Murder by Death
“By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!”
1976•PG•1h 34m•7.1•Released
ComedyCrimeMystery
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.
Director
Robert Moore
Writer
Neil Simon
Revenue
$33M
Languages
English
Studio
Rastar Productions
Cast
Truman Capote
Lionel Twain
Alec Guinness
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Peter Sellers
Sidney Wang
David Niven
Dick Charleston
Maggie Smith
Dora Charleston
James Coco
Milo Perrier
Peter Falk
Sam Diamond
Eileen Brennan
Tess Skeffington
Elsa Lanchester
Jessica Marbles
Estelle Winwood
Nurse Withers
Nancy Walker
Kitchen Maid Yetta
James Cromwell
Marcel Cassette
Richard Narita
Willie Wang
Fay Wray
Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)
Production
Company
Rastar Productions
Producer
Ray Stark
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