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

Number: 1048

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IMDb Rating:
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7.4/10 (27.1K votes)

Country: United States, 94 minutes

Spoken languages: English, French

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Director(s): Robert Moore

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, ...

Cast:

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

Medium: Original DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Drawer 7 Slot 30

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3