Junior partner Skinner (Marlowe) has designs for modern line of furniture that he thinks will pump up shop profits. On the other hand, senior partner Brown (Collins) wants to stay with traditional line, making Skinner unhappy. However, Skinner has less difficulty persuading Brown's attractive wife (Dana), especially after applying some amorous incentive. But what will the illicit pair do with her old stick-in-the-mud husband now that big money looms.
Despite the promising premise, the story fails to build either tension or suspense. There is curiosity about how the story will end, but not much more. The screenplay doesn't really develop the conflict beyond plotting to send Brown to a home for the mentally impaired. The ending is mildly ironical. To me, the most interesting part is figuring out whether the two lovers are sincere or simply exploiting each other. Nonetheless, the 30 minutes strikes me as a rather flat, lacking the expected Hitchcock edge.
Despite the promising premise, the story fails to build either tension or suspense. There is curiosity about how the story will end, but not much more. The screenplay doesn't really develop the conflict beyond plotting to send Brown to a home for the mentally impaired. The ending is mildly ironical. To me, the most interesting part is figuring out whether the two lovers are sincere or simply exploiting each other. Nonetheless, the 30 minutes strikes me as a rather flat, lacking the expected Hitchcock edge.