this be a fun little black comedy from television director lee katzin . play off the title of whatver happen to baby jane and it be not ruin by it television look and feel because of a particularly memorable performance by geraldine page . page play an old woman who have essentially be drive mad with rage after her husband dy and leave her only his debt and . the content of his briefcase . she move to the desert and live very comfortably by dispatch a series of live in housekeeper who have turn over their life saving to her . katzin tell the story mostly from the pov of page character so that after a while the audience be actually identify with her . ruth gordon be essentially waste in a very straight role . rosemary forsyth and robert fuller make an appealing couple but be very minor to story . page be absolutely brilliant and play the ironic twist at the end of the film beautifully ( recently reprise in the upside of anger ) . at the same time that she be find out and she find out that her husband actually make a provision for her to live comfortably after his death . she play this final scene in such a way that we understand that discover he actually love her be far more important to her than get away with murder .