One of My Wives is Missing premeired as an ABC. Movie of the Week on March 3, 1976. The film stars Jack Klugman, Daniel. Franciscus, Elizabeth Ashley,Joel Fabiani,Milton Seltzer,Ruth McDevitt and Garry Walberg, with Tony Costello and. Byron Webster making special appearances.
The whole film starts on a sunny day in Schuylkill, Pennsylvani as inspector. Murray Levine (Klugman) is enjoying the weather until new officer Bert (Costello) informs him about Daniel Corban (Franciscus) constantly calling him about his wife being missing. Levine goes to Corban's place to talk with him and as a courtesy, decides to investigate this. However, a lady claiming to be his wife (Ashley) emerges, but Corban claims that the lady is an imposter. Levine figures that the case is solved with this, but again, Corban repeatedly claims her to be an imposter. Corban continually bugs and harrasses Levine, and along the way, two other people emerge, such as a priest (Fabiani) and a lady named Mrs. Foster (McDevitt) that complicates things even further. As the story continues to unfold, Levine feels that there is more to the story than what Corban has chosen to reveal as even more twists and turns start happening. The questions are: Did Mr. Corban's wife really disappear?, or, Is Mr. Corban hiding something that he hopes doesn't get revealed by anyone?
This particular mystery film falls into the category of: "What the H-E-double hockey sticks.is really going on here?" The film and its story seem to have been inspired by the writings of Agatha Christie (who died the year this TV movie was shown) as it resembles something that she would write.
This was the second Made for TV adaption of the play called "Trap for a Single Man". It was preceded by 1969's "Honeymoon with a Stranger" and follwed up a decade later by "Vanishing Act".
I remember catching this film during the late 1980's on a Sunday afternoon movie on one of my local syndicated TV stations. I actually enjoyed this film on first viewing.
This is an above average made for TV film. It is a very well acted film. It is also well written and technically well made. Glenn Jordan works wonders here as director of this made for TV flick. The film keeps the viewer in suspense with each suspenseful twist and turn. It also keeps the viewer guessing and figuring out what's really happening until the bitter end. The suspense never lets up and is almost unbearable as a result of all the complicated things happening around the main character. It also keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat until the whole thing ends. This film also has a very unique twist ending that has to be seen to be believed.
With the exception of a mid 1980's home video release and a Canadian DVD release coupled with 1963's Charade, this film hasn't been widely available on any video format. Plus, it has only been shown sporadically on syndicated TV since its initial network TV showing. Not only that, this film, like the aforementioned Charade, has fallen into public domain status as 20th Century Fox, who originally distributed the film to television, lost the copyright to this film over the years and has never kept it up in regards to copyright.
However, this film is above average and should be a part of every mystery film lovers movie library. It is worth owning and can be viewed again and again. This is a terrific film.
The whole film starts on a sunny day in Schuylkill, Pennsylvani as inspector. Murray Levine (Klugman) is enjoying the weather until new officer Bert (Costello) informs him about Daniel Corban (Franciscus) constantly calling him about his wife being missing. Levine goes to Corban's place to talk with him and as a courtesy, decides to investigate this. However, a lady claiming to be his wife (Ashley) emerges, but Corban claims that the lady is an imposter. Levine figures that the case is solved with this, but again, Corban repeatedly claims her to be an imposter. Corban continually bugs and harrasses Levine, and along the way, two other people emerge, such as a priest (Fabiani) and a lady named Mrs. Foster (McDevitt) that complicates things even further. As the story continues to unfold, Levine feels that there is more to the story than what Corban has chosen to reveal as even more twists and turns start happening. The questions are: Did Mr. Corban's wife really disappear?, or, Is Mr. Corban hiding something that he hopes doesn't get revealed by anyone?
This particular mystery film falls into the category of: "What the H-E-double hockey sticks.is really going on here?" The film and its story seem to have been inspired by the writings of Agatha Christie (who died the year this TV movie was shown) as it resembles something that she would write.
This was the second Made for TV adaption of the play called "Trap for a Single Man". It was preceded by 1969's "Honeymoon with a Stranger" and follwed up a decade later by "Vanishing Act".
I remember catching this film during the late 1980's on a Sunday afternoon movie on one of my local syndicated TV stations. I actually enjoyed this film on first viewing.
This is an above average made for TV film. It is a very well acted film. It is also well written and technically well made. Glenn Jordan works wonders here as director of this made for TV flick. The film keeps the viewer in suspense with each suspenseful twist and turn. It also keeps the viewer guessing and figuring out what's really happening until the bitter end. The suspense never lets up and is almost unbearable as a result of all the complicated things happening around the main character. It also keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat until the whole thing ends. This film also has a very unique twist ending that has to be seen to be believed.
With the exception of a mid 1980's home video release and a Canadian DVD release coupled with 1963's Charade, this film hasn't been widely available on any video format. Plus, it has only been shown sporadically on syndicated TV since its initial network TV showing. Not only that, this film, like the aforementioned Charade, has fallen into public domain status as 20th Century Fox, who originally distributed the film to television, lost the copyright to this film over the years and has never kept it up in regards to copyright.
However, this film is above average and should be a part of every mystery film lovers movie library. It is worth owning and can be viewed again and again. This is a terrific film.