The Threatening Eye (12 Mar. 1964)

In California,a young French-Canadian secretary relentlessly pursues marriage to a dull, married, middle-aged accountant. The man is flattered but mystified. What does the woman really want from him?

Director:

Ida Lupino

Writer:

Howard Browne

Stars:

Jack Klugman, Annie Fargue, Pat O'Brien

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jack Klugman	...	Steve Zaro
Annie Fargue	...	Yvette Duval (as Annie Fargé)
Pat O'Brien	...	Lt. John Curwood
Phyllis Thaxter	...	Mildred Zaro
Coleen Gray	...	Dorothy Nehf
Robert Clarke	...	Adam Conway
Dabney Coleman	...	William Gunther
Barbara Bell Wright	...	Agnes Miller
Dale Van Sickel	...	Abner Wright
Bunny Nash	...	Karen Nehf
Will J. White	...	Jerry
Luis Delgado	...	Sgt. Paine

Storyline

In California,a young French-Canadian secretary relentlessly pursues marriage to a dull, married, middle-aged accountant. The man is flattered but mystified. What does the woman really want from him?

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Plot Keywords:

title directed by female

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 1964 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Roncom Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (as color by Pathé) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title is a line from the play "The Life and Death of King John" by William Shakespeare.

User Reviews

Stalker style

A young woman from Quebec takes an office job and then begins to pursue a middle-aged, married executive, to his consternation and mystification. He has a drab, alcoholic wife whom he very much loves, and shies away from the young woman and her advances. Various unpleasant things occur as her stalking grows more intense, and it is not until the very end that we discover the woman's real agenda. To say the explanation is a bit far-fetched is putting it mildly, but it serves the purpose of supplying a twist ending to a TV series that doted on twist endings. Jack Klugman plays the bemused executive, and Phyllis Thaxter is his alcoholic wife. Pat O'Brien is the cop who becomes involved after a crime is committed. Nothing particularly wrong with the episode, but there's not enough going on to keep our interest up based on the running time. The actress playing the French Canadian has a rather thick accent, probably put on a bit, that today probably would generate laughter.