Murder by Death

Murder by Death (1976)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1976-06-23
  • User Rating: 7.187/10 from 804 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Rastar Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Robert Moore
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Summary

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

    as Lionel Twain
  • Alec Guinness

    as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
  • Peter Sellers

    as Sidney Wang
  • David Niven

    as Dick Charleston
  • Maggie Smith

    as Dora Charleston
  • James Coco

    as Milo Perrier
  • Peter Falk

    as Sam Diamond
  • Eileen Brennan

    as Tess Skeffington
  • Elsa Lanchester

    as Jessica Marbles
  • Estelle Winwood

    as Nurse Withers
  • Nancy Walker

    as Kitchen Maid Yetta
  • James Cromwell

    as Marcel Cassette
  • Richard Narita

    as Willie Wang
  • Fay Wray

    as Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)
Sound Dave Grusin Original Music Composer
Production Ray Stark Producer
Directing Robert Moore Director
Camera David M. Walsh Director of Photography
Production Jennifer Shull Casting
Editing John F. Burnett Editor
Writing Neil Simon Writer
Costume & Make-Up Vivienne Walker Hairstylist
Sound Joseph Kite Boom Operator
Camera Robert Edesa First Assistant Camera
Art Marvin March Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ann Roth Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Joe DiBella Makeup Artist
Crew Charles Addams Title Graphics
Directing Fred T. Gallo Assistant Director
Sound Frank E. Warner Sound Effects Editor
Editing Margaret Booth Supervising Film Editor
Sound Tex Rudloff Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Crew Augie Lohman Special Effects
Crew Maurice Marks Stunts
Camera Roger Shearman Jr. Camera Operator
Lighting Norman Harris Gaffer
Crew Ron Frazier Carpenter
Sound Jerry Jost Sound mixer
Camera Mel Traxel Still Photographer
Editing Michael A. Stevenson Assistant Editor
Art Wayne Fitzgerald Title Designer
Art Stephen B. Grimes Production Design
Production Roger M. Rothstein Associate Producer
Art Harry Kemm Art Direction
Crew John Brice Editorial Staff
Sound George Probert Music Editor
Costume & Make-Up Tony Faso Costumer
Directing David Sosna Second Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Charles H. Schram Makeup Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Agnes G. Henry Costumer
Costume & Make-Up Mary Malin Assistant Costume Designer
Production Shari Leibowitz Assistant Production Manager
Production Vince Martinez Finance
Crew Carol Shapiro Unit Publicist
Crew George Rondo Dialogue Coach
Camera Richard Moran Key Grip
Production Frank Bueno Producer's Assistant
Art Terry E. Lewis Property Master
Directing Julia Tucker Continuity

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