Once again Vincent Price steals the show. A problem for me is the challenge of thinking of him as a villain. I know he was a romantic lead for many years. In this episode, he is a forensics guy who is trying to gain respect as a solver of crimes. Not engaging the old fashioned grunt work of the police department. He goes to investigate the death of an older scientist who has been married to a much younger woman, a former flame of Price. Price discovers a kind of camera that seems capable of freezing events in a kind of holographic display. What Price sees is the solution to the crime and that's what makes this such an entertaining episode.
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Predictable once the first hint is dropped
jamesrupert201425 December 2021
The secret behind the killing of an inventor who specialised in optics lies in his most recent invention. Truman Bradley provides a brief history of lenses before sending us off to a somewhat predictable murder mystery. The 'science' underlying the fiction is pretty sketchy and the story doesn't make much sense. The episode is likely best known (and highly rated) for starring Vincent Price, who can bring a hint of sophistication to even the most trivial material. The story does have some prescience in predicting the rising importance of forensic science in crime solving.
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