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Ring Once for Death was videotaped in England, then telecast in the States as part of ABC's Wide World Mystery. Michael Jayston, a regular participant in these quickie chillers, becomes the butler of wealthy widow Janet Kay. At first the widow welcomes Jayston's overprotectiveness. But this perfect family retainer takes his job a wee bit too seriously, and it isn't long before he is malevolently controlling every aspect of his mistress' life. Barry Nelson is the requisite American "name" in this otherwise all-British concoction.