An Echo Of
Theresa
(ITC Movie title "Anatomy Of Terror")
Original UK transmission: 5th May 1973
Original US transmission: 15th January 1973
WRITTEN BY: Brian Clemens
DIRECTED BY: Peter Jefferies
PRODUCED BY: John Sichel
MAIN CAST: Paul Burke (Brad Hunter), Polly Bergen (Suzy
Hunter), Dinsdale Landen (Matthew Earp), Basil Henson (Charles
Merrow), Vernon Dobtcheff (Bannerheim), Meriel Brooke (Theresa),
William Job (Trasker)
Teaser
Sequence
The camera pans across the
Thames and up to a hotel building, where an American couple are
enjoying the view from their window. While the wife readies
herself to go sightseeing, the husband sits down and glances at The
Times but is momentarily overcome by a feeling of confusion.
A business contact arrives unexpectedly, and without missing a
beat he calls out his wife and introduces her as
"Theresa". Shocked, she turns to him and says
"Brad, my name isn't Theresa..."
Plot
Summary
Visiting England for the first
time, American Brad Hunter and his wife Suzy are looking forward
to seeing the sights. As soon as he arrives, however, Hunter
begins to lapse into episodes of bizarre behaviour; first he
repeatedly refers to his wife as "Theresa" , and then
flies into a rage and throws a business colleague out for no
reason. Seized by strange sensations of familiarity about his new
surroundings, Hunter's personality begins to disintegrate as he
imagines himself to be an Englishman named Charles Merrow. To aid
in solving the mystery, an eccentric private detective named
Matthew Earp is called in but Hunter has already attracted the
attention of other parties who's intentions are far from
friendly.
Comments
This episode's real attraction is the wonderful portrayal by the
late Dinsdale Landen of the erudite private detective Matthew
Earp, who's priceless bouts of arrogance are perfectly framed
against the unfolding story. The central premise is quite
ingenious and keeps one guessing right up until the very end,
with plenty of intrigue along the way. The character of Earp was
brought back (in somewhat sharper form) in Season Three's The
Next Scream You Hear.
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