Murder by Death (1976)

06/23/1976 (US) • Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller • 1h 34m

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.

Murder by Death (1976)

06/23/1976 (US) • 1h 34m

Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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

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

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$32,511,047.00

Keywords

detective

butler

deaf-mute

guest

parody

murder

spoof

mansion

whodunit

cadaver

one night

sidekick

old mansion

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