Deliveries in the Rear story
A surgery instructor (Cornel Wilde) uses cadavers from a most unexpected source. Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc. Story by: Jack Laird.
7 total · 6 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| body snatching | major | Mr. Bennett disapproved of Dr. Fletcher's practice of using cadavers obtained by illicit means for his medical demonstrations. |
| engaged couple | major | Dr. Fletcher was engaged to Barbara Bennett. |
| getting a taste of one's own medicine | major | Dr. Fletcher was content not to think about the murders until it was, at last, done to his beloved fiancée. |
| poetic justice | major | Dr. Fletcher was content not to think about the murders until it was, at last, done to his beloved fiancée. |
| romantic love | major | Dr. Fletcher loved Barbara and he was adamant that all the cadavers in the world couldn't change it. |
| the good of the many vs. the needs of the few | major | Can grave robbing and even murder murder be justified if it helps train doctors that will go on to save other lives? |
| coping with the death of a lover | minor | Dr. Fletcher fell to his knees and wailed as he found his fiancée's cadaver on the dissection table. |