Suspense - A Murder of Necessity

In "A Murder of Necessity," a man kills his blackmailer but then realizes that there is a witness to his crime.

Herbie Sachs is a private investigator and a blackmailer. As the episode opens, Mark is on his way to Herbie's office to murder him. Mark walks in, chit-chats a little, and then shoots him.

Afterwards, he realizes that Herbie had been in the middle of a phone call. The phone was off the hook, and somewhere out there, a stranger heard what he did.

Mark decides to try to find out who was on the other end of that call by going through the list of people that Herbie was in contact with that day. As he does, Mark realizes that he may have done them all a favor by killing Herbie.

"A Murder of Necessity" was written by Richard Pedicini  and produced/directed by Elliott Lewis. Robert Young starred. Also appearing were Joseph Kearns, Charlotte Lawrence, Joe Gilbert , Howard McNear, Lou Merrill, and Paula Winslowe. This episode aired on March 24, 1952.

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Comments

[Grigs]

Really good story with a nice twist at the end, but what really stands out is the attention to detail. Even the minor characters are multidimensional...the waitress has low self esteem, the one character has the habit of saying "brother" a lot. Thanks for posting this. Loved it.