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Murder by Death
“By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!”
7.1 / 10• 1976• 1h 34m•PG• English
ComedyCrimeMystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Truman Capote
Lionel Twain
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Moore's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Murder by Death is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
