The Storm

It is a dark and stormy night; wife (Nancy Kelly, sister of Jack) returns home to an empty house, anxiously awaits the return of her absent husband (David McLean), hoping he can make it back through the terrible storm. Hearing noises in the cellar, she discovers the corpse of a young woman in her trunk, and begins to fear for her life. Solid crime entry with only one other character, a strange cab driver (James Griffith, previously seen in "Parasite Mansion") who makes unsuccessful advances towards the wife before dropping her off at her home. Nancy Kelly played the mother of "The Bad Seed"(1956), while the craggy David McLean appeared in 1977's "Kingdom of the Spiders," perhaps best known as the Marlboro Man in those TV commercials. The actress who plays the murder victim in the trunk appears unbilled but there are no other characters present unless one counts the voice of the telephone operator.

Nancy Kelly stars as a young newlywed named Janet who arrives home early and awaits the imminent arrival of her husband Ben(played by David McLean). She was bothered by a strange cab driver(played by James Griffith) but shrugs him off, though that only begins a night of fear when a storm knocks out the power, and when she goes to the basement, finds the body of a young woman in the trunk(shown in the prologue). Can Janet survive both the raging storm and an unseen killer, or will the arrival of Ben make no difference? Most effective episode creates a fine eerie atmosphere, with a solid performance by Kelly and a most ironic twist ending.

A woman, married for only a year and a half, arrives at her house in a storm. The taxi driver is really weird and seems to pose a threat. She gets rid of him; apparently he is some local character. She wasn't supposed to arrive for a day or so. She is calm at first but then begins to hear things. Many prove to be effects of the storm, but in time she realizes there is someone out there. In searching the house, she finds a woman's body. At the beginning we see a beautiful young woman murdered by an unknown man. This is obviously the victim. She keeps trying to put two and two together. Things begin to happen. She puts the cat out, but it somehow gets back in. She finds an envelope, but it disappears. This is quite a good episode.

The cat is more than the witness of tension and truth but the main character , in an episode defined by wise craft of tension using only three actors, a discover in cellar and the storm. Nothing special but just inspired used.

Nancy Keller proposes a great portrait of isolated woman, expecting her husband, front to propositions of cab driver and a terrible discover.

A great portrait of crime, step by step, a simple story with powerful effect, a beautiful definition of characters and, no doubts, the admirable Baba as axis of tensions, murder, fears and the result of tensioned atmosphere.

In short, impecable work.