Starring Tony Randall, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Stickney, Mildred Natwick, Tom Bosley
Directed by George Schaefer
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A drama critic on the cusp of his engagement discovers his aunts have been poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.
A television production from Hallmark Hall Of Fame of the famous play brings back its star Boris Karloff to reprise his role as the criminal Jonathan Brewster. Although some twenty years have passed since Karloff originally played the role, the makeup job on him is excellent, making scenes with Randall and Karloff playing brothers believable despite the fact that Karloff was well into his seventies. The two of them are very good in their roles, although Randall probably won't make anyone forget the memorable mugging of Cary Grant in the earlier film version. The rest of the supporting cast is solid as well, with Stickley and future Happy Days patriarch Tom Bosley the standouts as Aunt Abby and Cousin Teddy. Although the production seems content to confine itself to the play's one standing set for the most part, and there's not enough music utilized, Schaefer keeps things moving along well enough, and I for one, am glad that we have Karloff's performance captured on video, having missed out on the film version.
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