Murder by Death
Eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain stages an elaborate “dinner and murder” to pit the world’s greatest sleuths against a fake crime, only for a genuine homicide to erupt amid baffling clues and deadly deception. The detectives must outwit each other and survive the night before the killer strikes again.
“By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!”
Synopsis
Lionel Twain organizes a gathering known as a "dinner and murder," inviting the world's five greatest detectives. The event features a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities, and more plot twists than are considered decently permissible.
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Principal cast & crew: 20
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Edited by John F BurnettShot by David M WalshScored by Dave GrusinDesigned by Stephen B Grimes
Box Office
1976 · Box office
Grossed $32.5M worldwide
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$32.5M
Also known as
- Eine Leiche zum Dessertde
- Un cadáver a los postreses
- Un cadavre au dessertfr
- Invito a cena con delittoit
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20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Peter Falk
as Sam Diamond
Alec Guinness
as Bensonmum
Peter Sellers
as Sidney Wang
Eileen Brennan
as Tess Skeffington
Truman Capote
as Lionel Twain
James Coco
as Milo Perrier
Elsa Lanchester
as Jessica Marbles
David Niven
as Dick Charleston
Maggie Smith
as Dora Charleston
Nancy Walker
as Maid
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as Dora Charleston
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1Producers
1Other crew
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