Alibi Me story
Gangster Georgie Minnelli kills his known rival, Lucky Moore and sets up an alibi that he was in his apartment the whole day. When the police question Georgie, a delivery boy arrives with a package, revealing that he had tried to deliver the package five times that day because Georgie was not at home. Directed by: Jules Bricken. Story by: Therd Jefre and Walter Newman, Bernard C. Schoenfeld.
13 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| how to murder someone and get away with it | choice | Georgie figured he just needed a solid alibi in order to knock off Lucky Moore. |
| murder | major | Georgie went to one person after another in an attempt to secure an alibi after shooting dead his longtime rival Lucky Moore. |
| rivalry | major | Georgie and Lucky had hated each other since childhood and they're described as rivals in the synopsis. |
| blackmail | minor | Georgie pressured Mrs. Salvatori by threatening to reveal to the police that her teenage daughter had shoplifted a fur coat from the department store. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Georgie would have secured an alibi from his old girlfriend Goldie had she not found a photograph of a cabaret girl in his coat pocket. |
| filmmaking | minor | Alfred Hitchcock sarcastically explained that his productions start with the background music, then they add sound effects and come up with a title; after that a writer is commissioned to come up with some appropriate antics to accompany the sound. |
| ironic twist of fate | minor | Georgie finally found someone, Tim, to be his alibi but a few seconds later Tim apparently died of a heart attack. Georgi finally got the landlady to cover for him, but their scheme was blown by a delivery boy who had failed deliveries earlier. |
| law enforcement | minor | Lieutenant Larkin questioned Georgie about the murder of Georgie's rival Lucky Moore. |
| mother and daughter | minor | Mrs. Salvatori was protective of her 15-year-old daughter Maria. |
| portent of luck | minor | Lucky sprinkled salt on his shoulder for good luck shortly before getting shot dead. |