The ever-professional Anne Meara makes the most of her one episode of CBSRMT.  Her deft touch of humor "...senisible shoes, I don't think I have any other kind." was always welcomed.

Nice touches of foreshadowing prior to her trip.

The sad resignation in her voice instantly provides sympathy for her character. And isn't it a natural that her beau was named "Norman"?

The shades of Alfred Hitchcock's series of paranoid films like "North by Northwest" or "The Man Who Knew Too Much" are rampant and well-done in this episode. Early on, we see Gwendolwn's questioning of her own sanity and inevitable fall into espionage. The victim hood on display with Meara's performance is chilling.  Her words quake in a world of self-confident, if untrusted voices.

There were some twists here - not exactly O Henry stuff - but sufficient for a one hour radio drama.

Great not-so-old revisit to old-time radio.



