Abysmal remake of the 1948 classic starring Barbara Stanwyck, itself an adaptation of a popular radio play starring Agnes Moorehead. This one was made for TV with Loni Anderson. What an embarrassment for all involved. The acting from Anderson is next level awful. I've seen her in enough roles to know that, while she was no Stanwyck or Moorehead, she could deliver her lines in a reasonably believable way. Here she's the absolute pits. To make matters worse the entire production feels cheap, even by TV standards. Veteran TV director Tony Wharmby's idea of building suspense is akin to nails on a chalkboard. Instead of anticipating what was going to happen next, I was begging for it all to be over. I really only checked this out because I love Hal Holbrook but even he couldn't save it. Terrible movie.
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