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* [[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.
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: The actresses in this film, especially Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood, are often seen clad in the height of [[The Edwardian Era|Edwardian Era]] fashion.
* [[Hunting Accident]]: How Louis murders Ethelred.
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* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: The title is a reference to a Tennyson poem, "Lady Clara Vere de Vere," which Edith quotes at one point during the film.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Louis' reaction when {{spoiler|he realizes just what they mean by his "memoirs"}}.
* [[Old -Fashioned Rowboat Date]]: Ascoyne D'Ascoyne takes his mistress punting, although his intentions are anything but chaste. When he moors his boat to have his way with her, Louis unties it; causing Ascoyne and his mistress to be swept to their deaths over the weir.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Sibella and Edith wear some furs, including a huge fox wrap Edith wears at Louis's trail.
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: "''Il mio tesoro intanto''" from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' serves both to introduce the film and as something of a [[Leitmotif]] for Louis' mother.
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