The mindreading
act at the honeymoon isle hotel, she wears a mask to blind her eyes whilst he
carouses with the resident surgeon’s wife under the eyes of a private
investigator unaccountably dismissed.
This is rather brilliantly seen as “A
Stitch in Crime” by Shirl Hendryx
for Columbo (dir. Hy
Averback), in its turn the
original article is something of a variant if you will of Pollock’s Kill or Cure.
An Edgar Wallace Mystery.
TV
Guide,
“interesting plot twist was not given its due treatment.”
