Murder by Death

1976

1h 34m

7.2

7.2/10

884 votes • View on IMDb

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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $32,511,047

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Rastar Productions

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

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

Quick Facts

Release Date	June 23, 1976
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0074937

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

Estelle Winwood

Nurse Withers

Nancy Walker

Kitchen Maid Yetta

James Cromwell

Marcel Cassette

Key Crew

Ray Stark

Producer

Robert Moore

Director

Neil Simon

Writer