Unseen Alibi story
Jerry Norton arrives in London from America. Following instructions from the actress he wants to marry, he arrives at a hotel room, and finds a murdered man inside. The police arrives as he tries to leave, and soon he finds out he is the main suspect - in the murder of the husband of the woman he wanted to marry! Directed by: Mark Cullingham. Story by: Kenneth Jupp, based on the story by Bruce Graeme.
8 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| what if I was accused of a crime that I didn't commit | choice | The story concerns a young lovelorn American finding himself set up as a murder suspect by his intended fiancée. Much of the story is about him explaining himself to the police and, through a fortunate coincidence, getting his name cleared. |
| what if I were being framed for a crime | choice | Jerry Norton was bewildered to find himself the prime suspect in the murder of Sir Charles Dobson. In the end, Detective Inspector Hud pieced together that Jerry's love interest, who was likewise Dobson's wife, had made an elaborate attempt to frame Jerry for the crime. |
| betrayal | major | A mysterious actress had convinced Jerry that they were going to marry. But when he arrived in London to meet her, he instead found himself framed for the murder of her husband. |
| how to murder someone and get away with it | major | Jerry's supposed fiancée came up an elaborate plot to rid herself of her husband that turned on framing Jerry for his killing. |
| infatuation | major | Jerry was besotted with a mysterious celebrity that he though he was going to marry. |
| law enforcement | major | Much of the story concerned British police detaining Jeff and interviewing him over the murder of an old man. Detective Inspector Hud was investigating the murder of Sir Charles Dobson. |
| spouse murder | major | The actress Jerry Norton was interested in had contrived to have her elderly husband killed in an elaborate plot that would see Jerry as the prime murder suspect. |
| engaged couple | minor | Jerry labored under the incorrect assumption that he was engaged to be married to the British actress he had come to London to see. |