If you watch Mary Astor in 1926's "Don Juan" with John Barrymore, or 1941's classic "the Maltese Falcon," you know what a great actress she was.
The surprise here is that Doro Merande, who I've seen/remembered from "Our Town" (1940) and "the Honeymooners" from the early 1950s is just as good as Astor.
D The episode, directed by Arthur Hiller (Love Story, 1970) is a delight from first moment to last, as the two develop a strange friendship at the expense of Russell Collins, another fine actor who started off working with famed Greek director Elia Kazan when Kazan started off as an actor in 1935. However, Collins is best known from his nearly 100 guest stars on all the great TV shows from 1950-1965.
Besides the great acting on display here, the script is pert and witty throughout and has the perfect double-cross ending.
The surprise here is that Doro Merande, who I've seen/remembered from "Our Town" (1940) and "the Honeymooners" from the early 1950s is just as good as Astor.
D The episode, directed by Arthur Hiller (Love Story, 1970) is a delight from first moment to last, as the two develop a strange friendship at the expense of Russell Collins, another fine actor who started off working with famed Greek director Elia Kazan when Kazan started off as an actor in 1935. However, Collins is best known from his nearly 100 guest stars on all the great TV shows from 1950-1965.
Besides the great acting on display here, the script is pert and witty throughout and has the perfect double-cross ending.