This episode is one of the many remakes Tales of the Unexpected (1979) did of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). This is a remake of the 1965 episode of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour Completely Foolproof (1965). All the remakes used the same title.
Telly Savalas stars in this remake of an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962). He also starred in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, S2 E23, A Matter of Murder (1964).
The second of three performances by Douglas Lambert, the others being S2 E8, My Lady Love, My Dove (1980), and S4 E17, Hijack (1981).