"77 Sunset Strip" The Widow Wouldn't Weep (TV Episode 1959) Poster

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My Hot Margie
darbski23 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
**SPOILERS** I must not be as bright as the other reviewers, but I thought this one was pretty good. Mainly because Kookie came across as cool, tough, and together; although, I would have picked Margie for his date at the end of the show, not that old fogey Stu Bailey.

Speaking of HOTT , they just don't get any sweeter that Valerie Allen; she was incredibly sexy. Pure Cinnamon (Hot and Cool at the same time). Nora Hayden was a babe, too, kinda a low rent Ann-Margret.

Spencer quotes E.A.Poe's "The Raven" to time out where he was abducted to. This is hard to believe, because normally, he's a vacuous prettyboy. I liked Raymond Bailey as Harkins (Beverly Hillbillies notwithstanding), but the stars were clearly Margie and Kookie, with a step-in snotty old bag who ran the sleaze/flop and grabbed a $20 out of Kookie's hand in a microsecond, and then slammed the door in their faces. Spencer had the lead, and had taken his foot out of the door, (typical). Rest of the show is pretty good, with Alice shooting up the bad guy to save Spencer. Dang good acting from all concerned. Liked it, a rarity.... 10.
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6/10
One mercenary widow
bkoganbing23 November 2017
This episode of 77 Sunset Strip has Roger Smith get himself a client by having the client break into his apartment. It's the cool and lovely Valerie Allen who is recently a widow. Her late husband worked for an insurance company and was quite the philanderer. But he did leave a nice $25000.00 insurance policy and she thinks hubby was murdered, pushed rather than jumping out the office window.

Allen's late husband was quite the operator. Right in his office he was involved with receptionist Nora Hayden, boss Raymond Bailey's wife, and co-worker Dallas Mitchell's wife. And there's the widow herself who might want to make it murder for the money and also maybe she did it herself and wants to pin it on one of the other's.

I am rather that two roles aren't given mention. One is a strong arm guy who Louis Quinn's tracks down the residence of after he winds up dead in a motel room. The other is the woman who ran the motel. She really stood out in her few scenes and gets no credit.

Life is just not fair.
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The window would not weep....Nor the audience
searchanddestroy-17 December 2015
Well, do not expect here a dark and brutal tale in any way. On the contrary, you'll get a pretty cool atmosphere, which is the true mark of this show, I admit. Cool private eyes, cool beautiful chicks, cool music score all long the episode. In summary, the series at its lightest touch. Arthur Lubin must have been very comfortable here; sure a director like Phil Karlson would certainly have never made such a piece of work. The story has nothing important to tell about, the usual gumshoe burden, complicated and forgettable at the most. The die hard fans of this kind of stuff will adore it; and don't forget it's so rare.

Only for the atmosphere, as many other episode of the series.
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