Real life married couple John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands star in this Hitchcock programmer in which they portray a pair of stage actors reuniting in London after a period of time when Diana Justin (Rowlands) dumped her former boyfriend (Cassavetes) without explanation, and married a wealthy diamond merchant, now backing her latest production. I was surprised to see how far Cassavetes overacted his role, going for obnoxious rather than subtlety, which went a long way in telegraphing the pair's relationship to Justin's husband Charles (Murray Matheson). I also thought more would have been made of Lee Griffin's identity by the customs inspector (John Banner) when Griffin's monogrammed shirt revealed his initials, discrediting the phony passport he had made to show he was Charles Justin. Not necessary though for the twist that closed out the episode, contradicting Gentleman Charlie's admonition that "I'd rather lose a fortune than lose my wife".
Review of Murder Case
