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Deleting the shade about Elsa Lanchester. No reason for it to be here and Dietrich was running for Lead Actress nomination anyway so.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/MarleneDietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed. To add insult to injury, her co-star Elsa Lanchester ''was'' for her rather minor and bland role as Sir Wilfred's private nurse.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/MarleneDietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed. To add insult to injury, her co-star Elsa Lanchester ''was'' for her rather minor and bland role as Sir Wilfred's private nurse.
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** The manner of John's death is also extremely heartbreaking. He doesn't shoot or hang himself, thus granting himself a swift, relatively painless death. Instead, dressed in a fine suit, John goes down to the beach and stands there, just looking out across the horizon. He appears to be in a trance-like state, clearly pondering what he is about to do. Then, just before he starts walking, John smiles slightly to himself as if to say "Yes, this is the right thing to do." With that, John Mayhew calmly takes off his glasses and walks slowly into the sea's embrace, letting the waves wash over and eventually consume him.
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** The manner of John's death is also extremely heartbreaking. He doesn't shoot or hang himself, thus granting himself a swift, relatively painless death. Instead, dressed in a fine suit, John goes down to the beach and stands there, just looking out across the horizon. He appears to be in a trance-like state, clearly pondering what he is about to do. Then, just before he starts walking, John smiles slightly to himself as if to say "Yes, this is the right thing to do." With that, John Mayhew calmly takes off his glasses and walks slowly into the sea's embrace, letting the waves wash over and eventually consume him.him.
** In-universe, John Mayhew breaks down in tears when he first sees Romaine performing "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" at a stage show, likely for allowing him to let go of all the bottled up emotions towards himself and the state of his life and have a big cry, and the next time he goes to see it he enjoys himself without crying since he vented out some of those emotions. And to make the DownerEnding even sadder, when he walks further into the sea during low tide to die, the crescent moon is looming in front of him, which is eerily reminiscent of the stage show in which Romaine sang while sitting on a [[TheManInTheMoon Man in the Moon]] prop. Something that used to give John an emotional outlet has turned out to be the foreshadowing of his demise. ''Good grief''...
** In-universe, John Mayhew breaks down in tears when he first sees Romaine performing "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" at a stage show, likely for allowing him to let go of all the bottled up emotions towards himself and the state of his life and have a big cry, and the next time he goes to see it he enjoys himself without crying since he vented out some of those emotions. And to make the DownerEnding even sadder, when he walks further into the sea during low tide to die, the crescent moon is looming in front of him, which is eerily reminiscent of the stage show in which Romaine sang while sitting on a [[TheManInTheMoon Man in the Moon]] prop. Something that used to give John an emotional outlet has turned out to be the foreshadowing of his demise. ''Good grief''...
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* HarsherInHindsight: Part of the film's plot includes Creator/CharlesLaughton's character recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power's. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Part of the film's plot includes Creator/CharlesLaughton's character recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power's.Power. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/MarleneDietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed. To add insult to injury her co-star Elsa Lancaster ''was'' for her rather minor and bland role as Sir Wilfred's private nurse.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/MarleneDietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed. To add insult to injury injury, her co-star Elsa Lancaster Lanchester ''was'' for her rather minor and bland role as Sir Wilfred's private nurse.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Part of the film's plot Creator/CharlesLaughton's character recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power's. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Part of the film's plot includes Creator/CharlesLaughton's character recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power's. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The plot deals with Creator/CharlesLaughton recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The Part of the film's plot deals with Creator/CharlesLaughton Creator/CharlesLaughton's character recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power.Power's. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
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Only one of these tropes is YMMV.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: John Mayhew's life is revealed to be this in the final episode. He and his wife Alice were once happily married, but as he points out on a holiday following the trial, she never says that she loves him anymore. [[spoiler: Having just learnt that he helped the guilty Leonard, escape his well-deserved death]] John confronts her and pleads for her to show him some affection. Alice however, acts evasive. In the end, when John won't stop, she finally cracks and reveals that NO - she ''doesn't'' love him anymore. Alice makes it clear to John that her affection for him ended when he allowed their underage son to accompany him to the trenches, where he died and John lived. She then tells her husband flat out that she will honour their marital vows, but that is it. She will never love him again and does not care if he cheats on her.
** It is heavily implied that Leonard and Romaine's marriage is this as well. Romaine's final statement is implied to be a veiled death threat and that if necessary she will kill Leonard.
* RevisedEnding: The ending is based upon Christie's original version from 1933, [[TheBadGuyWins where Vole gets away with the murder]]. Most of the other film or television adaptations show Vole [[KarmaHoundinWarranty getting his comeuppance]] immediately after being acquitted, once Romaine learns Leonard was cheating on her.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mayhew is subjected to one by Vole and Romaine, who both declare that he has no right to criticise them, given that his generation, in their words, "murdered the younger generation" by sending them to their deaths during the first World War. Given that Mayhew's son was one of those people, this not only has an element of truth to it but cuts deep. They also gloatingly remind him that he was the one who called for Janet MacIntyre's death even though Leonard wanted to pay her off.
** It is heavily implied that Leonard and Romaine's marriage is this as well. Romaine's final statement is implied to be a veiled death threat and that if necessary she will kill Leonard.
* RevisedEnding: The ending is based upon Christie's original version from 1933, [[TheBadGuyWins where Vole gets away with the murder]]. Most of the other film or television adaptations show Vole [[KarmaHoundinWarranty getting his comeuppance]] immediately after being acquitted, once Romaine learns Leonard was cheating on her.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mayhew is subjected to one by Vole and Romaine, who both declare that he has no right to criticise them, given that his generation, in their words, "murdered the younger generation" by sending them to their deaths during the first World War. Given that Mayhew's son was one of those people, this not only has an element of truth to it but cuts deep. They also gloatingly remind him that he was the one who called for Janet MacIntyre's death even though Leonard wanted to pay her off.
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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: John Mayhew's]] suicide at the end.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: John Mayhew's life is revealed to be this in the final episode. He and his wife Alice were once happily married, but as he points out on a holiday following the trial, she never says that she loves him anymore. [[spoiler: Having just learnt that he helped the guilty Leonard, escape his well-deserved death]] John confronts her and pleads for her to show him some affection. Alice however, acts evasive. In the end, when John won't stop, she finally cracks and reveals that NO - she ''doesn't'' love him anymore. Alice makes it clear to John that her affection for him ended when he allowed their underage son to accompany him to the trenches, where he died and John lived. She then tells her husband flat out that she will honour their marital vows, but that is it. She will never love him again and does not care if he cheats on her.
** It is heavily implied that Leonard and Romaine's marriage is this as well. Romaine's final statement is implied to be a veiled death threat and that if necessary she will kill Leonard.
* RevisedEnding: The ending is based upon Christie's original version from 1933, [[TheBadGuyWins where Vole gets away with the murder]]. Most of the other film or television adaptations show Vole [[KarmaHoundinWarranty getting his comeuppance]] immediately after being acquitted, once Romaine learns Leonard was cheating on her.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mayhew is subjected to one by Vole and Romaine, who both declare that he has no right to criticise them, given that his generation, in their words, "murdered the younger generation" by sending them to their deaths during the first World War. Given that Mayhew's son was one of those people, this not only has an element of truth to it but cuts deep. They also gloatingly remind him that he was the one who called for Janet MacIntyre's death even though Leonard wanted to pay her off.
* TearJerker:[[spoiler: John Mayhew's]] Mayhew's suicide at the end.end of the episode. In fact, everything that happens to him in the last ten minutes of the episode is really heartbreaking. This is a good man who has made some mistakes in the past, who now realises that he has made the worst mistake of his career. This coupled with the state of his marriage and the guilt he feels for causing the death of his son is too much for him to bear.
** Just before the said suicide, we get a close-up look of John's face. It is the perfect picture of a broken man. One day earlier, a man enjoying his holiday with his wife, who as an added bonus met a man he believed to be a friend at the same resort. Come the evening John knows he helped a guilty man (who cannot be tried again) escape his justice and sent an innocent woman to the gallows. His son is long dead due to his own actions and his wife has made it clear that she will forever hate him for it. Alone, with no support and nothing to look forward to, John decides that he cannot live with his guilt any longer and that he has nothing to live for anymore.
** The manner of John's death is also extremely heartbreaking. He doesn't shoot or hang himself, thus granting himself a swift, relatively painless death. Instead, dressed in a fine suit, John goes down to the beach and stands there, just looking out across the horizon. He appears to be in a trance-like state, clearly pondering what he is about to do. Then, just before he starts walking, John smiles slightly to himself as if to say "Yes, this is the right thing to do." With that, John Mayhew calmly takes off his glasses and walks slowly into the sea's embrace, letting the waves wash over and eventually consume him.
** It is heavily implied that Leonard and Romaine's marriage is this as well. Romaine's final statement is implied to be a veiled death threat and that if necessary she will kill Leonard.
* RevisedEnding: The ending is based upon Christie's original version from 1933, [[TheBadGuyWins where Vole gets away with the murder]]. Most of the other film or television adaptations show Vole [[KarmaHoundinWarranty getting his comeuppance]] immediately after being acquitted, once Romaine learns Leonard was cheating on her.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mayhew is subjected to one by Vole and Romaine, who both declare that he has no right to criticise them, given that his generation, in their words, "murdered the younger generation" by sending them to their deaths during the first World War. Given that Mayhew's son was one of those people, this not only has an element of truth to it but cuts deep. They also gloatingly remind him that he was the one who called for Janet MacIntyre's death even though Leonard wanted to pay her off.
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** Just before the said suicide, we get a close-up look of John's face. It is the perfect picture of a broken man. One day earlier, a man enjoying his holiday with his wife, who as an added bonus met a man he believed to be a friend at the same resort. Come the evening John knows he helped a guilty man (who cannot be tried again) escape his justice and sent an innocent woman to the gallows. His son is long dead due to his own actions and his wife has made it clear that she will forever hate him for it. Alone, with no support and nothing to look forward to, John decides that he cannot live with his guilt any longer and that he has nothing to live for anymore.
** The manner of John's death is also extremely heartbreaking. He doesn't shoot or hang himself, thus granting himself a swift, relatively painless death. Instead, dressed in a fine suit, John goes down to the beach and stands there, just looking out across the horizon. He appears to be in a trance-like state, clearly pondering what he is about to do. Then, just before he starts walking, John smiles slightly to himself as if to say "Yes, this is the right thing to do." With that, John Mayhew calmly takes off his glasses and walks slowly into the sea's embrace, letting the waves wash over and eventually consume him.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/MarleneDietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed. To add insult to injury her co-star Elsa Lancaster ''was'' for her rather minor and bland role as Sir Wilfred's private nurse.
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!!The film
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* HarsherInHindsight: The plot deals with Creator/CharlesLaughton recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.one.
!!The miniseries
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: John Mayhew's]] suicide at the end.
!!The miniseries
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: John Mayhew's]] suicide at the end.
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* AwardSnub: Creator/MarleneDietrich was so certain she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Christine Vole that she recorded a new introduction to her Las Vegas show mentioning her nomination. She was not nominated, and was crushed.
* HarsherInHindsight: The plot deals with Creator/CharlesLaughton recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
* HarsherInHindsight: The plot deals with Creator/CharlesLaughton recovering from a severe heart attack while defending Tyrone Power. In reality, this would be Power's last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
