THE VISE
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2 Set A Murderer 7*
5 Death Pays No Dividends 8*
6 Gabriel's Choice 8*
7 The Diamond Expert 3*
9 Fair And The Fallen 7*
10 The Eavesdroppers 6*
11 The Very Silent Traveller 4*
12 The Yellow Robe 8*
13 Lucky Man 9*
14 The Gamblers 4*
15 Count Of Twelve 5*
16 Final Column 9*
18 Blind Man's Bluff 7*
20 Broken Honeymoon 8*
21 Death On The Boards 5*
24 The Cruel Test 6*
25 The Deception 6*
27 The Fame and the Fury 6*
28 Ring of Greed 5*
29 The Imperfect Gentleman 9*
31 Double Pay Off 4*
34 The Price Of Vanity 9*
35 Man In Demand 8*
36 The Homing Chinaman 5*
37 The Rattan Trunk 7*
44 The Verdict 4*
49 Bond Of Hate 4*
51 Side Entrance 6*
52 The Search For Martha Harris 4*
57 Dead Man's Evidence 7*
59 By Persons Unknown 7*
60 Killer At Large 4*
62 Gift From Heaven 7*
63 Second Sight 8*
64 Good Name Murder 6*
65 Snapshot 8*
Made by The Danzigers in Britain in 1954 and 1955 for American TV, where they were screened as The Vise,
the stories were later repeated in USA as
'The Pendulum.'
A few of the 25 minute films were made into compilations and premiered in UK cinemas as second features, but it wasn't until the early 1960s that some reached UK tv screens as
'Tension' or 'Crooked Path'.
After 65 had been made, the series continued with all the stories about Mark Saber.
The introduction to most of The Vise films was read by Ron Randell. It appears in all except the first few stories, and some of the last and ran- "How do you do. The story we are going to tell is about people caught in the jaws of a vice, in a dilemma of their own making. We'll start the story in a moment."
For The Pendulum John Bentley read some new lines as though he hadn't been paid very much. "The Pendulum swings. And Destiny weaves a pattern. This is the story of people who tried to change that pattern, but found they could not stop the Pendulum."
If you have any of the other stories in The Vise not listed above, I'd be pleased to hear from you!
My favourite episode: #13 Lucky Man- tho' a comedy and rather untypical of the series
Best moment: The unnamed actress playing the Hon Catherine in #29
Dud episode: #7 The Diamond Expert- even Paul Carpenter can't save this one.