Speaking of characters, from examining the movie Hitchcock showcases the lives of the tenants in the building across from Jefferies. Hitchcock utilizes the frame within frame concept to show that the neighbors had different lifestyles and tales of their own. Hitchcock displays the lives of Miss Lonely Hearts, Miss Torso, the talented pianist, the newlyweds, the woman who made sculptures, and Caine and O-Dog are hired by Chauncey, a local hood, for a car insurance scheme but are caught in the process and arrested by police. A detective attempts to link Caine to the store killings by matching his fingerprints to the ones found on the bottle at the crime scene. However, without the security tape, there is not enough evidence to charge Caine.
