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* [[Back-Alley Doctor]]: Dr. Einstein
* [[Beneath Suspicion]]: Who would suspect two sweet old maiden aunts of being serial killers?
* [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: Thanks to Mortimer who, being a dramatic critic, is familiar with all the conventions of exactly the sort of situation he finds himself in. It's too bad that he [[Wrong Genre Savvy|doesn't realize he's in a play himself]].▼
* [[Berserk Button]]: Saying Jonathan looks like [[Boris Karloff]].
▲* [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: Thanks to Mortimer who, being a dramatic critic, is familiar with all the conventions of exactly the sort of situation he finds himself in. It's too bad that he [[Wrong Genre Savvy|doesn't realize he's in a play himself]].
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Abbey and Martha are genuinely sweet, charitable old ladies who advertise a room for lonely old men... and then [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|murder them.]]
* [[Black Comedy]]: Indeed, the only way this film could have gotten past the [[Hays Code]] was by being a comedy.
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* [[Sarcastic Confession]]
{{quote|'''Mortimer''': "''Certainly'' there are thirteen bodies buried in the cellar. And I've got ''hundreds more'' up in the attic, Captain!"}}
* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: Three times in a row! Some women just won't stop talking!▼
* [[Show Within a Show]]: As Mortimer is a respected theater critic, everyone wants him to look at the plays they've written.
▲* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: Three times in a row! Some women just won't stop talking!
* [[Suddenly-Suitable Suitor]]: [[Zig Zagged]]. Elaine is dizzy in love with Mortimer, but gets increasingly frustrated and angry with him when he seems to be brushing off their honeymoon, then is completely freaked out upon {{spoiler|discovering the murders}}, and then finally folds in Mortimer's arms when he starts paying attention to her again.
* [[Sugary Malice]]: This movie is based upon the notion that a certain pair of sweet old ladies are inviting gentlemen over to drink homemade wine and then poisoning them.
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