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* OneSceneWonder: Ed O'Neill plays a cop who explains the SpanishPrisoner con [[spoiler:and turns out to be one of the con artists]].

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* OneSceneWonder: Ed O'Neill plays a cop who explains the SpanishPrisoner Spanish Prisoner con [[spoiler:and turns out to be one of the con artists]].

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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/TheWire Senator Clay Davis]] is one of the cops at the airport.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/TheWire RetroactiveRecognition:
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Senator Clay Davis]] is one of the cops at the airport.airport.
** Creator/ClarkGregg as the FBI Sniper.
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* ItWasHisSled: Averted. Knowing it wasn't SpanishPrisoner con doesn't make the film any less suspenseful, as TheReveal happens barely in the middle of the whole plot.
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* OneSceneWonder: Ed O'Neill plays a cop who explains the SpanishPrisoner con [[spoiler:and turns out to be one of the con artists]].
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans suspect that [[spoiler:even the Marshalls are part of the con, set up as a failsafe in case Joe figured the rest out.]]
** {{Jossed}} by [[Creator/DavidMamet Mamet]] years ago, who got sick about all the mail from fans. And even without it, the con would have to involve actual police force to just improbable scale. And since [[spoiler: the Marshalls seems to cooperate with said police, they are legit... or [[TakeAThirdOption send by the Japanese for real]]]].
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* ItWasHisSled: Averted. Knowing it wasn't SpanishPrisoner con doesn't make the film any less suspenseful, as TheReveal happens barely in the middle of the whole plot.
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** {{Jossed}} by [[Creator/DavidMamet Mamet]] years ago, who got sick about all the mail from fans. And even without it, the con would have to involve actual police force to just improbable scale. And since [[spoiler: the Marshalls seems to cooperate with said police, they are legit... or [[send by the Japanese for real]]]].

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** {{Jossed}} by [[Creator/DavidMamet Mamet]] years ago, who got sick about all the mail from fans. And even without it, the con would have to involve actual police force to just improbable scale. And since [[spoiler: the Marshalls seems to cooperate with said police, they are legit... or [[send [[TakeAThirdOption send by the Japanese for real]]]].
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** {{Jossed}} by [[Creator/DavidMamet Mamet]] years ago, who got sick about all the mail from fans. And even without it, the con would have to involve actual police force to just improbable scale. And since [[spoiler: the Marshalls seems to cooperate with said police, they are legit... or [[send by the Japanese for real]]]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[TheWire Senator Clay Davis]] is one of the cops at the airport.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[TheWire [[Series/TheWire Senator Clay Davis]] is one of the cops at the airport.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Some fans suspect that [[spoiler:even the Marshalls are part of the con, set up as a failsafe in case Joe figured the rest out.]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[TheWire Senator Clay Davis]] is one of the cops at the airport.
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* RewatchBonus: The film is filled with details that don't seem significant until you get to the end, then you realize how cleverly done everything was.

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* RewatchBonus: The film is filled with details that don't seem significant until you get to the end, end (indeed, for the whole first half it seems like a quiet character piece with little actually happening), then you realize how cleverly done everything was.
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* RewatchBonus: The film is filled with details that don't seem significant until you get to the end, then you realize how cleverly done everything was.

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