Murder and the Android

Murder and the Android was a television movie based on Fondly Fahrenheit, a 1954 story by Alfred Bester. It was broadcast on November 8, 1959, as an NBC Sunday Showcase production. The film was produced by Robert [Alan Aurthur], directed by Alex Segal, and starred Kevin [McCarthy (actor)|Kevin McCarthy], Rip Torn, Vladimir Sokoloff, Suzanne Pleshette and Sono Osato.
In 1960, science fiction author Frederik Pohl called this film, "almost the only first-rate television play on a science fiction theme". It was nominated for the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
This story is set 400 years in the future, when a man inherits an android. This synthetic being was created in a laboratory as a submissive, obedient construct. Unfortunately, the android malfunctions and attempts to dominate its master.