When it takes Alfred Hitchcock himself to explain the outcome of the story in his epilogue, you know it wasn't a satisfying episode. The same was the case for a Season One entry titled 'Whodunit'. All the while watching, I'm asking myself why Tita Purdom was cast as the killer of an unrequited suitor; her performance was extraordinary on the bad side. Hitchcock must have wanted to get this one over quickly because he actually directed the episode, but you have to wonder what he was thinking. At the finale, the meticulous Mr. Princey (Cedric Hardwicke) stated that he successfully didn't leave any loose ends dangling, but apparently he wasn't let in on Hitch's sidebar. Smollett (John Williams) talked to the police, Millicent (Purdom) broke down, and this would have been cool to see on screen, clubbed her father with the croquet mallet! I wonder if they slid him down the sewer drain.
Review of Wet Saturday
