***SPOILERS*** A Pre-Columbo "Just one more thing" Peter Falk in a non speaking role as the deft mute Martin at first evokes little sympathy from the audience suffering from manic depression and getting into fights with anyone who as much as looks cross eyed at him. It's until fellow deft mute as well as sign language teacher Elise, Carol Lynley, shows some interest in his plight that he becomes not only human as well as passive as a little kitten. Only to have Elise later drop him for her All-American as well as well spoken- he quotes passages from the deep and philosophical works of Kant & Schopenhauer- boyfriend Don, Fred Beir, whom he developers a psychotic hatred for.
Despite his sad predicament Martin is not really a nice guy going out of his way picking fights with everyone he runs into so you can't really feel sorry for the guy even, after wreaking his apartment and beating up everyone in sight, when he give you or Elise that cute puppy dog look like like a school boy telling his teacher that it's the dog that eat his homework assignment. Still the pretty and caring Elise does everything to make Martin's life better so he can join the human race as a law abiding and productive citizen. Like the job she got him in the rooming house or homeless shelter as a handy man and janitor.
***SPOILERS****It's when a jealous and crazed Martin caught Elise and Don making out on the beach that he completely flipped out. Out for blood as well as revenge the much smaller Martin attacked Don, who didn't even have time to put his pants back on, and pounded him into the sand almost killing him. That's until the state troopers showed up and to keep him from killing Don shot him dead. It's then as he lay dying in her arms that Elise using sign language tells Martin in just how she felt about the nutcase saying that she still-despite his insane and deranged actions-loved and cared about him. Thus making his last moments on earth before he checked out for good happy ones.
Despite his sad predicament Martin is not really a nice guy going out of his way picking fights with everyone he runs into so you can't really feel sorry for the guy even, after wreaking his apartment and beating up everyone in sight, when he give you or Elise that cute puppy dog look like like a school boy telling his teacher that it's the dog that eat his homework assignment. Still the pretty and caring Elise does everything to make Martin's life better so he can join the human race as a law abiding and productive citizen. Like the job she got him in the rooming house or homeless shelter as a handy man and janitor.
***SPOILERS****It's when a jealous and crazed Martin caught Elise and Don making out on the beach that he completely flipped out. Out for blood as well as revenge the much smaller Martin attacked Don, who didn't even have time to put his pants back on, and pounded him into the sand almost killing him. That's until the state troopers showed up and to keep him from killing Don shot him dead. It's then as he lay dying in her arms that Elise using sign language tells Martin in just how she felt about the nutcase saying that she still-despite his insane and deranged actions-loved and cared about him. Thus making his last moments on earth before he checked out for good happy ones.
