This was a cleverly written story that sticks with the main premise of two young blokes who have a brainstorm of making money by offering their services to mete out revenge for clients who have been wronged. Considering such common treatments as a punch in the nose and a black eye, I couldn't figure how a rattlesnake figured into their bag of tricks but things never got that far. Tom's 's (Bosco Hogan) mathematical ability was a little suspect when determining what two black eyes should command. The boys were going to charge three hundred fifty pounds for one, but when George (Julian Fellowes) suggested six hundred pounds for a pair, Tom responded by saying there ought to be a discount for two, so he lowered the charge to five hundred pounds. But six hundred was already a discount.
Anyway, their first target was going to be a double whammy against a gossip columnist who wronged two different celebrities, and both contracted their services. However one of the clients was secretly being set up by his wife for cheating on her. Mrs. Wilbur (Betsy Blair) slyly suggested a disguise for when the boys would enact their little scheme, and gussied up George to resemble Mr. Wilbur (Morris Barry). The husband, who hired them in the first place, and anxious to witness the fun when they socked the gossip columnist, was detained on the scene when authorities arrived. And so ended a hastily arranged business affair, while Mrs. Wilbur gloated in her glee at getting the last laugh. I thought the twist here was rather shrewd, and give Mrs. Wilbur credit for outsmarting the boys AND her cheating husband at the same time.
Anyway, their first target was going to be a double whammy against a gossip columnist who wronged two different celebrities, and both contracted their services. However one of the clients was secretly being set up by his wife for cheating on her. Mrs. Wilbur (Betsy Blair) slyly suggested a disguise for when the boys would enact their little scheme, and gussied up George to resemble Mr. Wilbur (Morris Barry). The husband, who hired them in the first place, and anxious to witness the fun when they socked the gossip columnist, was detained on the scene when authorities arrived. And so ended a hastily arranged business affair, while Mrs. Wilbur gloated in her glee at getting the last laugh. I thought the twist here was rather shrewd, and give Mrs. Wilbur credit for outsmarting the boys AND her cheating husband at the same time.