Murder by Death (1976) movie poster

Murder by Death (1976)

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

94 minComedyCrimeMystery

TMDb7.1/10911 votes

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.

Country: United States

Director: Robert Moore

Cast

Truman Capote as Lionel Twain

Truman Capote

Lionel Twain

Alec Guinness as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Alec Guinness

Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Peter Sellers as Sidney Wang

Peter Sellers

Sidney Wang

David Niven as Dick Charleston

David Niven

Dick Charleston

Maggie Smith as Dora Charleston

Maggie Smith

Dora Charleston

James Coco as Milo Perrier

James Coco

Milo Perrier

Peter Falk as Sam Diamond

Peter Falk

Sam Diamond

Eileen Brennan as Tess Skeffington

Eileen Brennan

Tess Skeffington

Elsa Lanchester as Jessica Marbles

Elsa Lanchester

Jessica Marbles

Estelle Winwood as Nurse Withers

Estelle Winwood

Nurse Withers

Nancy Walker as Kitchen Maid Yetta

Nancy Walker

Kitchen Maid Yetta

James Cromwell as Marcel Cassette

James Cromwell

Marcel Cassette

Richard Narita as Willie Wang

Richard Narita

Willie Wang

Fay Wray as Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

Fay Wray

Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

Keywords

Style:parodyspoof

Plot:detectivebutlerdeaf-muteguestmurderwhodunitcadaverone nightsidekickfarcedisrespectfulbumbling detective

Place:mansionold mansion

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