As a growing boy Theophilus had successively aspired to nine different life-careers - including those of saint, archaeologist, detective, lover, actor, and rascal. At the age of twenty-nine he finds himself engaged in tutoring jobs in Newport, Rhode Island.

Stage production of Wilder's play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.

Stage production of Wilder's play; a study of life, love, and death in a New England town at the turn of the 20th century.

Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.

Musical set in the 1890's about a professional matchmaker who meets her match.