In "Weekend Special-Death," Agnes Moorehead stars as a secretary who becomes trapped overnight in her local supermarket and ends up in a death match with two robbers.
As the episode opens, an attorney named Lee Stanley has arrived at the police station. He is there because his secretary, Rita Dorsey, has been picked up by the police. What has she done? The police aren't sure. They found her locked up in a supermarket with two dead men, but she won't explain what happened.
Mr. Stanley is brought to Rita, and she starts talking... She had worked late, so she had arrived late to the supermarket. The store was closing for the night, but a clerk had told her to quickly go in and get her items. While she was still shopping, they turned off the lights and closed up! If that wasn't bad enough, a few hours later, two men showed up to rob the safe...
"Weekend Special-Death" was written by E. Jack Neuman and produced/directed by Elliott Lewis. Agnes Moorehead starred. Tony Barrett played Tony and Joseph Kearns played Fred. Also appearing were Hy Averback, Whitfield Connor, Mary Jane Croft, and Barney Phillips. This episode aired on May 24, 1954.
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I thought Moorehead's frantic telephone call was quite ironic. :)
Posted by: Jordan Hays | April 26, 2010 at 07:13 PM
True. The mini "Sorry, Wrong Number" scene right in the middle of this episode is kind of funny. - Christine
Posted by: Cmillinsf | April 30, 2010 at 08:49 AM
One of my favorite Moorehead appearances on "Suspense"! "Sorry, Wrong Number", "The Whole Town is Sleeping", "The Yellow Wallpaper" - lots of great contributions from the first lady herself
Posted by: Elliot Lear | May 07, 2010 at 03:50 PM