"A Tangled Web" is bolstered by a strong cast in a downbeat story. Robert Redford stars as David Chesterman, a compulsive thief whose wealthy mother catches him flirting with their French maid, Marie Petit (Zohra Lampert), who is unceremoniously dismissed on the spot. The clearly infatuated David impetuously decides to marry the lovely Marie, but winds up being cut off by his unperturbed mother. The couple turn to David's friend (and fence for stolen goods), Karl Gault (Barry Morse), who is secretly in love with Marie and decides to set up her new husband for a fall. David goes on the run after killing a guard during a botched robbery, leaving his devoted wife in the care of the obsessive Karl. This was Redford's second and last Hitchcock hour (since "A Piece of the Action"), and he is well matched by the always splendid Zohra Lampert, a beautiful actress of remarkable (and sadly underrated) talent, best remembered as the girl who got Warren Beatty in 1961's "Splendor in the Grass" (Natalie Wood was the competition).
Review of A Tangled Web
