This British production featured lesser-known actors in filmed plays showing people caught in "the vise" of fate created by their own deeds.
Where to Watch The Vise • Season 2
26 Episodes
Diplomatic Error
E1
Diplomatic Error
Strangle Hold
E2
Strangle Hold
The Corpse in Room Thirteen
E3
The Corpse in Room Thirteen
Death Walks by Night
E4
Death Walks by Night
The Verdict
E5
The VerdictA gunman bursts into the home of Julia Benton, the widow of a judge. He is waiting for Harry Christie. When Christie arrives he has just received a pardon from prison and blames her for his wife's death. He now intends to retry the case.
The Bargain
E6
The Bargain
Death in White
E7
Death in WhiteGeraldine Munsen is a nasty person who wants to have the perfect wedding to Peter Granger. The night before he is sent a bunch of old love letters but she threatens to expose his secrets if he doesn't show. Geraldine is later found dead.
The Broken Link
E8
The Broken Link
Never Let Me Die
E9
Never Let Me Die
Bond of Hate
E10
Bond of HateAn ever- quarreling, long married couple take a holiday in the mountains, where the wife seeks to take revenge on her husband, whom she believes cut short her concert career.
Death Mask
E11
Death Mask
Side Entrance
E12
Side EntranceBusinessman Tom Walker is angry his young wife Claire is friendly with Barney Todd rather than new contact. Tom wants a divorce. So he pretends to go to Paris but instead sneaks back to murder Claire and makes it look like it was Barney.
The Search for Martha Harris
E13
The Search for Martha HarrisFred Harris is distraught when his wife Martha fails to return from an outing. When the church roof money is stolen it looks like Martha has taken it. Next Mabel Scott is found murdered. The common denominator appears to be Fred Harris.
Money to Burn
E14
Money to Burn
Two of a Kind
E15
Two of a Kind
Cross Channel
E16
Cross ChannelEllen Colman finds herself alone in Paris. Charles Kleber offers to show her the sights. When Kleber visits. the pair they plan to murder her husband and marry. Back in Paris she learns she is his next victim so needs to kill him first.
Death Takes No Holiday
E17
Death Takes No Holiday
Dead Man's Evidence
E18
Dead Man's Evidence
Stranger in Town
E19
Stranger in Town
By Persons Unknown
E20
By Persons Unknown
Killer at Large
E21
Killer at Large
Wrong Time Murder
E22
Wrong Time Murder
Gift from Heaven
E23
Gift from HeavenBill Kent stumbles on a package of diamonds from an air wreckage and tries to sell them illegally through his wife's lover.
