The great actors were Cedric Hardwicke and John Williams. This episode is a major disappointment, considering that it was one of the very few that Hitchcock directed himself. The story is a bore. As it opens, we learn that Hardwicke's incredibly annoying daughter has murdered someone. Being the wealthy, arrogant socialite that he is, Hardwicke's only concern is to save the family's reputation. So, the story goes. John Williams, as the man Hardwicke tries to frame for the murder, has a particularly thankless role. Williams' dry sense of humor doesn't come through here, at all. I absolutely hated Tita Purdom as Hardwicke's stupid looking, neurotic, incredibly annoying daughter. She should have been on the other side of the gun. Overall, the episode is almost a complete waste. I don't even remember how it ended! I wonder if this even matters.
Review of Wet Saturday
