I'm not sure then if Sylvia Sidney was supposed to be Gloria Swanson or not, but it didn't matter. Like all the other episodes, this one was an odd concoction as well.
Hired goons (Mills Watson and Timothy Carey) are on the Supertrain after Dennis Dugan, but don't realize he isn't on board. Wait! He wasn't on board, but he is now!
That was something truly to be seen to be believed. He wasn't on the train, with the goons, but now he was.
And then enter Sylvia Sidney in an equally incredulous manner. After Joyce Dewitt and Isabel Sanford in Pirouette, as well as Rue McLanahan and Barry Gordon in Billy Boy, it shouldn't be any surprise to see Dennis Dugan paired up with the unlikliest of Sylvia Sidney here. You can't help but think Judy or Audrey Landers would have been preferred, to give some hint of romance.
But never mind all that. Bo Hopkins works his bit pretty good here, and kudos to Timothy Carey for almost saving the episode! But no luck. This was still a clinker like all the rest, made only worse by the odd narration placed over it.
So Dick Van Dyke sought to re-create Hitchcock in his episode, Billy Boy had canned laughter and this episode had narration. Out of nine episodes, for such an "expensive" show, this program sure did resort to some odd choices.
But never mind all that. Bo Hopkins works his bit pretty good here, and kudos to Timothy Carey for almost saving the episode! But no luck. This was still a clinker like all the rest, made only worse by the odd narration placed over it.
So Dick Van Dyke sought to re-create Hitchcock in his episode, Billy Boy had canned laughter and this episode had narration. Out of nine episodes, for such an "expensive" show, this program sure did resort to some odd choices.
