History Film / ManhattanMurderMystery

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mr. House seems like a HappilyMarried unassuming stamp collector when he first appears, which makes the implications that he murdered his wife all the more shocking, especially to Larry. [[spoiler: In fact, he was going to murder his wife and he was already cheating on her with ''two'' other women. One he used as an alibi, and the other a model/actress he was going to be the sugar daddy of]].

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mr. House seems like a HappilyMarried unassuming stamp collector when he first appears, which makes the implications that he murdered his wife all the more shocking, especially to Larry. [[spoiler: In fact, he was going to murder his wife and he was already cheating on her with ''two'' other women. One he used as an alibi, and the other a model/actress he was going to be the sugar daddy of]].

* LikesOlderMen: Helen Moss is [[spoiler: sleeping with Mr. House, and also apparently has a fling with Ted while he's distracting her as part of the plan.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mr. House seems like a HappilyMarried unassuming stamp collector when he first appears, which makes the implications that he murdered his wife all the more shocking, especially to Larry. [[spoiler: In fact, he was going to murder his wife because he was already cheating on his wife with ''two's other women. One he used as an alibi, and the other a model/actress he was going to be the sugar daddy of]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mr. House seems like a HappilyMarried unassuming stamp collector when he first appears, which makes the implications that he murdered his wife all the more shocking, especially to Larry. [[spoiler: In fact he hadn't committed a murder, and had no plans to do so during their first meeting, although he was already cheating on his wife]].

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* BluffingTheMurderer: When they [[spoiler: pretend to have retrieved Mrs. House's body and act like they're blackmailing him. Marcia almost name-drops this.

--> '''Marcia:''' Since he's gotten away with it, all we can do is blue.

-->'''Larry:''' I'm-I'm-I'm a-a world-renowned claustrophobic...I don't like this, I don't, I don't...It's easy for you to say, but I can't breath, I'm phobic...I'm not panicking, I'm not panicking, I'm...I'm just gonna say the rosary, now...Oh, I don't know, I don't like this...I'm running over a field, I see open meadows. I see a stallion. I'm a stallion...There's a cool breeze passing over me. I see grass. I see dirt...[[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes Let's go, my life is passing in front of my eyes.]] The worst part of it is, I'm driving a used car.

** The house of mirrors sequence was inspired by ''Film/TheLadyFromShanghai''.

** The house of mirrors sequence was inspired by ''Film/TheLadyFromShanghai''.

The plot revolves around Larry and Carole Lipton (Allen and Diane Keaton respectively), a well-to-do middle-aged couple living in an apartment building in Manhattan. One night, they by chance happen to stumble across their new neighbours, Paul and Lilian House, in the corridor of their building and, after introductions, the two couples spend a very pleasant evening getting to know each other. The next night, however, tragedy strikes when Lilian House dies very suddenly. Carole becomes suspicious and soon gets it into her head that Paul has murdered his wife. Much to her husband's exasperation, she begins an unofficial investigation, which ropes in their mutual friends Ted (Creator/AlanAlda) and mystery novelist Marcia (Creator/AnjelicaHuston).

* GreenEyedMonster: Larry, despite having rubbished Carole's suspicions, gets involved in the investigation in part because he's jealous about how close Carole and Ted seem to be getting. Carole in turn gets a bit of this when she thinks that Marcia is putting the moves on Larry.

** In the scene in which Carol sees her "dead" neighbour riding a bus, there is an advertisement for ''Film/{{Vertigo}}, one of the many references to that film that appear in the movie.

* Homage: The film was inspired by ''Film/TheThinMan'' series.

* HappilyMarried: The Liptons, although at the beginning of the movie their marriage has fallen into a bit of a rut. Their adventure gives it a much needed spark.

* HappilyMarried: The Liptons, although at the beginning of the movie their marriage has fallen into a bit of a rut. Their adventure gives it a much needed spark.
* RealitySubtext: The movie was made in the aftermath of Allen's well-documented split from Mia Farrow, which gave the depiction of the HappilyMarried Liptons some subtext.

The plot revolves around Larry and Carole Lipton (Allen and Diane Keaton respectively), a well-to-do middle-aged couple living in an apartment building in Manhattan. One night, they by chance happen to stumble across their new neighbours, Paul and Lilian House, in the corridor of their building and, after introductions, the two couples spend a very pleasant evening getting to know each other. The next night, however, tragedy strikes when Lilian House dies very suddenly. Carole becomes suspicious and soon gets it into her head that Paul has murdered his wife. Much to her husband's exasperation, she begins an unofficial investigation, which ropes in their mutual friends Ted (Creator/AlanAlda) and mystery novelist Marcia (Angelica Huston).

The plot revolves around Larry and Carole Lipton (Allen and Diane Keaton respectively), a well-to-do middle-aged couple living in an apartment building in Manhattan. One night, they by chance happen to stumble across their new neighbours, Paul and Lilian House, in the corridor of their building and, after introductions, the two couples spend a very pleasant evening getting to know each other. The next night, however, tragedy strikes when Lilian House dies very suddenly. Carole becomes suspicious and soon gets it into her head that Paul has murdered his wife. Much to her husband's exasperation, she begins an unofficial investigation, which ropes in their mutual friends Ted (Alan Alda) and mystery novelist Marcia (Angelica Huston).

WoodyAllen's 22nd feature film as director, released in 1993. He also starred and co-wrote.