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Murder by Death (1976)

7.2 | Jun 23, 1976 (US) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 01:34
detective butler deaf-mute guest parody murder spoof mansion whodunit cadaver one night sidekick old mansion
Budget: N/A | Revenue: 32 511 047

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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Truman Capote
Lionel Twain
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Alec Guinness
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
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Peter Sellers
Sidney Wang
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David Niven
Dick Charleston
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Maggie Smith
Dora Charleston
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James Coco
Milo Perrier
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Peter Falk
Sam Diamond
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Eileen Brennan
Tess Skeffington
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Elsa Lanchester
Jessica Marbles
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Estelle Winwood
Nurse Withers

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Reviews

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Mouseater
10 | Mar 07, 2023
A movie from a time when people were not so easily offended. Lots of fun humor and laughs to be had if you sit back and enjoy the movie for what it is, a comedy from the 70s.
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skateboardin
4 | Jul 03, 2021
A playful parody chock full of casual cruelty, misogyny, ableism, and racism. There is sincerely funny stuff here, but you’ll need to sit through a _lot_ of junk to see it.