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Inner Sanctum inner Sanctum, which gets its title and little else from the radio show of the same name, is a better-than- average whodunit with only occasion¬ al undertones of the kind of psycho¬ logical horror that made its counter¬ part one of the more interesting land¬ marks of radio history. Like most such shows, its scripts seem uniformly routine. Its episodes thus stand or fall on performance and direction, a department in which the show bats an approximate .500. Given such actors as Paul Stewart and Jack Warden, both profession¬ als of considerable versatility, Inner Sanctum can turn out as neat a bit of suspense as any entry on the mar¬ ket, even though the surprise de¬ nouement is hardly a surprise to the case-hardened viewer after the first five minutes. Stewart’s perform¬ ance, in particular, carried a recent such story almost single-handedly. However, the show’s live New York flavor puts it a notch or two above the routine Hollywood half-hour film. It may be a disappointment to the radio listener of old, but to the new¬ comer it stacks up better than most. Murder ahead: Ian Keith and Jeanne Shepard in an Inner Sanctum episode. FINE TUNING By OLLIE CRAWFORD Las Vegas using TV to catch gambling cheats. It’s like a new panel show— What’s My Point? • This is about the only TV set that gets Little Joe instead of Joe Mc¬ Carthy. • The boss can sit in his office and watch all the gambling tables while figuring out his income tax. He can see snake-eyes staring at him without watching Zoo Parade. This could be like the Hit Parade show, where they pick the seven best “sevens.” • One guy was so lucky he practically had his own Strike It Rich program. • His dice were so loaded, they were practically stinko. He was so crooked he could roll “seven” with one die. There haven’t been so many passes on TV since the last French movie. He kept winning even when they gave him round dice. • He was doing better on TV with the ivories than Liberace. • From now on, he has to make “four” the hard way—with somebody watching. 23