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Murder by Death (1976)

Jun 23, 1976 · 1h 34m

7.1/10 TMDB user score
948 votes on TMDB

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

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.

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Top cast

  • Truman Capote Truman Capote Lionel Twain
  • Alec Guinness Alec Guinness Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
  • Peter Sellers Peter Sellers Sidney Wang
  • David Niven David Niven Dick Charleston
  • Maggie Smith Maggie Smith Dora Charleston
  • James Coco James Coco Milo Perrier
  • Peter Falk Peter Falk Sam Diamond
  • Eileen Brennan Eileen Brennan Tess Skeffington
  • Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester Jessica Marbles
  • Estelle Winwood Estelle Winwood Nurse Withers
  • Nancy Walker Nancy Walker Kitchen Maid Yetta
  • James Cromwell James Cromwell Marcel Cassette
  • Richard Narita Richard Narita Willie Wang
  • Fay Wray Fay Wray Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

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