Night Watch (1973)

Dir. Hutton followed up the disappointing X, Y and Zee (1972) with a slow-moving thriller based on a play by Lucille Fletcher, and again had Liz Taylor cast as the lead. She plays a rich ‘dahhhliiing’ on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She does a much better job this time, but wait until the last third before passing any kind of lasting judgement, because there are red herrings aplenty in both script and direction.
The camera cuts inside and outside of the same window often, into and out of the storm; for the viewer it’s much the same, keeping us at arms reach but attentive, not unlike the frayed-nerved Liz.

3 complete pictures out of 5