The Widow Wouldn't Weep

Well, do not expect here a dark and brutal tale in any way. On the contrary, you'll get a pretty cool atmosphere, which is the true mark of this show, I admit. Cool private eyes, cool beautiful chicks, cool music score all long the episode. In summary, the series at its lightest touch. Arthur Lubin must have been very comfortable here; sure a director like Phil Karlson would certainly have never made such a piece of work. The story has nothing important to tell about, the usual gumshoe burden, complicated and forgettable at the most. The die hard fans of this kind of stuff will adore it; and don't forget it's so rare.

Only for the atmosphere, as many other episode of the series.

This episode of 77 Sunset Strip has Roger Smith get himself a client by having the client break into his apartment. It's the cool and lovely Valerie Allen who is recently a widow. Her late husband worked for an insurance company and was quite the philanderer. But he did leave a nice $25000.00 insurance policy and she thinks hubby was murdered, pushed rather than jumping out the office window.

Allen's late husband was quite the operator. Right in his office he was involved with receptionist Nora Hayden, boss Raymond Bailey's wife, and co-worker Dallas Mitchell's wife. And there's the widow herself who might want to make it murder for the money and also maybe she did it herself and wants to pin it on one of the other's.

I am rather that two roles aren't given mention. One is a strong arm guy who Louis Quinn's tracks down the residence of after he winds up dead in a motel room. The other is the woman who ran the motel. She really stood out in her few scenes and gets no credit.

Life is just not fair.