Murder by Death

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

7.119761h 34m

Released

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1976-06-23

Runtime1h 34m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Revenue$32,511,047

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Cast & Crew

Truman Capote

as Lionel Twain

Alec Guinness

as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

Peter Sellers

as Sidney Wang

David Niven

as Dick Charleston

Maggie Smith

as Dora Charleston

James Coco

as Milo Perrier

Peter Falk

as Sam Diamond

Eileen Brennan

as Tess Skeffington

Elsa Lanchester

as Jessica Marbles

Estelle Winwood

as Nurse Withers

Reviews

skateboardin

Jul 3, 2021

4/10

A playful parody chock full of casual cruelty, misogyny, ableism, and racism. There is sincerely funny stuff here, but you’ll need to sit through a _lot_ of junk to see it.

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Mouseater

Mar 7, 2023

10/10

A movie from a time when people were not so easily offended. Lots of fun humor and laughs to be had if you sit back and enjoy the movie for what it is, a comedy from the 70s.

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