8/10
ID Theft in 1956
20 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers
This 1956 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents considers the use of a stolen ID for criminal purposes. In the 21st century, stolen ID's are mostly used fraudulently in the financial world. The purpose of the stolen ID in this episode is to incriminate a third party for the murder of a wealthy aunt and to enable inheriting from her estate. The writers had many options in choosing the final twist. I think they could have had a better choice, e.g. the third party was in the morgue the day before, or the third party was incarcerated, or the third party was a homicide detective. To their credit, however, in an interesting way, they addressed a situation that is a problem that plagues us today.
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