Based loosely on the same Patricia Highsmith novel as Hitchcock's film 'Strangers On A Train' this tells of Diana who entices Jerry into a one night affair and thinks she persuades him to swop murders with her. She will kill his golf rival and he has to kill her psychiatrist who is seeking to commit her. She of course being a psychopath. This is revealed at the start of the film when she bursts a child's beach ball and then tries to put her cat in the fridge! The film drags on wordily punctured by scenes of golf rather than the lawn tennis in Hitchcock's movie. The ending is rushed and low octane.
The actors say their lines and move on. However I did rather like the performance of Carol Lynley as Diana and enjoyed her acting whenever she is on screen, from when she emerges from the sea at the start to when she emerges from the sea at the end. She looks like a sweet kitten but my word does she have claws. If her part had been written better it would have been sensational. Carol Lynley seldom got roles she could get her teeth into but she certainly tries her best in this. Otherwise it's a dull movie.
The actors say their lines and move on. However I did rather like the performance of Carol Lynley as Diana and enjoyed her acting whenever she is on screen, from when she emerges from the sea at the start to when she emerges from the sea at the end. She looks like a sweet kitten but my word does she have claws. If her part had been written better it would have been sensational. Carol Lynley seldom got roles she could get her teeth into but she certainly tries her best in this. Otherwise it's a dull movie.