This is a truly excellent thriller which never lets up for a moment, racks up the tension wonderfully, and has a MONSTER of a twist at the end (which I won't reveal). Harry Kenyon (Mike Farrell) has a terrible problem. His wife Chris has vanished and suddenly up pops Margot Kidder impersonating her, just before the real Chris is due to inherit a fortune. He's trying desperately to get people to believe him, but no one will, especially the local chief of detectives (Elliott Gould). What the audience doesn't realise is that Harry Kenyon has a very (very) dark secret and the townspeople who refuse to believe him may know far more than they're letting on. This movie was good enough for a cinema release in my opinion and I promise you, it won't disappoint. 9 out of 10.

I'm shocked by all of the positive comments about this movie. Yes, it does have one surprise that was kinda interesting. But, the plot does not hold together. It relies on a large set of completely unbelievable coincidences and mystery story cliches. Only a script writer could get these characters to do exactly what they needed to when they needed to do it and ignore routine things that normal people would do because they would end the story right away. Why did the detective never simply have the wife's drivers license picture wired to him, or, should you think you are sure of the answer to that one, why didn't the husband insist on the same? Were there any deviation, they plot would have all fallen apart. I won't get into any spoilers, but after you get the big surprise, you'll find yourself beginning to ask "what about...?" and "But...". There's a big "but, what if" there that I love to think of the consequences of.

This is a great movie for those Who love old fashion mysteries. Harry reports to Lt.Rudameyer that his wife Chris is missing.Chris shows up with Father Macklin, and this is when the fun begins. Elliot Gould, Margot Kidder And Mike Farrell are great...But Fred Gwynne is wonderful as Father Macklin. Check it out!!!!!

Levinson and Link, the Columbo and McCloud guys threw together this modern mystery and it's too bad (that it's thrown together), because the story is quite marvelous, actually.The film suffers from limited locations and characters. The casting is TV-Movie all the way with Mike Farrell, Margot Kidder, and Eliott Gould getting the bulk of the screen time. Fred Gwynne (don't we all love Fred Gwynne?) does a nice turn in a smaller role..If you make it through the first 20 minutes of needless expanse, you'll wonder into an interesting little mystery with plenty of surprises.Well worth watching on a rainy afternoon.