A doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.A doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.A doctor and the wife of one of his wealthy patients hatch a plot to get rid of her husband so they can be together and get his money.
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- TriviaIn 1969, during the acceptance speech for her third consecutive Emmy for Mission: Impossible, Barbara Bain announced that she was leaving the series. She did so because her husband, Martin Landau, also left the series at the same time over a pay dispute. Landau had never had more than one-year contracts, however, and was free to leave at the end of that series' third season. Bain, however, had signed a standard five-year contract. Paramount Television obtained a court order that she could not work in Hollywood until her contract expired. This TV movie was her first dramatic role in two years because of Paramount's court order.
- GoofsThe doctors examination room is a crime scene and should have been taped-off. Yet it is continuously used as if nothing happened in there.
- ConnectionsReferences The Great Dictator (1940)
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Too Far-Fetched for its Own Good
Murder Once Removed (1971)
** (out of 4)
Boring and far-fetched made-for-TV thriller about a doctor (John Forsythe) who plans on murdering a rich patient (Richard Kiley) and blaming another one so that he can be with the man's wife (Barbara Bain). At just 73-minutes, a routine running time for TV films from this era, MURDER ONCE REMOVED just never clicked for me and a lot of the problem can be pointed at the screenplay, which is just too far-fetched for its own good. Not for a single second did I believe the set-up of the murder, which was just downright silly and there were far too many holes or things that could have gone wrong. I'm not going to spoil what happens but earlier in the movie it's hinted at that the doctor could have murdered at least three other people. If he was smart enough to get away with murder it's hard to believe that he'd be dumb enough to go for this type of plot. I also had major issues with the wife character and especially her reactions to not only the murder but her entire affair with the doctor. I think the one thing that does go right here are the performances with Forsythe at least turning in strong work. I also thought Kiley was extremely good in the role of the husband and Wendell Burton is fine as a drug addict vet.
** (out of 4)
Boring and far-fetched made-for-TV thriller about a doctor (John Forsythe) who plans on murdering a rich patient (Richard Kiley) and blaming another one so that he can be with the man's wife (Barbara Bain). At just 73-minutes, a routine running time for TV films from this era, MURDER ONCE REMOVED just never clicked for me and a lot of the problem can be pointed at the screenplay, which is just too far-fetched for its own good. Not for a single second did I believe the set-up of the murder, which was just downright silly and there were far too many holes or things that could have gone wrong. I'm not going to spoil what happens but earlier in the movie it's hinted at that the doctor could have murdered at least three other people. If he was smart enough to get away with murder it's hard to believe that he'd be dumb enough to go for this type of plot. I also had major issues with the wife character and especially her reactions to not only the murder but her entire affair with the doctor. I think the one thing that does go right here are the performances with Forsythe at least turning in strong work. I also thought Kiley was extremely good in the role of the husband and Wendell Burton is fine as a drug addict vet.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Dec 25, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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