. . . . . . . . . . . . . THE VISE
Made by The Danzigers in Britain in 1954-5 for America 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 60's that they reached UK TV 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."
My favourite episode of those I have seen myself: #13 Lucky Man- tho' a comedy and rather untypical of the series
Dud episode: #7 The Diamond Expert- even Paul Carpenter can't save this one.

My review of BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
starring John Bentley and Eunice Gayson
The tale of surgeon Peter Lawrence (John Bentley) who falls for Valerie the wife of his best friend (a seductive Eunice Gayson). She's beautiful! Valerie is afraid for her husband Mark (Leonard Sachs) who is 48 and facing a routine operation. Valerie needs reassurance that her husband of seven years is in good hands. Over a meal, Valerie wonders why Peter has never married. "Love, he explains, "is a temporary insanity." Peter finds that he has become a victim of "the lunacy of love." He becomes infatuated!
Then the downhill path. When Valerie holidays in Cannes, she sends Mark and Peter letters, only she is so scatty she puts the letters in the wrong envelopes! As luck has it, Mark can't guess the identity of her lover, but he swears to kill the man when he finds him. But Peter is horrified to learn that Valerie was writing a goodbye letter. She's found the man "who can make her really happy," tennis instructor Mario (Pat Holt). Bribing Mario, Peter flees with his floozie to Spain planning to go from thence to South America. But Mark is hot on their trail. Peter's driving gets more and more reckless. It's that stock shot of a car plunging over the cliff again!
Interesting eternal triangle story by Paul Tabori, though the ending is too sudden and never resolves the conflict satisfactorily.
Note- Playing a Spanish cop, uncredited, is Denis Shaw.

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