| 1 | * AdaptationDisplacement: The film is loosely based on ''The Rainbird Pattern'' (1972), a thriller novel by Victor Canning, which had been recommended to Creator/AlfredHitchcock by ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' creators Richard Levinson and William Link. Because of the Hitchcock connection, the novel is now mostly remembered as the source of the film. |
| 2 | * HilariousInHindsight: The Rainbirds’ deceased chauffeur [[NamedLikeMyName is named]] Creator/MichaelOKeefe. |
| 3 | * {{Narm}}: The runaway car scene is not without effective Hitchcockian suspense, but is also hilariously bizarre and awkward. Blanche (who is sick, tipsy, and hysterical) is literally rolling around the vehicle in a tangle of flailing arms and legs, while George (too focused to be terrified) scolds Blanche in the most whiney voice imaginable. Despite the inherent terror of the situation, the scene plays out like a husband and his drunk wife trying to fix a toaster. |
| 4 | * RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/KatherineHelmond, pre-[[Series/{{Soap}} Jessica Tate]] and pre-[[Series/WhosTheBoss Mona Robinson]], as Joe Maloney's wife. Comes off as PlayingAgainstType, since Mrs. Maloney is much colder and more stern than the characters she came to specialize in playing. |
| 5 | * SignatureScene: The runaway car on the steep mountain road, and the final shot. |
| 6 | * SpecialEffectFailure: |
| 7 | ** The BlueScreen work in the driving scenes is exceptionally poor, even for the time. You can often see streetlights through the actors. |
| 8 | ** Adamson's jewelry store appears to have been a soundstage set in front of a BlueScreen, with the doorway and sidewalk rear-projected. Joe Maloney's first appearance in the store especially looks sloppy and strange. |
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