THE STOLEN CRIME is an episode of the COLONEL MARCH TV show that looks and feels like it has come out of the 1930s. The setting is one of those country mansions favoured by the rich, you know the kind; full of manservants, decanters, immaculate decor, and cabinets loaded with historical artifacts and the like.
The main guest star in this one is Glyn Houston, who arrives at March's office begging to be locked up for the murder of his wife. The twist is that she's not actually dead, and when she does die within a few days, her death is put down to natural causes. It doesn't take long for March and Ames to get to the bottom of things via a rather clever twist ending which lifts the episode a little. Houston gives one of the best performances I've seen from a guest star in this show.