Have you ever had in your mind the plot of some long forgotten TV show or movie - everything forgotten (stars, show etc) but not that plot. That's what makes it so frustrating!!! I had two - a "Twilight Zone" episode called "The Hitchhiker" haunted me for years and this one!! About 17 minutes into the story I finally twigged and said "This is it, this is the one"!!!
Anyway this is about Carl and Elsa Spann who move to a caravan park to live a more stress free life following Elsa's breakdown. They both seem to be settling down, Elsa eager to do well, decides to bake a cake while Carl is at work. There is one ripple in the calm water, the peculiar, worried look friendly neighbour Mrs. Ferguson (Frances Bavier) gives Elsa when she sees her sunning herself.
Carl feels Elsa, being artistic, lives in her own little world where everyone is nice - does she??? Is her attack real??? Elsa, as well as a few witnesses, describes a man in a grey suit coming up from the beach but does he really attack her?? Carl comes home from work to find Elsa in a catatonic state claiming to have been attacked by a man in a grey suit but none of the residents have heard anything. The police urge Carl to get his wife away from the caravan park but while driving away Elsa comes out of her trance long enough to identify her assailant walking along the street. Carl takes the law into his own hands but later while driving away....
The stars are two of the best - Ralph Meeker excelled at everything he did - sadistic criminals ("Jeopardy") or decent hardworking guys (with just a hint of malice)!!! Alfred Hitchcock had put Vera Miles under personal contract and predicted big things from the actress he proclaimed was going to be his next Grace Kelly. Unfortunately pregnancy forced her to bow out of "Vertigo" and Kim Novak received all the acclaim but anyone who has seen her strong yet sensitive performance in Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" knows that with luck she could have reached the top.
Anyway this is about Carl and Elsa Spann who move to a caravan park to live a more stress free life following Elsa's breakdown. They both seem to be settling down, Elsa eager to do well, decides to bake a cake while Carl is at work. There is one ripple in the calm water, the peculiar, worried look friendly neighbour Mrs. Ferguson (Frances Bavier) gives Elsa when she sees her sunning herself.
Carl feels Elsa, being artistic, lives in her own little world where everyone is nice - does she??? Is her attack real??? Elsa, as well as a few witnesses, describes a man in a grey suit coming up from the beach but does he really attack her?? Carl comes home from work to find Elsa in a catatonic state claiming to have been attacked by a man in a grey suit but none of the residents have heard anything. The police urge Carl to get his wife away from the caravan park but while driving away Elsa comes out of her trance long enough to identify her assailant walking along the street. Carl takes the law into his own hands but later while driving away....
The stars are two of the best - Ralph Meeker excelled at everything he did - sadistic criminals ("Jeopardy") or decent hardworking guys (with just a hint of malice)!!! Alfred Hitchcock had put Vera Miles under personal contract and predicted big things from the actress he proclaimed was going to be his next Grace Kelly. Unfortunately pregnancy forced her to bow out of "Vertigo" and Kim Novak received all the acclaim but anyone who has seen her strong yet sensitive performance in Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" knows that with luck she could have reached the top.