One More Mile to Go story
After murdering his spouse, Sam Jacoby has trouble disposing of the body. He is stopped by a motorcycle cop because of his faulty tail light, and the cop helpfully detours Jacoby to the nearby police headquarters so that their mechanic can open the trunk and fix it. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. Story by: F. J. Smith, James Cavanagh.
5 total · 4 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| dangerous driving | major | The motorcycle cop was pestered Sam over a faulty tail light out of concern that it might cause an accident. |
| ironic twist of fate | major | Sam was disposing of his murdered wife's body when, through an ironic twist of fate, his dodgey tail light attracted the attention of an overzealous police officer; through a further sequence of ironic fate twists, Sam thought variously that he was off the hook then on the hook again. |
| law enforcement | major | Sam was being pestered by a motorcycle cop over a faulty tail light. |
| spouse murder | major | The story follows Sam as he tries to dispose of the body of his wife whose head he'd bashed in with a fire iron. In the preamble, Alfred Hitchcock spoke of King Henry VIII sending Anne Boleyn to have her head chopped off. But note that Hitchcock expressed an incorrect understanding of history. Henry VIII had two of his exes (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) legally executed for treason some days after each marriage was annulled, so technically speaking neither was a spouse nor murdered. |
| romantic relationship issue | minor | Sam and his wife had a heated argument that ended with Sam bashing her head in with a fire iron. |