As the world turns for Jane (Judith Chapman), so will the days of her lives, keeping her young and rich and reckless. The veteran soap actress plays a dual role, first Heather, an heiress believed by her plastic surgeon (Robert Lansing) to have drowned, and a stripper he operated on in the hospital to look like his daughter. Lansing is a sociopathic nutcase, desperate to control the estate of a father he hated, and that means getting rid of his brother and frequent co-conspirator Arlen Dean Snyder. Lots of twists and turns, especially when the real Heather turns up and begins to conspire with her doppelganger.
I just love the shot of Heather supposedly drowning while Lansing pedals by on a boat and does everything but wave goodbye to her. Then after the funeral of snyder, there's a big chorus in a large cemetery of "When the saints go marching In" with everyone in colorful clothing as a big buffet is waiting for them. Chapman, the Tallulah Bankhead of soap operas, is fabulous in this, a part I could easily see a young Davis, Stanwyck or Crawford playing, although this is done on a very low budget. In spite of that, this melodrama (not really a horror film) is actually pretty good, and Lansing is a great antagonist. This keeps the audience guessing up until the end as to what's going to happen, and especially who of the three characters will have the last laugh.
I just love the shot of Heather supposedly drowning while Lansing pedals by on a boat and does everything but wave goodbye to her. Then after the funeral of snyder, there's a big chorus in a large cemetery of "When the saints go marching In" with everyone in colorful clothing as a big buffet is waiting for them. Chapman, the Tallulah Bankhead of soap operas, is fabulous in this, a part I could easily see a young Davis, Stanwyck or Crawford playing, although this is done on a very low budget. In spite of that, this melodrama (not really a horror film) is actually pretty good, and Lansing is a great antagonist. This keeps the audience guessing up until the end as to what's going to happen, and especially who of the three characters will have the last laugh.