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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Quite a few things are taken away (mostly relatives/victims) and a few things added; the twist ending being the biggest thing. But the book is over 400 pages long so some changes were bound to be made.
** Chalfont is Hammerton in the book and the d'Ascoynes are the Gascoynes
* [[Affably Evil]]: Louis, very much so.
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Though some of the D'Ascoynes seem less bad than others and Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne the banker actually seems like a nice guy -- hence Louis's relief that he dies of natural causes and therefore doesn't have to be murdered. Then we have Louis...
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Many of the D'Ascoynes. Especially Young Ascoyne, who gets Louis fired from his job.
* [[Best Served Cold]]: Louis sleeps with his old rival's fiancee on the day before their wedding. As Louis remarks:
{{quote|"I couldn't help feeling that even Sibella's capacity for lying was going to be taxed to the utmost. Time had brought me revenge on Lionel, and as the Italian proverb says, revenge is a dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold."
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Or rather, Edith and Sibella.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Louis practices archery with Edith D'Ascoyne. It comes in handy later.
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* [[The Edwardian Era]]: The setting of the story.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Louis references the Victorian meaning (a woman who has been seduced) when he kills the younger D'Ascoyne and his mistress: "I was sorry about the girl, but found some relief in the reflection that she had presumably during the weekend already undergone a fate worse than death."
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Sibella.
* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Louis.
* [[Goodbye, Cruel World]]: Lionel's suicide note is necessary to clear Louis of the charge of his murder. Ironically, this is one of the few deaths in the movie for which Louis is not responsible.
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* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: You'd think the D'Ascoynes were all played by the same actor or something.
* [[Unexpected Successor]]: Louis is ''eighth'' in line for the dukedom.
* [[The Vicar]]: The Reverend Lord Henry.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Louis plans to murder eight people, most of whom he's quite friendly with -- and you ''want'' to see him do it.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Louis, who shows himself rather more cultivated than the wealthier members of the D'Ascoyne family.
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