"The Road to Edinburgh" is a poor episode of "General Electric Theater". It could have easily been better...and should have been since it stars Joan Crawford.
Joan is driving to Edinburgh when she has a flat tire. A stranger arrives and he fixes it...and she is so grateful that she offers to give him a lift. Soon there is a bulletin on the radio about an escaped prisoner...and she automatically assume it's the guy sitting next to her in the car!
The show has a decent idea for the episode but fails on most levels. First, Crawford's car is American and the roads look just like American roads...which shows that no one on the program cared about these important details. Second, the voiceover they had Crawford do during the show was unnecessary and cheesy. Third, the writing was a bit obvious....with few real good red herrings or twists. Overall, a poor outing and one that really should have been better.
Joan is driving to Edinburgh when she has a flat tire. A stranger arrives and he fixes it...and she is so grateful that she offers to give him a lift. Soon there is a bulletin on the radio about an escaped prisoner...and she automatically assume it's the guy sitting next to her in the car!
The show has a decent idea for the episode but fails on most levels. First, Crawford's car is American and the roads look just like American roads...which shows that no one on the program cared about these important details. Second, the voiceover they had Crawford do during the show was unnecessary and cheesy. Third, the writing was a bit obvious....with few real good red herrings or twists. Overall, a poor outing and one that really should have been better.