In "The Lonely Road," Gregory Peck plays a man who becomes dangerously smitten with his house-maid.
Steven Gare and his wife, Ellen, life in an isolated house in the country. They are in need of help around their home and so, they post an advertisement. A girl named Jenny responds, and Ellen hires her. Initially, everything seems to go well, but soon Ellen becomes uncomfortable with Jenny. Ellen sees something dangerous in her, and she isn't wrong. Jenny wants get rid of the Ellen, so she and Steven can run off together.
"The Lonely Road" was written by Mary North and produced/directed by William Spier. Gregory Peck, in the first of his five appearances on Suspense, played Steven Gare. Cathy Lewis played Ellen Gare, and Maria Palmer played Jenny. Peck and Palmer had previously worked together in the 1944 film Days of Glory. This episode aired on March 21, 1946.
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Wow, this was intense. The descriptions of Jenny were very ......uh, let's say vivid. My mental picture of her is quite impressive. LOL
Posted by: Grigs | March 26, 2008 at 08:07 AM
I love it..this is my bedtime story every night :)
Posted by: Agentspookygirl | March 16, 2012 at 03:36 PM