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 | 13.263 |
Directed By
Robert Moore
Crew
Ray Stark
Robert Moore
Dave Grusin
John F. Burnett
David M. Walsh
Neil Simon
Jennifer Shull
Norman Harris
Augie Lohman
Joseph Kite
Joe DiBella
Ann Roth
Mel Traxel
Fred T. Gallo
Maurice Marks
Roger Shearman Jr.
Jerry Jost
Michael A. Stevenson
Tex Rudloff
Frank E. Warner
Ron Frazier
Robert Edesa
Margaret Booth
Charles Addams
Vivienne Walker
Marvin March
Wayne Fitzgerald
Stephen B. Grimes
David Sosna
John Brice
Shari Leibowitz
Charles H. Schram
Roger M. Rothstein
Harry Kemm
Tony Faso
George Rondo
Carol Shapiro
Mary Malin
George Probert
Richard Moran
Vince Martinez
Agnes G. Henry
Frank Bueno
Julia Tucker
Terry E. Lewis
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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