. Also, Walter's lovely with lots of décolletage, and catch their bedroom scene in swim clothes that I'll bet pushes the TV envelope even for 1964. Collinge is a long-standing Hitch favorite, especially for TV. Here it's easy to see why. Plus I like the irony with the blowing scraps of paper. Anyway, it's an hour that doesn't disappoint, with the great George Macready picking up an easy payday. Meanwhile, I'm suddenly off to give my cats a big bowl of goodies.
It's a real nail-biter once the suspense kicks in. Actor Chastain is new to me with not many credits (IMDB). Still, he's quite good here as a no-goodnik schemer whose sweat almost shows. Also, Walter's lovely with lots of décolletage, and catch their bedroom scene in swim clothes that I'll bet pushes the TV envelope even for 1964. Collinge is a long-standing Hitch favorite, especially for TV. Here it's easy to see why. Plus I like the irony with the blowing scraps of paper. Anyway, it's an hour that doesn't disappoint, with the great George Macready picking up an easy payday. Meanwhile, I'm suddenly off to give my cats a big bowl of goodies.