The Days Dwindle Down
Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott and Harry Morgan reprise their roles from the movie “Strange Bargain”, as Jessica tries to prove the innocence of a man recently released from a 30-year prison term for the murder of his employer., Jessica tries to prove the innocence of a man recently from prison after serving 30 years for murder., Murder mystery series about a sleuthing writer. Jessica is called upon to review a 30-year-old murder case for which an innocent man was jailed., Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott and Harry Morgan reprise their roles from the movie “Strange Bargain,” as Jessica tries to prove the innocence of a man recently released from a 30-year prison term for the murder of his employer., Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott and Harry Morgan reprise their roles from the movie “Strange Bargain,” as Jessica (Angela Lansbury) tries to prove the innocence of a man recently released from a 30-year prison term for the murder of his employer. Scenes from the film are seen in flashbacks. Rod Wilson: Art Hindle. Edna Jarvis: Gloria Stuart. Sydney Jarvis: Richard Beymer., Mystery with the sleuthing writer played by Angela Lansbury. Jessica is called upon to review a 30-year-old murder case for which an innocent man was jailed., This classic episode adroitly utilizes footage from the 1949 theatrical film Strange Bargain–with three of that film’s stars, Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott and Harry Morgan, reprising their roles in the “new” scenes. Released from prison after serving 30 years for the murder of his boss, Sam Wilson (Lynn) returns to his wife Georgia (Scott) and his son Rod (Art Hindle), who is now a police officer. Georgia and Rod prevail upon Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to help clear Sam’s name, and to prove that someone else committed the murder. With the assistance of the original investigating detective, a man named Webb (Morgan), Jessica reconstructs the events leading up to Sam’s arrest, with black-and-white “flashbacks” lifted from Strange Bargain illustrating how, three decades earlier, Sam had been offered $10,000 to make his boss’ suicide look like murder for insurance purposes. One of the supporting roles is played by Debbie Zipp, who would later become a Murder, She Wrote semi-regular as Donna Mayberry, the fiancee of Jessica’s nephew Grady Fletcher., Jessica is called upon to review a 30-year-old murder case for which an innocent man was jailed.
