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* EndingFatigue: The police shootout in the 1934 film. The assassination has already been thwarted, and even Betty still being in danger can't add much to the excitement of a bunch of faceless nobody cops trading shots with the bad guys for ''ten whole minutes''.
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: "Qué Será, Será" again, big time. Doris Day initially was extremely reluctant to even record the song, calling it "forgettable children's song". It went on to win Oscar for the Best Original Song, ran second on US Billboard chart and first on UK Singles Chart and, ironically, ended up as a theme song for Doris' own ''Series/TheDorisDayShow''. It is now #48 on AFIS100Years100Songs list.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Some might wonder why Ben needs Jo's help to realize [[spoiler:"Ambrose Chapel" refers to a church instead of a taxidermist. The subtitles on the Blu-Ray make this seem especially idiotic by spelling Bernard's dying words without the extra L]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: Some might wonder why Ben needs Jo's help to realize [[spoiler:"Ambrose Chapel" refers to a church instead of a taxidermist. The subtitles on the Blu-Ray make this seem especially idiotic by spelling Bernard's dying words without the extra L]].L. In Ben's defence, though, we do get a look at Bernard's actual note, and it had the word misspelled as "Chappell"]].


* TheyJustDidntCare:
** Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950's. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with rapid color fluctuations. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Creator/{{Paramount}}'s opening and closing logos with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for [[Creator/MCAVideoDistributingCorporation MCA]].
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* TearJerker: The scene in the 1956 film where Jo learns about her son's kidnapping is wrenching. As listed above, Doris Day does an excellent job of acting the character's fear for her son's safety, her anger that her husband sedated her, and her confusion brought along by the pills.

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* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Creator/DorisDay, especially after her character receives word of Hank's kidnapping.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950's. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with rapid color fluctuations. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.

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* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Creator/DorisDay, Viewers who only know Doris Day from old-fashioned pop music and romantic comedies might feel pleasantly surprised by her dramatic potential in this movie, especially after her character receives word of Hank's kidnapping.
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Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950's. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with rapid color fluctuations. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Será, Será! Whatever will be, will be!''



* EvenBetterSequel: A lot of people, including Hitchcock himself, consider the remake to be even better than the well-received 1934 original.

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* EvenBetterSequel: A lot of people, including Hitchcock Creator/AlfredHitchcock himself, consider the remake to be even better than the well-received 1934 original.



* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Doris Day, especially after her character receives word of Hank's kidnapping.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with rapid color fluctuations. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's opening and closing logos with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.
* WhatAnIdiot: Some might wonder why Ben needs Jo's help to realize [[spoiler: "Ambrose Chapel" refers to a church instead of a taxidermist. The subtitles on the Blu-Ray make this seem especially idiotic by spelling Bernard's dying words without the extra L.]]

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* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Doris Day, Creator/DorisDay, especially after her character receives word of Hank's kidnapping.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s.1950's. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with rapid color fluctuations. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's Creator/{{Paramount}}'s opening and closing logos with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.
[[Creator/MCAVideoDistributingCorporation MCA]].
* WhatAnIdiot: Some might wonder why Ben needs Jo's help to realize [[spoiler: "Ambrose [[spoiler:"Ambrose Chapel" refers to a church instead of a taxidermist. The subtitles on the Blu-Ray make this seem especially idiotic by spelling Bernard's dying words without the extra L.]]L]].
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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''be!'' It placed #48 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list.

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* {{Narm}}: "How are you going to get the child out of here? EH!? EH!? EH!?"



* {{Narm}}: "How are you going to get the child out of here? EH!? EH!? EH!?"
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* {{Narm}}: "How are you going to get the child out of here? EH!? EH!? EH!?"
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* SequelEscalation: Considering the two of them share the same director and largely the same plot, many viewers will be surprised how more down-to-Earth the original was compared to the epic scale of the 1956 remake.
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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with color consistency problems. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.

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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five to come to Blu-Ray Disc with rapid color consistency problems.fluctuations. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Some might wonder why Ben needs Jo's help to realize [[spoiler: "Ambrose Chapel" refers to a church instead of a taxidermist. The subtitles on the Blu-Ray make this seem especially idiotic by spelling Bernard's dying words without the extra L.]]
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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of five six to come to Blu-Ray with color consistency problems. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.

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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of the five six to come to Blu-Ray Disc with color consistency problems. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s.

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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s. This fact seems especially disappointing after learning that it is one of five movies that Hitch filmed in the sharp and colorful [=VistaVision=] format, but the only one of five six to come to Blu-Ray with color consistency problems. Heck, after [[Creator/TheCriterionCollection Criterion]] restored the original version in 2012, the remake now looks even uglier than ''that'', despite coming out over 20 years later.
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** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's opening and closing logos with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.

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** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's opening and closing logos with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.MCA.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Abbot from the original movie has become commonly selected as the best character.
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** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's logo with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.

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** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's logo opening and closing logos with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.
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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s.

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* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s.1950s.
** When Universal acquired the distribution rights in 1983, they replaced Paramount's logo with their own. Some time later, they restored Paramount's original introduction, but still kept the Universal logo at the end-complete with an out-of-date byline for MCA.
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* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Doris Day, especially after her character receives word of Hank's kidnapping.
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* SequelEscalation: Considering the two of them share the same director and largely the same plot, many viewers will be surprised how more down-to-Earth the original was compared to the epic scale of the 1956 remake.

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* SequelEscalation: Considering the two of them share the same director and largely the same plot, many viewers will be surprised how more down-to-Earth the original was compared to the epic scale of the 1956 remake.remake.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Creator/{{Universal}} hasn't done as good a job taking care of this movie as they have other Hitchcock movies from the 1950s.
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* SequelEscalation: Considering the two of them share the same director and largely the same plot, many viewers will be surprised how more down-to-Earth the original was compared to the epic-scale of the 1956 remake.

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* SequelEscalation: Considering the two of them share the same director and largely the same plot, many viewers will be surprised how more down-to-Earth the original was compared to the epic-scale epic scale of the 1956 remake.

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''be!''
* EvenBetterSequel: A lot of people, including Hitchcock himself, consider the remake to be even better than the well-received 1934 original.
* SequelEscalation: Considering the two of them share the same director and largely the same plot, many viewers will be surprised how more down-to-Earth the original was compared to the epic-scale of the 1956 remake.

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''
* FridgeLogic: If that bus doesn't swerve at the beginning, and Hank doesn't accidentally pull off the woman's veil, the entire plot goes out the window.

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''
* FridgeLogic: If that bus doesn't swerve at the beginning, and Hank doesn't accidentally pull off the woman's veil, the entire plot goes out the window.
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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''

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* EarWorm: ''Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be!''be!''
* FridgeLogic: If that bus doesn't swerve at the beginning, and Hank doesn't accidentally pull off the woman's veil, the entire plot goes out the window.

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