Strange Witness

Joan Crawford is like always, a great superb talent in portraying cheating femme fatales... even in cheap studio-bound cotton buildings made from nothing but nonsense. Unfortunately people are generally idiots, and in this the main actors put down a good performance here. Crawford is not the kind a woman you want to have as a mother-in-law. Interesting curiosity here;

Ruth (Joan Crawford) is married to a rich man (John McIntire) but her heart certainly is NOT in her marriage. She's had a long string of affairs and her latest is David (Tom Tryon). While they are snogging one evening, she tells David her husband won't divorce her and he'd be better off dead. A short time later, the husband arrives and confronts the lovers...at which point David shoots him to death! This is only the beginning of the show and what happens next you'll have to see for yourself.

I just happened to watch three of Crawford's TV efforts and noticed something strange...the BEST rated of them is this TV show...with a paltry 3.8. It seems like someone or a group of people are deliberately tossing in low ratings...possibly because they hate Crawford. While she is far from a favorite of mine, it makes it tough for folks to get a true impression of her TV appearances...which are far better than the scores imply.

As for thing one, while I thought the script was a bit predictable, it was still good and the actors all did a fine job.