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Murder by Death

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

  • Movie
  • 1976
  • PG
  • 1h 34m

Directed by Robert Moore

7.1

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7.1 out of 10 from 948 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Truman Capote

    Truman CapoteLionel Twain

  • Alec Guinness

    Alec GuinnessButler Jamesir Bensonmum

  • Peter Sellers

    Peter SellersSidney Wang

  • David Niven

    David NivenDick Charleston

  • Maggie Smith

    Maggie SmithDora Charleston

  • James Coco

    James CocoMilo Perrier

  • Peter Falk

    Peter FalkSam Diamond

  • Eileen Brennan

    Eileen BrennanTess Skeffington

  • Elsa Lanchester

    Elsa LanchesterJessica Marbles

  • Estelle Winwood

    Estelle WinwoodNurse Withers

  • Nancy Walker

    Nancy WalkerKitchen Maid Yetta

  • James Cromwell

    James CromwellMarcel Cassette

  • Richard Narita

    Richard NaritaWillie Wang

  • Fay Wray

    Fay WrayDoor Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

Director
Robert Moore
Writer
Neil Simon
Music
Dave Grusin
Cinematography
David M. Walsh