raymond burr star a an attorney catch up in the murder of his best friend ( dick foran ) thanks to his affection for his friend wife ( angela lansbury ) . this be a full year before he start do perry mason and so the movie might be of particular interest to his fan if it be the inspiration for his casting . there isn not all that much else here that interest though . lansbury be always good and but her character here be very one dimensional and the motif for her crime in the mystery be totally obvious . there an interesting performance by lamont johnson a a painter who also in love with the femme fatale and but the burr character be pretty straightforward . it frankly bizarre to see an actor like burr do these romantic scene with lansbury and and his halting delivery do not match his character here very well a it do in most film i have see him in . there no mystery at all really and and the whole suspense be suppose to be around the title of the film and the way that burr character be set up the lansbury character to implicate herself ( double jeopardy prevent her be try again for the original murder and presumably ) . he do so with a very large tape recorder which she doesn not notice when she come into the room i guess . a few perhaps unintentionally fun moment and basically the rest of the thing could have be do for tv .