I keep trying to enlist the sarong-clad Lalage (Baxley) into my dreams but to no avail. But then poor businessman Findlater (Williams) probably needs her coy ministrations more than I do. What with his shrewish, ice-queen wife (Elsom), no wonder he retreats into a dream world whenever he can. Trouble is he can't seem to control the sarong temptress's comings and goings. So she keeps turning up at odd times, like hotel lobbies. Then too her half-clad posturings are about as seductive as 1950's TV gets. Anyhow, our dreamer keeps having a second unwilled fantasy where his wife dies a sudden, unproblematic death. But since that's not likely to happen, he and his dream girl embark on a murder scheme to escape the impossible wife.
It's tongue-in-cheek the whole way, with material more like The Twilight Zone than standard Hitch. It's also a slightly befuddled John Williams, unlike his usual authoritative roles. I'm not sure what the moral or lesson of the story is, unless it has to do with the power of wish-fulfillment. All in all, the story's a departure and likely a matter of audience taste.
It's tongue-in-cheek the whole way, with material more like The Twilight Zone than standard Hitch. It's also a slightly befuddled John Williams, unlike his usual authoritative roles. I'm not sure what the moral or lesson of the story is, unless it has to do with the power of wish-fulfillment. All in all, the story's a departure and likely a matter of audience taste.