bradford dillman play a scientist who wake up one morning in the middle of a bloody crime scene while have partial amnesia ( or global amnesia and which one character claim to define a elective loss of memory ) and the scientist find a private detective in the phone book in the hope of piece his life back together . abhorrent concoction very loosely base on walter ericson book fall angel ( film in 1965 a mirage with gregory peck ) . it be probably too racy for television what with drug and hippy add to the mix that nbc initially refuse to air it and which be how this low budgeter wind up in theater . director jam goldstone get freaky with the hyperkinetic visuals and camera trick and while editor edward a. biery go wild with the zig zag cut . unfortunately and their admittedly colorful gimmick can not cover up the weakness of this update plot and and the acting be woefully overripe . dillman and under pressure to recall the event of the night in question and go through an actor seminar of tic and stammer and nose wipe and and crazy half laugh while spit out dialogue like and dream . a dream . drug . yeah and drug . that sound . bell . help . a a villainous fellow scientist with a cheshire cat smile and pat hingle nearly upstages dillman in the grand thespian department by continually address everyone in baby talk and strut about like a middle age peacock and twist his mouth around in agony . hope lange scientist or love interest be give the short shrift and but not before she scream at indifferent lover dillman represent what do i have to do and talk ape man . me want you . this be one frantic jigsaw . half from .