Green Fingers story
A tycoon (Cameron Mitchell) takes drastic steps to force a widow (Elsa Lanchester) off her land, only to discover her strange gardening talent. Note: Based on a short story by R. C. Cook
8 total · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| attachment to one's land | major | An old lady was so attached to her garden she had tended for many years that she would not sell at any price. |
| gardening | major | Mrs. Bowen was an avid gardener. |
| greed for riches | major | The tycoon Michael J. Saunders lusted after getting his hands on an old lady's land so he could build a large industrial complex. |
| stubbornness | major | Mrs. Bowen just wouldn't sell her house even at five times the market value. PS: fine enough theme but we must have deleted it before at some point |
| compromising one's ethical principles for personal advantage | minor | The tycoon had brief confrontations with his conscience regarding bullying, and later having murdered, Mrs. Bowen. |
| fear | minor | The tycoon's hair turned gray from fear upon seeing the undead old woman. |
| human vs. monster | minor | The tycoon had a heart attack upon being confronted by the undead old woman. |
| living corpse | minor | Mrs. Bowen came back in a manner reminiscent of the undead. |