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Synopsis: When Cheryl Draper looks out her apartment window in time to see Albert Richter murder a woman, she immediately reports it to the police. However, detectives are unable to find any evidence and believe she just dreamt it. Not content with the police, including the detective she is dating, not believing her, Richter seeks to discredit Cheryl further by convincing people she's mentally ill and belongs in an asylum. Who's in it? The movie stars Barbara Stanwyck , George Sanders , Gary Merrill , Jesse White and Harry Shannon. Review: I came across Witness to Murder last night and while it sounded a bit too much like Rear Window (which came out the same year), decided to add it to my library and wound up watching it this morning. It turned out to be a good choice. I think the thing that I liked best about this film was Richter (Sanders). Movies like this are only as good as the main antagonist and you couldn't get one more solid than him. Not only did he clean up ...

Synopsis: "Smoky" Callaway hasn't been a cowboy star in a decade but a recent decision to air some of his old movies on television has made him a celebrity again and the network wants him to make new films. There's just one problem, nobody knows where Smoky is. Desperate to cash in, advertisers Mike Frye and Deborah Patterson attempt to pass off cowboy "Stretch" Barnes as Smoky. The plan seems to go well until the real Smoky returns. Who's in it? The movie stars Fred MacMurray , Dorothy McGuire , Howard Keel , Jesse White and Natalie Schafer .  Review: My wife is feeling under the weather tonight and went to bed early. Since I had some time to myself, I decided to finally watch Callaway Went Thataway , which has been in my movie library for a few weeks. Overall, it ended up being a good film. The overall plot seemed like something that would be predictable but as it turned out, it was full of surprises. For one, Barnes (Keel) was an intriguing charact...

Synopsis: When Andy ( Andy Griffith ) and Barney ( Don Knotts ) once again are asked to break up a fight between Fred Boone ( Jesse White ) and his wife, Jennie ( Claudia Bryar ), he requires them to take daily lessons so they learn to be nicer to each other. His plan works. However, instead of fighting with each other, Fred and Jennie begin taking their anger out on other people. Review: What can I say, once I start watching a classic show again, I tend to get hooked on it for a while. And, that's the reason I wound up watching another episode of this series while home at lunch today, picking this one almost completely at random. After seeing this episode, my opinion of it was honestly a little mixed. To be fair, there were some funny moments in this episode. But, at the same time, this still could be considered domestic violence. The idea of a husband and wife constantly fighting, insulting and even throwing things at each other as a way of showing they cared probabl...