Murder by Death (1976)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $32,511,047.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.084 |
Directed By
Robert Moore
Crew
Dave Grusin
Ray Stark
Robert Moore
David M. Walsh
Jennifer Shull
John F. Burnett
Neil Simon
Vivienne Walker
Joseph Kite
Robert Edesa
Marvin March
Ann Roth
Joe DiBella
Charles Addams
Fred T. Gallo
Frank E. Warner
Margaret Booth
Tex Rudloff
Augie Lohman
Maurice Marks
Roger Shearman Jr.
Norman Harris
Ron Frazier
Jerry Jost
Mel Traxel
Michael A. Stevenson
Wayne Fitzgerald
Stephen B. Grimes
Roger M. Rothstein
Harry Kemm
John Brice
George Probert
Tony Faso
David Sosna
Charles H. Schram
Agnes G. Henry
Mary Malin
Shari Leibowitz
Vince Martinez
Carol Shapiro
George Rondo
Richard Moran
Frank Bueno
Terry E. Lewis
Julia Tucker
TOP 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
Richard Narita
Willie Wang
Fay Wray
Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)
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