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* BriefAccentImitation: The working class Inspector Calhoun briefly adopts a plummy upper class accent when he calls John Manfred's secretary to inquire as to his whereabouts.
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* BriefAccentImitation: The working class Inspector Calhoun briefly adopts a plummy upper class accent whenever he uses any kind of legalistic or artistic vocabulary, and when he calls John Manfred's secretary to inquire as to his whereabouts.
* JustTrainWrong:
** The platform and corridor scenes were filmed at Aldwych station (which was still open at the time, but only used in weekday peak hours) instead of the busier Russell Square. In many platform sequences there is a prominent sign directing passengers to the District Line, which one would not expect to see at Russell Square -- this was in situ at Aldwych and referred to the separate but nearby District Line station Temple.
** Not so much an error as deliberate artistic license, but in the discussion between Calhoun and the transport police detective Inspector Richardson, Richardson says that the City & South London railway was constructing the proposed line that was abandoned after the cave-in disaster, causing the company to go bankrupt. In the real world, the City & South London was the company that constructed London's first deep tube railway line, but it never had any involvement in construction around the Holborn-Bloomsbury area, and continued to operate until 1913, when it was taken over by the larger Underground Electric Railways of London Company.
** The platform and corridor scenes were filmed at Aldwych station (which was still open at the time, but only used in weekday peak hours) instead of the busier Russell Square. In many platform sequences there is a prominent sign directing passengers to the District Line, which one would not expect to see at Russell Square -- this was in situ at Aldwych and referred to the separate but nearby District Line station Temple.
** Not so much an error as deliberate artistic license, but in the discussion between Calhoun and the transport police detective Inspector Richardson, Richardson says that the City & South London railway was constructing the proposed line that was abandoned after the cave-in disaster, causing the company to go bankrupt. In the real world, the City & South London was the company that constructed London's first deep tube railway line, but it never had any involvement in construction around the Holborn-Bloomsbury area, and continued to operate until 1913, when it was taken over by the larger Underground Electric Railways of London Company.
* OneSceneWonder: Creator/ChristopherLee, who got an AndStarring credit despite only appearing in one scene as the snobby MI-5 agent Stratton-Villiers. He agreed to do the role for minimum Equity wage because he wanted to work with Creator/DonaldPleasence.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Inspector Calhoun's reaction to almost any situation is to demand tea from his secretary. He is infuriated to learn that he is being served tea made from tea bags (in line with new police policy) but continues to drink it by the gallon anyway.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: SpotOfTea: Inspector Calhoun's reaction to almost any situation is to demand tea from the woman police constable in his secretary. office. He is infuriated to learn that he is being served tea made from tea bags (in line with new police policy) but continues to drink it by the gallon anyway.
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* NoNameGiven: The two surviving members of the CannibalClan are never named (and may not even have names). In the credits, they are identified as The 'Man' and The 'Woman'.
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* ReducedToRatburgers: The last survivor of the underground CannibalClan attempts to feed fresh-killed rats to the young woman he kidnapped. Rat skins hung out to cure on the walls of his tunnels suggest he's been living off them himself when he doesn't have human victims on hand.
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* JurisdictionFriction: When Inspector Calhoun starts investigating Manfred's disappearance, Stratton-Villiers from UsefulNotes/MI5 turns up to tell him there is nothing to investigate. Inspector Calhoun is secretly delighted when the cleaners are murdered at Russell Square station, as murders are definitely police business, and that they occurred at the same location as Manfred's disappearance is a happy coincidence.
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* JurisdictionFriction: When Inspector Calhoun starts investigating Manfred's disappearance, Stratton-Villiers from UsefulNotes/MI5 [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService MI5]] turns up to tell him there is nothing to investigate. Inspector Calhoun is secretly delighted when the cleaners are murdered at Russell Square station, as murders are definitely police business, and that they occurred at the same location as Manfred's disappearance is a happy coincidence.
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* JurisdictionFriction: When Inspector Calhoun starts investigating Manfred's disappearance, Stratton-Villiers from MI5 UsefulNotes/MI5 turns up to tell him there is nothing to investigate. Inspector Calhoun is secretly delighted when the cleaners are murdered at Russell Square station, as murders are definitely police business, and that they occurred at the same location as Manfred's disappearance is a happy coincidence.
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* CannibalClan: Features a cannibal clan hiding in the London subway system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
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* CannibalClan: Features a cannibal clan hiding in the London subway system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human sickly descendants remaining.
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''Death Line'' is a 1972 horror film, distributed as ''Raw Meat'' in the United States, directed by American filmmaker Gary Sherman and starring Creator/DonaldPleasence.
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''Death Line'' is a 1972 horror film, distributed as ''Raw Meat'' in the United States, directed by American filmmaker Gary Sherman and starring Creator/DonaldPleasence.
Creator/DonaldPleasence and Creator/ChristopherLee.
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* InbredAndEvil: A CannibalC islan hiding in the London underground system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
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* InbredAndEvil: A CannibalC islan CannibalClan is hiding in the London underground system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
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* InbredAndEvil: A CannibalC islan hiding in the London underground system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
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* JurisdictionFriction: When Inspector Calhoun starts investigating Manfred's disappearance, Stratton-Villiers from MI5 turns up to tell him there is nothing to investigate. Inspector Calhoun is secretly delighted when the cleaners are murdered at Russell Street station, as murders are definitely police business, at that they occurred at the same location is a happy coincidence.
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* JurisdictionFriction: When Inspector Calhoun starts investigating Manfred's disappearance, Stratton-Villiers from MI5 turns up to tell him there is nothing to investigate. Inspector Calhoun is secretly delighted when the cleaners are murdered at Russell Street Square station, as murders are definitely police business, at and that they occurred at the same location as Manfred's disappearance is a happy coincidence.
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* FinishingStomp: Alex ends his fight with the cannibal by stomping on his head.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of the cleaners attacked the 'Man' with a broom. The 'Man' then kills him by [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoving the broomstick through his chest]].
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of the cleaners attacked attacks the 'Man' with a broom. The 'Man' then kills him by [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoving the broomstick through his chest]].
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* SinisterSubway: The last members of a CannibalClan--dwelling in the London Underground--since Victorian times, start snatching victims off the platform at Russell Square station.
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* SinisterSubway: The last members of a CannibalClan--dwelling in the London Underground--since Underground since Victorian times, start times--start snatching victims off the platform at Russell Square station.
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* TheDyingWalk: After being fatally wounded in his fight with Alex, the 'Man' crawls away to the room where all of the previous members of the CannibalClan have been laid to rest on bunk beds, so he can die alongside the rest of his clan.
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* LastOfHisKind: The 'Man' becomes the last member of his CannibalClan following the death of the 'Woman'.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hugh Armstrong does a remarkable job of portraying the male cannibal's inarticulate grief and rage when his mate dies.
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* BookcasePassage: While searching Manfred's house, Inspector Calhoun and Sergeant Morris finds a secret room hidden hehind a bookcase in Manfred's library. The room contains a video setup that Manfred used for secretly filming his bedroom.
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* DeadHatShot: While crawling over the rubble in the collapsed tunnel, Alex finds Manfred's bowler hat abandoned on the rubble. Later Inspector Calhoun finds the bowler and takes it as a sign that Manfred is dead.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: At the end of the film, Inspector Calhoun, Sergeant Morris, Alex and Patricia head off, leaving a darkened tunnel. Then the cannibal's voice shrieks out "MIND THE DOORS!"
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* JurisdictionFriction: When Inspector Calhoun starts investigating Manfred's disappearance, Stratton-Villiers from MI5 turns up to tell him there is nothing to investigate. Inspector Calhoun is secretly delighted when the cleaners are murdered at Russell Street station, as murders are definitely police business, at that they occurred at the same location is a happy coincidence.
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* TheCavalryArriveLate: Inspector Calhoun and the police arrive after Alex has already rescued Patricia from the cannibal and the cannibal has crawled off to die.
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* GroinAttack: The prostitute James Manfred propositions on the platform at Russell Square responds by kneeing him in the groin.
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of the cleaners attacked the 'Man' with a broom. The 'Man' then kills him by [[ImapledWithExtremePrejudice shoving the broomstick through his chest]].
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* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of the cleaners attacked the 'Man' with a broom. The 'Man' then kills him by [[ImapledWithExtremePrejudice [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoving the broomstick through his chest]].
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The 'Man' kills one of the tunnel workers by thrusting a BroomstickQuarterstaff through his chest.
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* CannibalClan: Descended from workers trapped in a collapse of a tunnel during the construction of the Underground. By the start of the movie, ill health brought about by inbreeding has reduced to the clan to two members.
* CannibalLarder: Features a cannibal clan hiding in the London subway system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
* CannibalLarder: Features a cannibal clan hiding in the London subway system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
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* CannibalLarder:Features a cannibal clan hiding in the London subway system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and female workers in the tunnel system. By the time of the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.remaining.
* CannibalLarder: The cannibals keep victims in a brick 'pantry' alongside the partially butchered bodies of their previous victims.
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* OneWordVocabulary: The male cannibal can only repeat the phrase "Mind the doors" over and over again.
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* CannibalLarder: The cannibals kidnap victims off Features a cannibal clan hiding in the Tube station London subway system, the result of an 19th-century dig accident trapping a bunch of male and store them female workers in a 'pantry' alongside the partially butchered remains tunnel system. By the time of previous victims.the events in the film, there are only two exceedingly sickly, barely-human descendants remaining.
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* SignsOfDisreparair: The strip club James Manfred visits at the start of the movie has a burnt out letter and reads 'NON S OP STRIPTEASE'.
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* SinisterSubway: The last members of a CannibalClan--dwelling in the London Underground--since Victorian times, start snatching victims off the platform at Russell Square station.
* SpotOfTea: Inspector Calhoun's reaction to almost any situation is to demand tea from his secretary. He is infuriated to learn that he is being served tea made from tea bags (in line with new police policy) but continues to drink it by the gallon anyway.
* SinisterSubway: The last members of a CannibalClan--dwelling in the London Underground--since Victorian times, start snatching victims off the platform at Russell Square station.
* SpotOfTea: Inspector Calhoun's reaction to almost any situation is to demand tea from his secretary. He is infuriated to learn that he is being served tea made from tea bags (in line with new police policy) but continues to drink it by the gallon anyway.
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''Death Line'' is a 1972 horror film, distributed as ''Raw Meat'' in the United States, directed by American filmmaker Gary Sherman and starring Creator/DonaldPleasence.
There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously. Helping them are a young couple who get nearer to the horrors underground than they would wish.
!!Tropes in ''Death Line'':
* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of the cleaners attacked the 'Man' with a broom. The 'man' then kills him by shoving the broomstick through his chest.
* CannibalClan: Descended from workers trapped in a collapse of a tunnel during the construction of the Underground. By the start of the movie, ill health brought about by inbreeding has reduced to the clan to two members.
* CannibalLarder: The cannibals kidnap victims off the Tube station and store them in a 'pantry' alongside the partially butchered remains of previous victims.
* ShovelStrike: The 'Man' buries a shovel halfway down the skull of own of the cleaners on Russel Square Station.
* SignsOfDisreparair: The strip club James Manfred visits at the start of the movie has a burnt out letter and reads 'NON S OP STRIPTEASE'.
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There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square. When a top civil servant becomes the latest to disappear down there Scotland Yard start to take the matter seriously. Helping them are a young couple who get nearer to the horrors underground than they would wish.
!!Tropes in ''Death Line'':
* BroomstickQuarterstaff: One of the cleaners attacked the 'Man' with a broom. The 'man' then kills him by shoving the broomstick through his chest.
* CannibalClan: Descended from workers trapped in a collapse of a tunnel during the construction of the Underground. By the start of the movie, ill health brought about by inbreeding has reduced to the clan to two members.
* CannibalLarder: The cannibals kidnap victims off the Tube station and store them in a 'pantry' alongside the partially butchered remains of previous victims.
* ShovelStrike: The 'Man' buries a shovel halfway down the skull of own of the cleaners on Russel Square Station.
* SignsOfDisreparair: The strip club James Manfred visits at the start of the movie has a burnt out letter and reads 'NON S OP STRIPTEASE'.
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