What a wonderful look back at the golden age of television. Ray Milland of course is wonderful as a man driven to murder. Why did he do it? Well I would suppose that he feels that his life is mundane and poor and by getting rid of the greedy shopkeeper he can turn his life in to something useful. But a horrible deed does not make for a good life. Rod Stieger is the devil who steps in to tell Markheim he can show him that money if he only should do one more thing, kill the housekeeper. The ends don't justify the means when Milland turns himself in for the murder. The show has a totally film noir feel and Milland is as good as he ever was.
