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Murder by Death( 1976)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Truman Capote

      Lionel Twain

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      Alec Guinness

      Butler Jamesir Bensonmum

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      Peter Sellers

      Sidney Wang

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      David Niven

      Dick Charleston

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      Maggie Smith

      Dora Charleston

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      James Coco

      Milo Perrier

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      Peter Falk

      Sam Diamond

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      Eileen Brennan

      Tess Skeffington

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      Elsa Lanchester

      Jessica Marbles

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      Estelle Winwood

      Nurse Withers

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      Nancy Walker

      Kitchen Maid Yetta

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      James Cromwell

      Marcel Cassette

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      Richard Narita

      Willie Wang

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      Fay Wray

      Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

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    A review by skateboardin

    4
    Written by skateboardin on Sat Jul 03 2021
    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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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    32511047.00

    Keywords

    • detective
    • butler
    • deaf-mute
    • guest
    • parody
    • murder
    • spoof
    • mansion
    • whodunit
    • cadaver
    • one night
    • sidekick
    • old mansion