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* CoolGuns: Robur's {{Mooks}} carry "futuristic" flintlock pistols.
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* ArmsDealer: Prudent is pretty damn proud of having made his fortune manufacturing and selling guns and at a couple of points wonders how much money he could make replicating the technology that makes the ''Albatross''. Also, even after it's made clear that Robur hates everything Prudent stands for thanks to being a war profiteer, Prudent still can't fathom why Robur has such a beef with him making guns. He straddles the line between being a HonestCorporateExecutive and being a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
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* ArmsDealer: Mr. Prudent is pretty damn proud of having made his fortune manufacturing and selling guns and at a couple of points wonders how much money he could make replicating the technology that makes the ''Albatross''. Also, even after it's made Robur makes clear that Robur he hates everything Prudent stands for thanks to being a war profiteer, Prudent [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint still can't fathom fathom]] why Robur has such a beef with him making guns. He straddles the line between being a HonestCorporateExecutive and being a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Pocket Knife]]: Strock carries a pocket knife with him throughout the movie (handed to him by Mr. Prudent as a demonstration of his products). It ends up coming in handy in the climax.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Pocket Knife]]: ChekhovsGun: Strock carries a pocket knife with him throughout the movie (handed to him by Mr. Prudent as a demonstration of his products).products [[ContrivedCoincidence right before they are captured by Robur]]). It ends up coming in handy in the climax.
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* DefiantCaptive: Technically all of the people captured by Robur are this. In reality, Stock is the only one who goes beyond acting offended and actively (and effectively) commits sabotage.
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* AbandonShip: When the ''Albatross'' is fatally damaged by Stross' sabotage in the final act, Robur orders his men to abandon the ship while he has full intent on GoingDownWithTheShip. [[UndyingLoyalty Robur's men decide to go down alongside him]].
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A {{Steampunk}} ScienceFiction film based off of Creator/JulesVerne's novel ''Literature/MasterOfTheWorld'', with elements from ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror'' thrown in for good measure. Creator/CharlesBronson stars as [[TheHero John Strock]], a [[LeadPoliceDetective police investigator]] assigned to get to the bottom (er, the ''top'') of the mystery surrounding the Great Eyrie outside of Morgantown, North Carolina; someone or some''thing'' has taken up residence atop the mountain and begun issuing booming proclamations to the people below like a god up on high.
A {{Steampunk}} ScienceFiction film based off of Creator/JulesVerne's novel ''Literature/MasterOfTheWorld'', with elements from ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror'' thrown in for good measure. Creator/CharlesBronson stars as [[TheHero John Strock]], a [[LeadPoliceDetective police investigator]] assigned to get to the bottom (er, the ''top'') of the mystery surrounding the Great Eyrie outside of Morgantown, North Carolina; someone or some''thing'' has taken up residence atop the mountain and begun issuing booming proclamations to the people below like a god up on high.
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Creator/CharlesBronson stars as [[TheHero John Strock]], a [[LeadPoliceDetective police investigator]] assigned to get to the bottom (er, the ''top'') of the mystery surrounding the Great Eyrie outside of Morgantown, North Carolina; someone or some''thing'' has taken up residence atop the mountain and begun issuing booming proclamations to the people below like a god up on high.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Robur is fond of quoting Bible verses, and even keeps a particularly handsome leather bound copy of the book in his stateroom. His FamousLastWords are him quoting Isaiah 2:4 (the "Swords to Ploughshares" passage).
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Robur is fond of quoting Bible verses, and even keeps a particularly handsome leather bound copy of the book in his stateroom. His FamousLastWords last words are him quoting Isaiah 2:4 (the "Swords to Ploughshares" passage).
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Robur and his entire crew, with their FamousLastWords being ItHasBeenAnHonor and Robur quoting the Bible.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Robur and his entire crew, with their FamousLastWords last words being ItHasBeenAnHonor and Robur quoting the Bible.]]
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* MenActWomenAre: Dorothy Prudent is little more than someone for Strock and Evans to fight over and for her father to act protective toward.
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* MenActWomenAre: Dorothy Prudent is little more than someone for Strock and Evans to fight over and for her father to act protective toward. She does, though, try and help Strock and the crew get the damaged airship past a dangerous mountain range.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Strock is punished for his efforts to sabotage the ''Albatross'' by being keel-hauled in midair, suspended by a rope from the ship's undercarriage and slammed against the craggy peaks of mountains as they fly past them.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Strock Evans is punished for his efforts to sabotage the ''Albatross'' by being keel-hauled in midair, suspended by a rope from the ship's undercarriage and nearly slammed against the craggy peaks of mountains as they fly past them.them. Fortunately, Strock, who volunteers to suffer the same punishment, is there to save him.
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* ManInWhite: His sometime black cape aside, Robur tends to prefer dressing in an entirely white captain's outfit.
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* MoneyIsNotPower: At one point of the film, Mr. Prudent offers Robur ten million dollars (in Victorian money -- which many other people would have considered would have set them (and at least a couple of further generations) for life) is he just surrenders the ''Albatross'' to the United States Government. Robur makes it clear that he has no desire to give up his quest for any reason, and chides Prudent for even thinking bribing him was an option.
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* MoneyIsNotPower: At one point of the film, Mr. Prudent offers Robur ten million dollars (in Victorian money -- which many other people would have considered would have set them (and at least a couple of further generations) for life) is if he just surrenders the ''Albatross'' to the United States Government. Robur makes it clear that he has no desire to give up his quest for any reason, and chides Prudent for even thinking bribing him was an option.
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* ArmsDealer: Prudent Senior is pretty damn proud of having made his fortune manufacturing and selling guns and at a couple of points wonders how much money he could make replicating the technology that makes the ''Albatross''. Also, even after it's made clear that Robur hates everything Prudent stands for thanks to being a war profiteer, Prudence still can't fathom why Robur has such a beef with him making guns. He straddles the line between being a HonestCorporateExecutive and being a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
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* ArmsDealer: Prudent Senior is pretty damn proud of having made his fortune manufacturing and selling guns and at a couple of points wonders how much money he could make replicating the technology that makes the ''Albatross''. Also, even after it's made clear that Robur hates everything Prudent stands for thanks to being a war profiteer, Prudence Prudent still can't fathom why Robur has such a beef with him making guns. He straddles the line between being a HonestCorporateExecutive and being a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Pocket Knife]]: Strock carries a pocket knife with him throughout the movie. It ends up coming in handy in the climax.
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* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Pocket Knife]]: Strock carries a pocket knife with him throughout the movie.movie (handed to him by Mr. Prudent as a demonstration of his products). It ends up coming in handy in the climax.
