The stage production starred Joseph Cotten as the murderer and Agnes Moorehead as the victim. 미첼은 연극이 시외 트라이아웃을 순회하던 중 암으로 사망했는데, 콜롬보가 그의 마지막 역할이었습니다. In , the same play was made into a twohour television movie that aired on NBC.