In The Killer With Two Faces criminally insane Terry Spelling (Ian Hendry) escapes from the institution he is being held in and immediately goes on a killing spree. Meanwhile his twin brother Bob, an architect, has just met pretty designer Patty Heron (Donna Mills) but thanks to a mis-communication Patty, who wants to show Bob around the new house she has just bought, ends up meeting Terry there instead….
It’s amazing how many episodes of Thriller feature key scenes set on trains, here the first meeting between Bob and Patty takes place on one. There is a good strong opening segment and the central idea of twins, one good, one bad is pretty good but by the end of The Killer With Two Faces it has become something of a pretty girl locked in a house with a killer episode. Hendry is fabulous as always though.
cast
IAN HENDRY as Bob and Terry Spelling
DONNA MILLS as Patty Heron
RODDY McMILLAN as Inspector Fillory
DAVID LODGE as Bradley
ROBIN PARKINSON as Mr Holland
SUSAN DRURY as Jenny
JONATHAN DENNIS as Intern
HAZEL McBRIDE as Nurse
SERETTA WILSON as Sara
CHRISTINE SHAW as Woman
SUSANNAH MacMILLAN as Dorothy
JAMES GREENE as Policeman
RALPH BALL as Doctor Styles
JOHN SAUNDERS as Man
Writer: Brian Clemens / Production Design: Stanley Mills / Director: John Scholz-Conway
UK / ITV – ATV / 1×75 minute episode / Broadcast 25 January 1975
Series: Thriller / Season 4 Episode 4
