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Murder by Death (1976)  link to Murder by Death on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2420

poster Murder by Death

IMDb Rating:
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7.4/10 (27536 votes)

Country: USA, 94 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Director(s): Robert Moore

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Despite not knowing him, the world's most famous detectives can't pass up the offer of a "dinner and murder" invitation from wealthy Lionel Twain. Each has no idea until their arrival at Two Two Twain who else will be in attendance. Those detectives are: amateur sleuths and New York socialites Dick and Dora Charleston, accompanied by their pet terrier, Myron; Belgian detective Monsieur Milo Perrier, accompanied by his chauffeur, Marcel; Shanghainese Inspector Sidney Wang, accompanied by his Japanese adopted son, Willie Wang; frumpish Brit Miss Jessica Marbles, accompanied by her invalid nurse, Miss Withers; and San Francisco gumshoe Sam Diamond, accompanied by his femme fatale sidekick, Tess Skeffington. The dinner part of the invitation runs into problems due to the non-communication between Twain's blind butler, Jamesir Bensonmum, and Twain's new deaf-mute and non-Anglophone cook, Yetta. On the murder side, the guests initially believe Twain will try to kill each of them. However, ...

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Cast:

photo Eileen Brennan Eileen Brennan Tess Skeffington
photo Truman Capote Truman Capote Lionel Twain
photo James Coco James Coco Milo Perrier
photo Peter Falk Peter Falk Sam Diamond
photo Alec Guinness Alec Guinness Bensonmum

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3