David Niven is the perfectly enigmatic star of this suspenseful one-act play on Four Star Playhouse. It's far from perfect, but still engrossing.
Premise is simple: five passengers on a subway train heading from Brooklyn to Manhattan's 14th Street Stop are alone together late night and respond to the news that a murderer is being sought -the crime taking place near where they got on.
The rather pretentious script deals with how all of them become suspicious of each other and except for Chrstine Larson, the four men all give off vibes of being the guilty party.
The verbal sparring is quite interesting, though the character played by Rhys Williams, a bum living in the subway who pontificates in the manner of monologist Brother Theodore, is a bit much. The solution of the show's mystery is quite satisfying, and a cryptic element is included at the end.
I doubt if Rod Serling was influenced by this obscure TV episode, but many of his social dramas are quite similar in theme and treatment.
Premise is simple: five passengers on a subway train heading from Brooklyn to Manhattan's 14th Street Stop are alone together late night and respond to the news that a murderer is being sought -the crime taking place near where they got on.
The rather pretentious script deals with how all of them become suspicious of each other and except for Chrstine Larson, the four men all give off vibes of being the guilty party.
The verbal sparring is quite interesting, though the character played by Rhys Williams, a bum living in the subway who pontificates in the manner of monologist Brother Theodore, is a bit much. The solution of the show's mystery is quite satisfying, and a cryptic element is included at the end.
I doubt if Rod Serling was influenced by this obscure TV episode, but many of his social dramas are quite similar in theme and treatment.