The retiring salesman here, Robert Emhardt, was an outstanding character actor, and one of Hitchcock's favorites. Jeanette Nolan played the intense and savvy bereaved Mom in this long-term, quiet, double-crime investigation. Don Taylor directed this Robert C. Dennis teleplay of a very inventive and suspenseful Henry Slesar murder mystery. Leaves a couple loose ends, but still a very satisfying tale and ending.

A few more reports like this of home sales gone awry might explain why the real estate market is so bad now.You know what they used to say when I was a kid? "You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool Mom."And there's that other old chestnut: "All things come to those who wait." Watch this!

i loved it! She was so calm, cool and collected. One of the best episodes and I've seen many. Thumbs all the way up!

I can't believe she thought of that! I did not see the ending coming in that form.

That was one of the best stories I've seen on AH Presents. How smart to charge too much for a house knowing there is only one person on earth who would pay it.
And then she revenges her son's death.BRILLIANT!

If only the average episode or movie today had an ending as good as this.

The mother in the story knew how to plan a revenge.