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Murder by Death

Murder by Death

By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!

19767.21h 34m

Overview

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

Directed by Robert Moore
Written by Neil Simon
Produced by Ray Stark
Box Office0Revenue: $32.5M

Top Cast

Truman Capote

Truman Capote

Lionel Twain

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

Sidney Wang

David Niven

David Niven

Dick Charleston

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Dora Charleston

James Coco

James Coco

Milo Perrier

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Sam Diamond

Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan

Tess Skeffington

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Jessica Marbles

Estelle Winwood

Estelle Winwood

Nurse Withers

Themes & Keywords

detectivebutlerdeaf-muteguestparodymurderspoofmansionwhodunitcadaverone nightsidekickold mansion

About Murder by Death

Murder by Death is a comedy, crime, mystery, thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of detective, butler, deaf-mute, guest, parody, murder. Directed by Robert Moore, it stars Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers. Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

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