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attic   camera shot of feet   strip club   body count   shopping mall   snake   surprise after end credits   improvisation   pool cue   babysitter   invitation   shopping   courtroom   television host   transvestism   car   theatre audience   pool table   liar   head injury   cold war   scotch   self discovery   advertising   clumsiness   office romance   affection   assumed identity   heimlich maneuver   screen writing   script writer   toy   chandelier   child's point of view   humor   disguise   multiple cameos   nanny   soccer   makeup   soup   agent   cameo appearance   reference to oprah winfrey   bad smell   secret passage   chaos   yelling   heavy rain   single mother   widow   candlestick   reenactment   veil   remote control   film industry   pepper   singing telegram   pipe   cross dressing   tampon   gender disguise   black gloves   whodunit   revolving door   irony   stay at home husband   pretending to be gay   cook   gunshot   woman in danger   career   crime reenactment   role reversal   gender bender   broken window   laid off   tape recording   villainess   movie business   door bell   noose   gay brother   reference to shelley winters   author cameo   envelope   motion picture executive   father disappoints child   mall   wrench   thunder   real time   alias   new england   cellar   dragging a dead body   rotisserie   iron   washing machine   diaper change   family reunion   secret door   film maker   motion picture industry   motion picture studio   movie studio executive   mud bath   name dropping   police lineup   rattlesnake   board game   allergy   federal bureau of investigation   actor playing female role   drag   guest   female stockinged feet   actor breaking typecast   fatherhood   postman   reference to slinky   ballroom   fruit   broken down car   slurping   pseudonym   reference to clint eastwood   blackmailer   custody battle   pastry box   closing eyes of dead person   stepping in shit   eating brains   eating monkey brains   doghouse   sitting   french maid   secret tunnel   interior decorator   custody   child rearing   camera shot from inside refrigerator   comedy of errors   man in a swimsuit   pink pastry box   reference to nancy reagan   reference to shirley maclaine   reference to walter brennan   year 1954   eccentricity   blood on hand   employer   photograph negative   dead woman with eyes open   woman strangled to death   comical female death   female stockinged legs   househusband   housework   man keeping house   mistaken motives   redecorating   tunafish   worker rehired   conservatory   lifting male in air   based on board game   based on game   billiard room   black widow   burning evidence   corpse in freezer   drawing lots   fake butler   falling chandelier   hall   house search   lead pipe   lounge   maid killed   monkey brains   motorist   multiple endings   murder reenactment   reference to perry mason   running into door   sipping soup   study   throwing away a key   locking a door   satirist   dog   cult favorite   darkness   famous entrance   murder investigation   screenplay adapted by author   death   espionage   murder   dark and stormy night   multiple outcomes   rainy night   suspect   beaten to death   dining room   spoof   scheme   gay slur   irreverence   writer   fear   night   butler   held at gunpoint   knife   paranoia   fish tank   danger   single father   one word title   revelation   mother son relationship   superhero   karaoke   revenge   violence   pantyhose   restaurant   husband wife relationship   male rear nudity   telephone call   mind game   surprise ending   title spoken by character   investigation   rain   letter   locked door   gun   knocked out   swimming pool   strangulation   lightning   stairs   library   party   reference to rudyard kipling   20th century   mother daughter relationship   running   police   house   weapon   unemployment   suspense   police officer   suspicion   television   topless female nudity   power outage   secret identity