Flight to the East story
While traveling on a plane, war correspondent Ted Franklin strikes up a conversation with fellow passenger Barbara Denim. Franklin is under arrest, and is traveling with a police inspector on the way home to be tried for a murder. Once he has told her his story, Franklin learns that Denim is a witness who is going to testify against him. Directed by: Arthur Hiller. Story by: Bevil Charles, Joel Murcott.
12 total · 4 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| arms trade | major | Sasha Ishmael was tried and ultimately hanged for having illegally dealt in German weapons of war. |
| journalism | major | Former war correspondent Ted Franklin was using hie typewriter to prove the innocence of a man who'd been hanged for illegally dealing in German war weapons, or so his story went at least. |
| murder | major | Ted was being flown to Cairo to be tried for the murder of the father of a convicted arms dealer. |
| the desire for justice | major | Ted presented himself as a man of integrity who was simply motivated by a desire to prove that Sasha Ismael was innocent of illegally dealing in German war weapons. |
| bribery | minor | Various people were accused of having been bribed with diamonds. |
| coping with the death of a child | minor | Abdul Ishmael mourned the death of his son, Sasha. |
| father and son | minor | Abdul Ishmael was dismayed that his son Sasha was being tried for illegally dealing in German war weapons. |
| flying carpet | minor | In the intro, Alfred Hitchcock was flying on a magic carpet at 10,000 feet up in the air. |
| legal occupation | minor | Sir Robert Walton served as prosecutor in Sasha's trial. |
| the desire for vengeance | minor | In one telling of the story, Abdul blamed Ted and sought to kill him as payback for Sasha's execution. |