Directed by Gene R. Kearney, who wrote the script based on a story by Kurt van Elting, “The Other Way Out” starts with businessman Bradley Meredith (Ross Martin) returning home from a long vacation with his wife Estelle (Peggy Feury) just in time for his secretary to show him that a go-go dancer that he had some relationship with has died. Even worse, he soon learns that he’s being blackmailed.

He goes the whole way to an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere, having to walk most of the way after crashing his car. There, he meets the grandfather of the dead dancer, Old Man Doubleday (Burl Ives), who puts him through hell to pay for the murder.

That said, if you’re expecting any real twists or turns, there really aren’t any in this story. There are dogs attacking the man and the promised Sonny, instead of being a brutal older brother ends up being a ten year old, but this feels like a ton of putting the pieces on the table and then not a single thing happens with them. Sure, it has a dark tone, but that’s really all it has.