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The Tontine Coffee-House (2018)

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48 points geox | 4 comments | 21 Apr 25 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.007s | source
1. wrs ◴[21 Apr 25 18:17 UTC] No.43754826[source]▶
The endgame of a tontine can naturally result in confusion, intrigue, and/or murder. This was a basis of the plots of several novels, most famously R.L. Stevenson’s The Wrong Box.
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2. rundmc ◴[21 Apr 25 18:45 UTC] No.43755112[source]▶
Great entertainment although the Simpsons did the best fictional Tontine IMHO:https://tontine.com/videos/simpsons/

That said, each Last Will & Testament creates the same scenario and (unlike in a Tontine) you typically know who you are in the Will alongside but this still doesn't seem to result in a spate of murder cases either.

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3. ggm ◴[21 Apr 25 21:42 UTC] No.43756823[source]▶
Brilliantly filmed in 1966. Stellar cast. Captures the subdued eroticism of seeing victorian ladies ankles, lawks!
4. wrs ◴[22 Apr 25 20:43 UTC] No.43766098[source]▶
I dunno, there are plenty of good old British mysteries where the detective's first question is "what does the will say?"