For fun, and because to add who the murderer was would break the promise one makes at the end of the play. I also just find it nicer and more interesting than stating who did it.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
For the record, The Other Wiki spoils it, and... damn. I can see why they'd keep it a secret- it's unexpected.
Also, back before it became a "latest/featured" page, the TV Tropes Home Page used to mention "The only thing we're not going to spoil is The Mousetrap."
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Private Dick, Family Man
This was actually made into a movie in Soviet Union, called "Мышеловка" ("Myshelovka", "The Mouse Trap") in 1990. The movie is quite good, and is a pretty fair adaptation of the play. Yes, it spoils everything.
Can somebody tell me how to fix the article so that it accurately incorporates this information?
Fun fact: near the end of the play, two characters exchange gifts, and both of those gifts are obviously chosen badly. Both characters accept the gifts and express their gratitude, partly because it's the intention that counts, partly because they don't want to upset one another. In the movie, however, both gifts are really good. It seems — although I don't have a proof — that this wasn't intentional, and that the scriptwriter simply didn't recognize the humor due to cultural gap.
Please clarify "by law". Do the film rights open up in 2047 like any other copyrighted work whose author died in 1976? Or is there a particular statute affording perpetual copyright-like exclusive rights, like the UK's sui generis protection of the KJV Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, and Peter Pan?
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That can be found on the Other Wiki [1]
Though note that the ending is spoiled on that page. The answer is that it's in the contract terms of the play: "no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months."
Elementalist
You know, I really thought the spoilered part of the stinger would be something along the lines of "not the butler".
Not that I'm complaining or anything, just saying ...
So why exactly are we not allowed to add some spoileriffic entries, here, anyway? Seeing this indexed in Self-Demonstrating Article just screams "cheesy" to me.
Just curious.
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