I've read Guy De Maupassant's short story before and I think Ian Martin did a terrific adaptation to this. His choice of words of writing about the Hand in ACT 2 were creepily descriptive as if you were actually staring at it with Henri Donnet (played by Alexander Scourby) & Sir John Rowell (played by Guy Sorel). Listen to Alexander Scourby's voice at the 26-minute mark when he says the word "black and desiccated", it sounds like he overstated it, but entertaining. The music in ACT 2 and ACT 3 was bone-chilling & wickedly sinister. And what an ending!