Not least Andrija Puharich playing himself. This episode is almost an advert for the man and his work - debunked in the 70s by James Randi and others, who spared nobody.
A typical fake medium is seen early in the episode, calling herself "Princess" somebody. But in stories like this, someone usually turns out to have real powers. Here the door is left open. Spiritualism had been popular in the States since the Fox sisters in the mid-19th century. But will mysticism have any weight in a court of law? The judge is skeptical, but open-minded.
As others have pointed out, there is a lot of scenery chewing, and fake drunkenness (which I find unbearable in any context). Not all the acting is bad: the mother is convincing, and her admirer and doctor is played well by Kent Smith from the film Cat People.
But the Old Dark House, stuck in a permanent thunderstorm, is corny beyond belief. As with many rich, multi-generational families in movies, who all live in the same house and run the same company (what does it make?), the atmosphere is stifling and unhealthy.
The usual cast do their stuff. Otherwise the honours go to the accused woman's husband, who actually has some funny lines and delivers them in a suitably deadpan manner.
A typical fake medium is seen early in the episode, calling herself "Princess" somebody. But in stories like this, someone usually turns out to have real powers. Here the door is left open. Spiritualism had been popular in the States since the Fox sisters in the mid-19th century. But will mysticism have any weight in a court of law? The judge is skeptical, but open-minded.
As others have pointed out, there is a lot of scenery chewing, and fake drunkenness (which I find unbearable in any context). Not all the acting is bad: the mother is convincing, and her admirer and doctor is played well by Kent Smith from the film Cat People.
But the Old Dark House, stuck in a permanent thunderstorm, is corny beyond belief. As with many rich, multi-generational families in movies, who all live in the same house and run the same company (what does it make?), the atmosphere is stifling and unhealthy.
The usual cast do their stuff. Otherwise the honours go to the accused woman's husband, who actually has some funny lines and delivers them in a suitably deadpan manner.