I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
... View MoreWhen a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
... View MoreAll of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
... View MoreI think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
... View MoreCompletely forgotten and overlooked, this is a murder-mystery par excellence.Not generally a favourite genre of mine, I stumbled across this movie on TV late one night years ago and never forgot it. I then managed to track it down on an ancient VHS quite recently and watched it again. It was every bit as good as I remembered.No special effects, no overblown budgets. Just a cracking script, superb performances, tight and efficient direction and one of the best twists ever.An absolute masterclass in small budget movie-making.
... View MoreIn 1976 Jack Klugman, James Franciscus, and Elizabeth Ashley made a clever television mystery, ONE OF MY WIVES IS MISSING, which is about a weird extortion scheme by an impostor. It was remade (in my opinion slightly better) in 1986 with Elliot Gould, Mike Farrell, and Margot Kidder in the lead roles. I say better because, while the supporting cast of ONE OF MY WIVES IS MISSING, was good, this remake had Fred Gwynne in a pivotal role as a somewhat shady clergyman - an ally of Kidder's in her scheme. There was also a nice bit by that underrated supporting actor Graham Jarvis (MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN) as a holistic doctor who gets dragged into the mystery. Finally the writer/producers in this were the creators of Lt. Columbo, William Link and Richard Levinson. They improved the script a bit, particularly with Gwynne's role.The story is the same - Farrell is the newlywed husband who had an argument with his wife, and she left their cabin in high dudgeon. When he reports this to officer Elliot Gould, suddenly the door opens and Kidder comes in begging Farrell's forgiveness for the argument and her snit. But Farrell insists she is a fake. Gould, thinking he's been the victim of a joke, leaves disgusted. And then Kidder reveals her larcenous demands on Farrell unless he wishes to have serious problems with the law. Farrell, forced to go along with her demands, keeps looking for a chance to get Gould to come back and investigate a bit more. But when Gould reappears a "witness" shows up to support Kidder - a Catholic clergyman played by Gwynne. Of course once Gould leaves again, Farrell faces now two extortionists working some badger game on him.Again the tension is maintained by a good cast and the improved dialog of the script. What is going on? Where is Farrell's wife, and what have Kidder and Gwynne done with her? Will Jarvis, who has stumbled into the mystery accidentally, help Farrell overcome these villains? And what is Gould up to...for he to begins acting oddly after awhile?Again the ending catches the viewer by surprise (unless they saw the original television film). Certainly worth catching if it is shown again as one of the best television mystery films.
... View MoreThis is a truly excellent thriller which never lets up for a moment, racks up the tension wonderfully, and has a MONSTER of a twist at the end (which I won't reveal). Harry Kenyon (Mike Farrell) has a terrible problem. His wife Chris has vanished and suddenly up pops Margot Kidder impersonating her, just before the real Chris is due to inherit a fortune. He's trying desperately to get people to believe him, but no one will, especially the local chief of detectives (Elliott Gould). What the audience doesn't realise is that Harry Kenyon has a very (very) dark secret and the townspeople who refuse to believe him may know far more than they're letting on. This movie was good enough for a cinema release in my opinion and I promise you, it won't disappoint. 9 out of 10.
... View MoreI thought this was a pretty good TV movie. I had already seen "One of My Wives Is Missing" with Jack Klugman and James Franciscus, so I had a pretty good idea of what was about to happen next. Even with that it was an enjoyable movie, although "One of My Wives Is Missing" was better.
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