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They All Died Laughing (1964)
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Original name: A Jolly Bad Fellow
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, cynical, offbeat, absurd, period piece, picaresque, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, university professor, satire, social commentary, ethical dilemma, absurd humor, poison gas, scheming, mad scientist, poison, political satire, farce, english countryside, gas, small town, older man younger woman relationship, extramarital affair, dead woman, lab rat, world, cigarette smoking, woman smoking cigarette
Place:
england
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Story:
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Audience:
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135
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Story:
No overview
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
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2010s
Place:
belgium
Similarity:
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Country: Romania, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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No overview found.
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