The Best Policy story
Harry Flock is promoted to the position of bank manager due to his meticulous approach to work. The bank's head office, however, gets a tip-off that Flock is embezzling money, but there is no evidence. Directed by: Ray Danton. Story by: Ferenc Molnár.
8 total · 7 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with having a bad reputation | major | Harry expressed outrage over being maligned, abused, and his character spattered with mud. Harry claimed that he could not stand having a poor reputation. |
| criminal fraud | major | Harry was suspected of having embezzled money from the bank where he worked. |
| husband and wife | major | Harry Flock and Daisy Flock. |
| murder | major | Harry was suspected of having murdered his boss Mr. Pierce. |
| the desire for professional success | major | The Flock couple hatched a clever plot that was calculated to get Harry promoted to bank manager. |
| the importance of reputation | major | It was illustrated through Harry that one must mind one's reputation in order to advance one's career. Harry claimed that his investigators were trying to ruin his reputation. |
| vegetarianism | major | Harry and Daisy Flock both pretended to be vegetarians. But Harry was show to eat dog food and someone also reported that they had seen him eat a hot dog. The story ended with Harry and Daisy digging into a pile of junk food. |
| early computer | minor | An early 80s computer took care of the bank office's accounting. |