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Murder by Death
Murder by Death

Murder by Death

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

Genres

ComedyCrimeMysteryThriller

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$32511047

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

7.2/10

Release Date

23 June 1976

Country

United States of America

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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