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* Played with in ''[[Deep Red]]''; an early scene actually shows the face of the murderer, but it's done so quickly - and before you know to look for it - that most people never catch on.
* The Japanese film ''The Laughing Policeman'' plays with this trope. Many clues are given from the outset, but many are so subtle at first that the detectives don't notice them at all until towards the end. It also subverts this by having someone {{spoiler|kill the [[Big Bad]]}} offscreen just as the cops plan to arrest him. This is only to reveal the ''real'' mastermind, the titular Laughing Policeman {{spoiler|who never gets figured out}}.
* Utterly twisted, warped and subverted by ''[[Murder By Death]]'', which is an elaborate parody and [[Deconstruction]] of classic detective stories, as well as an indictment of those which claim to be Fair Play but actually aren't. Even after all the detectives leave, the film continues to throw more clues at the audience, to the point of complete and utter [[Mind Screw]].
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