Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder is an admitted remake of the 1955 French spinetingler Diabolique (we say "admitted" because most Diabolique rip-offs fail to credit the source). Joan Hackett is unhappily married to Sam Waterston . Tuesday Weld is Waterston 's equally disenchanted mistress. Hackett and Weld conspire to murder the hateful Waterston , but he proves hard to kill. Even after he's breathed his last, Waterston steadfastly refuses to stay dead-and thus the stage is set for the twist- countertwist climax. Filmed at Puget Sound, Reflections of Murder was one of the last made-for-TV projects of director John Badham ; it was first aired November 24, 1974. — Hal Erickson