![]() ![]() After killing a woman, a man is chosen to be a juror for the trial of the man accused of her murder. With Alfred Hitchcock, Dean Jagger, Betty Field, Will Hutchins. So I don't know, it has a few moody shots from underrated DP William Magueles, but it's not very well directed and seems like a missed opportunity as a whole, still those good ideas make it almost a much watch, if not a must enjoy. The Star Juror: Directed by Herschel Daugherty. There are a few scattered powerful statements about guilt and crime which seem almost thrown away. Writer/adapter James Bridges does uneven work-and I can't say which good or bad ideas are his and which are from the source material-though I think the country-fried aspects come from him. ![]() But he's limited by the material-his wife is written and acted as a total shrew and that's a real problem-though her part, thankfully, isn't that large. Dean Jagger was always a unique type as an actor and always good in his own way and that's true here too. Eventually there is another poorly staged fights scene and then a pretty good ending. But then it gets better, it seems to proceed fairly seriously, then it gets a little hard to believe as during the trial a juror is repeatedly allowed to question various witnesses-perhaps the novel, this is based on, was set many years earlier when this was allowed-but it strains belief in a contemporary setting. Almost none of which seem natural or are funny. The murder that opens the show is a strangling-very poorly staged-and several scenes in a row after that have people making references to "stiking your neck out" and about any other strangling/choking pun you can imagine. With Alfred Hitchcock, Kim Hunter, John Larkin, Gene Lyons. An older husband becomes very disenchanted with his wife at their new beach house, and has a devious plan for her. With Alfred Hitchcock, Arthur Kennedy, Phyllis Thaxter, Royal Dano. ![]() The tone for one thing seems to start with comedy. The Evil of Adelaide Winters: Directed by Laslo Benedek. Change of Address: Directed by David Friedkin. ![]()
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