A Jury of Her Peers story
Millie Wright is arrested for the murder of her husband. She is later released for lack of evidence. Millie's neighbor Sarah Hale and the sheriff's wife Mary Peters decide to do some investigating on their own. They find evidence that Millie is the murderer, but they also discovered that Millie's husband was a violent brute who probably deserved what he got. Instead of turning in the evidence, the two decide to say nothing. Directed by: Robert Florey. Story by: Susan Glaspell, James Cavanagh.
8 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| duty vs. conscience | choice | The story lead up to Sarah and Mary's tough decision: should they reveal the evidence that would condemn Millie as a murderess, or keep mum since the murdered man had amply deserved his fate? |
| spouse murder | choice | The story concerns the likely murder of a distasteful old husband by his long-abused wife. |
| compassion | major | Sarah so pitied the long-mistreated housewife, and childhood friend Millie that she neglected to turn in evidence incriminating Millie in the murder of Millie's husband. |
| husband and wife | major | We learn about the, less than rosy, marriage of Millie Wright and her late husband. The sheriff and his wife, Mary, were featured together briefly. |
| law enforcement | major | The story concerns the investigations of a small town sheriff. |
| friendship | minor | It was understand that Sarah and Millie had been friends in their youth. |
| jealousy | minor | Mary confessed that she'd been jealous of Millie's beauty in their younger years. |
| medical occupation | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock narrated the plight of a visibly conflicted veterinarian. |