It's odd seeing the two movie vets and romantic leads (Day & Roland) playing villainous types. Of course Ruth (Day) has pretty good reason for her actions since Luis (Roland) spurns their 20-year relationship in favor of the young blonde lovely, Kitty (Devon). The tyranical Luis lords his authority over everyone in his wine-making empire, including his disowned son, Al (Galloway). So it's not too surprising that he comes to a bad end.
Reviewer HEFILM is right on—the episode fails to deliver the suspense implicit in the premise. Certainly, director Brahm doesn't seem engaged, filming in straightforward pedestrian style. Too bad, because when engaged, he can turn out moody thrillers, such as The Lodger (1944) and Hangover Square (1945). I guess this was just another TV assignment, which leaves the flawed screenplay unfortunately unadorned. Anyhow, in my little book, the screenplay could have dispensed with the son and his girl and concentrated instead on playing up Kitty's apparent guilt and factotum Dominic's ordeal in the wine tub. As it stands, however, the entry's more a matter of lumpy threads than coherent suspenser.