Forty Detectives Later story
Private investigator William Tyre is hired by Munro Dean to lure a man named Otto to a hotel room so that Dean can meet him. Dean believes that Otto killed his wife, and wants revenge. Tyre does his job, but has a change of heart and goes to the room just as Dean and Otto have shot each other. While dying, Otto admits to Tyre that he killed Dean's wife, but that he was hired by Dean to do it. Directed by: Arthur Hiller. Story by: Henry Slesar.
11 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire for vengeance | choice | Munro wanted William to avenge Munto's wife's murder extrajudicially. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Munro Dean was after his late wife's murderer. |
| murder | major | The story culminated with Munro Dean shooting dead his late wife's murderer. |
| private investigator occupation | major | The protagonist William Tyre was a private dick. |
| spouse murder | major | The grand revelation of the story is that Munto had in fact hired Otto to knock off Munto's wife. |
| vigilante justice | major | Munro wanted William to avenge Munto's wife's murder extrajudicially. |
| wrestling with one's conscience | major | William wasn't sure whether he really ought to go along with Munro's plot to have him avenge the murder of Munro's wife for a cool $3000. |
| art discussion | minor | The record shop owner Otto talked about classic jazz with William. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | Otto spoke with his "pain in the neck" girl, Gloria. |
| music | minor | William shared his supposed appreciation of the jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke with Otto. |