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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Archbishop Thorncrest's secretary isn't seen at any point after the opening scene. Since the archbishop was killed and replaced, it can be implied the same was done with her.
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* {{Corpsing}}: As the rigging for the ''HMS Pinafore'' is lowered, Whitey Jackson is moving his foot.
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* KillAndReplace: Happened with the Archbishop after his twin brother killed him [[VillainOpeningScene in the opening scene]] and impersonated him when Gloria and Tony show up at his house.
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* NotQuiteDead: Gloria stabs "Scarface" with knitting needles. He gets back up from that and tries to attack her with a poker, but Whitey finishes him off from the window with a thrown knife.
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Hawn is Gloria, a shy divorcee and librarian living in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, back during the time when a librarian could afford to live in San Francisco. One day decides to follow a friend's advice to throw caution to the wind, asking out a stranger whom she helps out when his car breaks down. When they meet at the movies that night, however, he's been shot, and manages to blurt out a cryptic warning -- "beware of the dwarf!" -- before dying. She goes to get help, only to find that someone has taken the body before she can get back to her seat.
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Hawn is Gloria, a shy divorcee and librarian living in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, back during the time when a librarian could afford to live in San Francisco. One day day, she decides to follow a friend's advice to throw caution to the wind, asking out a stranger whom she helps out when his car breaks down. When they meet at the movies that night, however, he's been shot, and manages to blurt out a cryptic warning -- "beware of the dwarf!" -- before dying. She goes to get help, only to find that someone has taken the body before she can get back to her seat.
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Miller/Boyett also adapted the film as a short-lived TV series in 1981 starring Creator/BarryBostwick and Deborah Raffin, with an instrumental theme tune based on [[BreakawayPopHit "Ready to Take a Chance Again"]].
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Miller/Boyett also adapted the film as a short-lived TV series in 1981 starring Creator/BarryBostwick and Deborah Raffin, Raffin (who play SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute characters for the originals for some reason), with an instrumental theme tune based on [[BreakawayPopHit "Ready to Take a Chance Again"]].
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* TheVoiceless: The Albino doesn't say a word in this movie.
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* TheVoiceless: The Albino doesn't say a word in this movie. He's seen talking on the phone at one point, but the viewer can't hear him.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/SilverStreak'', which was also an Creator/AlfredHitchcock homage laced with broad comedy written by Colin Higgins.
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* InTheStyleOf: It's an homage to Creator/AlfredHitchcock, with a plot that's a variation on ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'' and ''Film/{{The 39 Steps|1935}}'', a scene that's an extended reference to ''Film/DialMForMurder'', and the San Francisco setting of ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', along with some nods to his other movies.
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* InTheStyleOf: It's an homage to Creator/AlfredHitchcock, with a plot that's a variation on that freely borrows elements of ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'' and ''Film/{{The 39 Steps|1935}}'', a scene that's an extended reference to ''Film/DialMForMurder'', and the San Francisco setting of ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', along with some nods to his other movies.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/DudleyMoore once again plays a character named Stanley, as he had in ''[[Film/Bedazzled1967 Bedazzled]]''.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: Tony and Gloria would have completely bought [[spoiler: the fake Cardinal Thorncrest]]'s cover story about why criminals are riding around in his limousine if not for the fact that his supposed secretary has a "[[spoiler:Tax the Churches]]" pamphlet in her purse, odd reading material for an employee of the [[spoiler:Catholic Church]]. Without that slip up, Tony wouldn't have known where to look for Gloria after her kidnapping, and he'd have never known about the assassination attempt at the opera.
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* AllPartOfTheShow: In the climax, the villains try to assassinate the Pope at a theater, leading to a shootout backstage when the authorities intercept them. When the curtain rises to show two dead bodies, the Pope thinks it's part of the performance and claps.
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* CoolOldGuy: Gloria's elderly landlord Mr. Hennessy is patient with her YouHaveToBelieveMe stories, doesn't charge her nearly as much as he could for an apartment the size of hers, and defeats two of the villains in a goofy martial arts duel.
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Hawn and Chase reunited two years later for ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes'', a ScrewballComedy in the [[Creator/SpencerTracy Tracy]]/[[Creator/KatharineHepburn Hepburn]] tradition.
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Hawn and Chase reunited two years later for ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes'', ''Seems Like Old Times'', a ScrewballComedy in the [[Creator/SpencerTracy Tracy]]/[[Creator/KatharineHepburn Hepburn]] tradition.
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The film was also adapted as a short-lived TV series in 1981, starring Creator/BarryBostwick and Deborah Raffin, with an instrumental theme tune based on [[BreakawayPopHit "Ready to Take a Chance Again"]].
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The film was also adapted as a short-lived TV series in 1981, 1981 starring Creator/BarryBostwick and Deborah Raffin, with an instrumental theme tune based on [[BreakawayPopHit "Ready to Take a Chance Again"]].
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* CainAndAbel: Archbishop Thorncrest and his brother Charlie. Charlie is one of the main plotters to assassinate the Pope, and murders his brother the Archbishop in the opening scene.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Two of the villains commit assassinations by throwing knives at their targets.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Played with; although Gloria is reasonably calm and articulate when she tries to make her case (or at least as calm and articulate as a meek librarian with little experience in being plunged into a murderous conspiracy can be under such circumstances), she has difficulty in getting anyone to believe her story partly because it sounds so crazy, and partly because people keep disappearing the evidence before she can show it to anyone.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Played with; although Gloria is reasonably calm and articulate when she tries to make her case (or at least as calm and articulate as a meek librarian with little experience in being plunged into a murderous conspiracy can be under such circumstances), she has difficulty in getting anyone to believe her story partly because it sounds so crazy, and partly because people keep disappearing hiding the evidence before she can show it to anyone.
anyone (such as moving dead bodies).
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* InTheStyleOf: It's an homage to Creator/AlfredHitchcock, with a plot that's a variation on ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'' and ''Film/The39Steps'', a scene that's an extended reference to ''Film/DialMForMurder'', and the San Francisco setting of ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', along with some nods to his other movies.
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* InTheStyleOf: It's an homage to Creator/AlfredHitchcock, with a plot that's a variation on ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'' and ''Film/The39Steps'', ''Film/{{The 39 Steps|1935}}'', a scene that's an extended reference to ''Film/DialMForMurder'', and the San Francisco setting of ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', along with some nods to his other movies.
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* PhallicWeapon: The film's poster art includes a very unsubtle example.
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A 1978 comedy/thriller directed by Colin Higgins and starring Creator/GoldieHawn and Creator/ChevyChase.
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A 1978 comedy/thriller film written and directed by Colin Higgins and Higgins, starring Creator/GoldieHawn and Creator/ChevyChase.
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Hawn and Chase made several movies after this in the [[Creator/SpencerTracy Tracy]]/[[Creator/KatharineHepburn Hepburn]] tradition, including ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes''.
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Hawn and Chase made several movies after this reunited two years later for ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes'', a ScrewballComedy in the [[Creator/SpencerTracy Tracy]]/[[Creator/KatharineHepburn Hepburn]] tradition, including ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes''.
tradition.
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Hawn and Chase made several movies after this in the Tracy/Hepburn tradition, including ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes''.
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Hawn and Chase made several movies after this in the Tracy/Hepburn [[Creator/SpencerTracy Tracy]]/[[Creator/KatharineHepburn Hepburn]] tradition, including ''Film/SeemsLikeOldTimes''.
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** It could be that he isn't a true albino and is just referred to as "The Albino" because of his white hair and eyes and tendency to dress all in white.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The two little old ladies playing Scrabble... using dirty words. We only see parts of the Scrabble board but it's pretty clear what those words are.
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* ConcertClimax: It takes place at a performance of ''Theater/TheMikado''.
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* ConcertClimax: It takes place at a performance of ''Theater/TheMikado''.''Theatre/TheMikado''.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The villains present themselves as this; they claim to have initially tried peaceful methods to provoke the reforms they seek, only to have become radicalised as powerful interests moved against them.
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Badass Grandpa cleaning
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* BadassGrandpa: Mr. Hennessey, played by Creator/BurgessMeredith, is such a nice old man. With moves like Creator/BruceLee.
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* VillainInAWhiteSuit: ProfessionalKiller Whitey Jackson mostly wears a white suit, which he swaps out for a similarly colored jumpsuit when he goes to assassinate the Pope.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Tony weaponizes his clumsiness by shoving several racks of bottles onto Rupert Stiltskin.
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* DragonTheirFeet: While the main players in the plot to assassinate the Pope are already defeated, Whitey Jackson has already been sent to shoot the Pope at the theater, and killing him is the object of the climax.
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* DragonTheirFeet: While the main players planners in the plot to assassinate the Pope are already defeated, Whitey Jackson has already been sent to shoot the Pope at the theater, and killing him is the object of the climax.
* VillainOpeningScene: The film opens with one of the villains assassinating his brother, a Cardinal.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Mr. Henneseey has a [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting kung fu fight]] with a henchman who is an elderly woman.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Mr. Henneseey has a [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting kung fu fight]] with a henchman villain who is an elderly woman.
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Suddenly embroiled in a lethal conspiracy, Gloria finds herself being hunted by various parties who are eager to find out what she knows and make sure she doesn't tell anyone else. Various complications -- including a diminutive salesman (played by the legendary Creator/BillyBarty), [[EvilAlbino albino assassins]], a lecherous British bachelor (Creator/DudleyMoore) and Detective Tony Carlson (Chase), a handsome police officer assigned to investigate her increasingly bizarre story -- ensue.
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Suddenly embroiled in a lethal conspiracy, Gloria finds herself being hunted by various parties who are eager to find out what she knows and make sure she doesn't tell anyone else. Various complications -- including a diminutive salesman (played by the legendary Creator/BillyBarty), [[EvilAlbino albino assassins]], assassins, a lecherous British bachelor (Creator/DudleyMoore) and Detective Tony Carlson (Chase), a handsome police officer assigned to investigate her increasingly bizarre story -- ensue.
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* TheBrute: Whitey Jackson, a tall, intimidating EvilAlbino who never speaks and is the biggest physical threat.
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* TheBrute: Whitey Jackson, a tall, intimidating EvilAlbino albino man who never speaks and is the biggest physical threat.
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* EvilAlbino: This one's a cold-blooded assassin.
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* MeaningfulName: The EvilAlbino is named Whitey Jackson.
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* MonochromaticEyes: The EvilAlbino has completely white eyes.
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* PunnyName: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_transit_gloria_mundi Gloria Mundy]] and Rupert Stiltskin. As well as an EvilAlbino known as "Whitey".
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* PunnyName: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_transit_gloria_mundi Gloria Mundy]] and Rupert Stiltskin. As well as an EvilAlbino albino known as "Whitey".
