Alfred Hitchcock hired fellow British actress Diana Dors for this classic. Diana was quite the star in England, especially on stage, and some say was the British Marilyn Monroe. Hitch also cast her in his previous half hour show. I'm sure they had a lot of stories to share over a cup of tea.
10 Stars.
If you're a movie buff --at first -- this may remind you of the famous soap opera, NORA PRENTISS (1947) that starred Ann Sheriden as the sexy nightclub singer linked to kindly doctor Kent Smith. Remember? That said.. Hitch turned it up a notch...
Diana plays the sultry singer who catches the eye of doc John Gavin. The difference here is old acquaintance Bill Floyd, well played by Scott Brady.
Floyd warns the doc to just stay away because all the men in her life had a "few" problems. Wait and see.
Super story by James Bridges, another favorite writer of Hitch, who later wrote the PAPER CHASE.
Movie vets Gavin and Brady are great to watch, but the cam is squarely on Diana Dors --and what she's up to.
In real life, Dors was a media sensation, much like celebs gone viral today, owning a Rolls Royce at the age of 20 and always having a mansion with a pool, for obvious reasons. She is missed, her career cut short to cancer and her husband, unable to get over the loss, taking his own life.
Enjoy this salute to Diana Dors. She is missed.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 31 remastered/Universal.