"Suspense" Dark Shadows (TV Episode 1950) Poster

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(1950)

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8/10
Twist on the "They won't believe me" premise with excellent lead performance
HEFILM14 August 2019
William Redfield makes this stand out, convincingly "on the edge" he seems convincingly on the border of paranoia which makes it understandable the FBI won't believe that he keeps "sensing" the presence of a notorious criminal. There are moral and religious elements that Redfield also puts across. Interesting twist on the basic premise from a story from soon to be director Robert Mulligan, his sole stand along writing credit--for story. There is also in the story and performance a real element of dread that builds through the episode.

Dated element is key role played by a non-Asian and not too convincingly but this is a minor complaint. Typical organ scored episode is sparse in a good way.

Typical of this series the shows moves rapidly but tells a pretty involved story and multiple locations. Robert Stevens, a director of many of these, does a nice split screen effect that then seamlessly moves into the next scene--a very tough trick to do live.
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