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* AmbiguousSituation: It is hinted, but never confirmed, that Sibella was hiding Lionel's suicide note or even wrote it herself to see whether Louis still wanted her or not.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Louis uses one of the Duke's illegal mantraps against him in order to help finish him off.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: A minor example: the poster featured above claims that Louis "torpedoes Uncle Horatio." In the film itself, [[spoiler: while we see Louis looking at plans for a torpedo, Horatio dies by his own hand due to a mistake at sea.]] Also, Louis doesn't ''technically'' [[spoiler: "pierce" Aunt Agatha: he pierces the hot air ballon she's riding in, plummeting her to her death.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Louis narrates that the 9th Duke of Chalfont held the title "for the shortest possible time". Although he died straight after being ''told'' that he had succeeded to the title, he had been Duke from the moment his uncle the 8th Duke died. The shortest possible time that he could have held the title would have been if he and the 8th Duke had died simultaneously; as the younger, he would have been legally deemed to have outlived his uncle by a split second.[[note]]In real life this was applied to the 1st and 2nd Barons Stamp, who were killed simultaneously during WWII when their home was bombed.[[/note]]
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Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini (Price) is the son of the daughter of the Duke of Chalfont and a poor Italian opera singer. Infuriated by the ''mésalliance'', the D'Ascoyne family denies any knowledge of Louis's existence, and when his mother dies, will not even grant her burial in the family vault. Louis formulates a plan to kill all of the D'Ascoynes in various ridiculous ways, in order to gain what he sees as his justified revenge and rightful place at the head of the family. Meanwhile, Louis's childhood sweetheart, Sibella (Greenwood), is laying her own schemes for advancement... though his attractive cousin Edith (Hobson) stands in her way.
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Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini (Price) is the son of the daughter of the Duke of Chalfont and a poor Italian opera singer. Infuriated by the ''mésalliance'', the D'Ascoyne family denies any knowledge of Louis's existence, and when his mother dies, will not even grant her burial in the family vault. Louis formulates a plan to kill all of the D'Ascoynes in various ridiculous ways, in order to gain what he sees as his justified revenge and rightful place at the head of the family. Meanwhile, Louis's childhood sweetheart, Sibella (Greenwood), is laying her own schemes for advancement... though his attractive cousin cousin-in-law Edith (Hobson) stands in her way.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Alec Guinness plays multiple members of the D'Ascoyne family, invoking UncannyFamilyResemblance.
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* CueTheFlyingPigs: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] - after Sibella turns Louis' first marriage proposal, Louis protests he could become duke one day, to which Sibella replies, "Pigs could fly."
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[[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on]] the 1907 novel ''Israel Rank'' by Roy Horniman where the eponymous character is half-Jewish rather than half- Italian. The film changed Israel's name and heritage because the film had a Rank (J. Arthur) as its producer and a film about a half-Jewish serial-killer wouldn't have gone down very well so shortly after the fall of the Nazi Regime in Germany, though the book itself is not anti-Semitic.
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[[TheFilmOfTheBook Based on]] the 1907 novel ''Israel Rank'' by Roy Horniman where the eponymous character is half-Jewish rather than half- Italian.half-Italian. The film changed Israel's name and heritage because the film had a Rank (J. Arthur) as its producer and a film about a half-Jewish serial-killer wouldn't have gone down very well so shortly after the fall of the Nazi Regime in Germany, though the book itself is not anti-Semitic.
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* GrapesOfLuxury: Louis has them for his last meal.
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* GrapesOfLuxury: Louis has them for his [[PrisonersLastMeal last meal.meal]].
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* PrisonersLastMeal: The jailers are [[GallowsHumor morbidly excited]] by the prospect of hanging Louis and ask him if he has any special meal requests. Louis [[FaceDeathWithDignity sanguinely]] requests coffee, toast, and GrapesOfLuxury, since his "appointment" will be too early in the morning for a proper breakfast.
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** Despite his hatred of Lionel, especially after pressing his BerserkButton and even attacking him, he is fine leaving it at an ArmorPiercingSlap and letting him stew in the ruin he created for himself. Ironically Lionel still ends up the one nemesis of Louis that costs him, due to the events that transpire from his suicide following this CruelMercy.
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** Despite his hatred of Lionel, especially after pressing his BerserkButton and even attacking him, he is fine leaving it at an ArmorPiercingSlap a slap and letting him stew in the ruin he created for himself. Ironically Lionel still ends up the one nemesis of Louis that costs him, due to the events that transpire from his suicide following this CruelMercy.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle[=/=]TitleDrop: The title is a reference to a Tennyson poem, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere," which Edith quotes at one point during the film.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle[=/=]TitleDrop: The title is a reference to a Tennyson poem, the poem "Lady Clara Vere de Vere," Vere" by Creator/AlfredLordTennyson which Edith quotes at one point during the film.
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* NiceHat: Sibella has a great collection of these.
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* SarcasticConfession: Subverted. Louis ''thinks'' he's making a sarcastic confession to Sibella, but she sees through him and files the information away for later use.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Gascoynes. In the original novel, Louis/Israel's mother wasn't disowned over her marriage, and the only member of the family to mistreat her over it is dead of natural causes long before he decides to start killing his relatives for the title. Furthermore, rather than shun him or mistreat him when he tries to reconnect with the family, their almost unaminously happy to meet the guy and treat him well. Also, young Ascoyne is a far nicer character in the book, and didn't get Louis/Israel fired from his job (instead, his father refused to give Louis/Israel a job, but changed his mind shortly after his son's death).
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Gascoynes. In the original novel, Louis/Israel's mother wasn't disowned over her marriage, and the only member of the family to mistreat her over it is dead of natural causes long before he decides to start killing his relatives for the title. Furthermore, rather than shun him or mistreat him when he tries to reconnect with the family, their they're almost unaminously unanimously happy to meet the guy and treat him well. Also, young Ascoyne is a far nicer character in the book, and didn't get Louis/Israel fired from his job (instead, his father refused to give Louis/Israel a job, but changed his mind shortly after his son's death).
