Wet Saturday story
After his daughter Millie kills a man, Mr. Princey devises a plan to save his family name. Working together with his wife, son and daughter, Princey methodically sets up the body and crime scene so that family friend Captain Smollett will take the blame for the murder. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. Story by: John Collier, Marian Cockrell.
16 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| breaking the law to cover up another crime | choice | Mr. Princey went to elaborate lengths to frame Captain Smollet for a murder that George's own daughter had committed. George committed various crimes in the process, including assault and battery. |
| blood is thicker than water | major | The Narrator spelled out this point of the story at the end: Mr. Princey had no compunctions about framing his friend for a murder that his own daughter had committed. |
| crime of passion | major | Milicent murdered the school master who spurned her in a jealous rage. |
| family honor | major | Mr. Princey made it clear that his first and only concern was with protecting the family's impeccable standing in the community. |
| father and daughter | major | Milicent's father masterminded an effort to cover up a murder that she'd committed. |
| framing someone for a crime | major | Mr. Princey tried to frame Captain Smollet for a murder that George's own daughter had committed. |
| murder | major | Milicent's family tried to cover up a murder that she had committed. |
| brother and sister | minor | Milicent and her brother George. |
| coping with having injured someone | minor | Milicent acted upset about having bashed her lover's brains in with numerous hits from an croquet mallet. |
| father and son | minor | Mr. Princey's son George helped him to cover up Milicent's crime. |