Hooked story
Ray is married to an older woman, Gladys, but has dalliances with younger women. Ray's latest love is Nyla Foster, who resists his attentions and inspires him to kill Gladys so they can be together. One day Ray takes Gladys fishing, hoping to drown her, but Gladys knocks him out first and throws him overboard. It was all planned by Gladys, Nyla and her father, because Gladys and Mr. Foster are lovers. Directed by: Norman Lloyd. Story by: Robert Turner, Thomas Grant.
10 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| spouse murder | choice | Ray hatched a plot to knock off his wife Gladys while they were out fishing on the lake, but Gladys turned the tables my knocking off Ray instead. |
| extramarital affair | major | Ray was courting Nyla behind his wife's back. Gladys had evidently been having an affair with Mr. Foster all along, judging from the story's conclusion. |
| gold digging | major | Ray made no secret of having married the on-in-years Gladys for her money. |
| husband and wife | major | Ray and Gladys Marchand were in a troubled marriage of convenience. |
| infatuation | major | Ray was so over heals besotted with Nyla that he decided to try and knock his old lady off. Gladys and the unassuming Mr. Foster revealed their love for one another in the end. |
| young and old romance | major | The on-in-years Gladys and her gold digging, trophy husband Ray. |
| father and daughter | minor | Mr. Foster and Nyla. |
| the desire for professional success | minor | Nyla wanted to go to the big city and make something of herself. |
| the need to travel | minor | Nyla had an ambition to get out of the backwater where she lived, perhaps to make a career in the big city. |
| violence in the media | minor | In his monologue, Alfred Hitchcock feigned being concerned about violence on television, especially in Westerns. |