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. . . but unfortunately IMDb currently has no facility for adding alternative titles for TV episodes. So I'm putting it here. And now I have to work this up to a full ten lines.

The episode is carried almost entirely by actor E.G. Marshall, who plays a watchmaker suspicious that his wife's being unfaithful, sets a booby trap for her and her supposed lover, and then finds himself through force of circumstance in position to be the booby trap's victim. How will he get out of this? It's not often you see Marshall carrying a movie's burden, but he makes a pretty good fist of it here -- although his voice-over work (much of the dialogue comprises the watchmaker's thoughts) seems a little artificial. Very well worth watching, though.

Not a review, just a comment.

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre remarks in his dismissal of this movie that "This movie bears no resemblance to reality." Unfortunately, his synopsis of the movie's plot bears very little resemblance to the plot itself, and thus most of his sneers are irrelevant.

The plot outline given by Rocky-19 is far nearer the mark. Also, there's a fairly accurate (and fuller) synopsis at the Turner Classic Movies site.

It goes without saying that IMDb reviewers should not misrepresent the movies they review simply for the sake of badmouthing them. This is no masterpiece (although the Nathanael West script is a cut above what you'd expect from a George Raft movie); but it's certainly not the barrel of clichés Mr MacIntyre makes it out to be.