Dec 26, 2018
Mystery And Imagination: The Open Door (1.4, ABC, 1966)
"You toss all this talk of 'phonetic disturbance' to us for our comfort, yet you daren't examine what the thing really is for fear of being laughed at! Is that science?"
"No - common sense. The thing's got delusion written all over it."
#mystery and imagination#the open door#margaret oliphant#classic tv#1966#abc television#mrs. oliphant#jack hawkins#rachel gurney#mark dignam#john laurie#henry beltran#jill mai meredith#geoffrey sumner#derek tansley#molly weir#edmund sulley#amanda walker#david buck#robert s. young#debbie bowen#i said the usher episode was probably suited to fifty minutes rather than the later longer episodes. if anything this might stand to be#a little shorter. it drags over the middle section and honestly not much happens. its good tho. suitably spooky#and held together by a strong cast. hawkins is as good as ever although its sad to hear him so clearly ill. this must have been filmed#just before the operation that removed his larynx. for the rest of his career he was dubbed so this may well be the last role to use his#actual voice. laurie is excellent too tho gets precious little screentime. mark dignam plays the same type of frustrating nuisance he#often seemed to end up playing. beltran however is... well he's a child actor so i wont be too mean. but subtle he is not#in all a fine episode but not especially special. except of course in its having survived at all which makes it very special
