Murder By Death

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

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DVD Features:

Rated: PG
Closed captioning available
Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
Video: Color
Released: December 18, 2001
Originally Released: 1976
Label: Sony Pictures
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Packaging: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.85
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:

Dolby Digital Mono - English
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

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Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker & Estelle Winwood
Performer:		James Cromwell & Richard Narita
Directed by		Robert Moore
Edited by		John F. Burnett
Screenwriting by		Neil Simon
Composition by		Dave Grusin
Produced by		Ray Stark
Director of Photography:		David M. Walsh

Entertainment Reviews:

eFilmCritic.com

Jul 26, 2002

TV Guide

Oct 3, 2007

Los Angeles Free Press

Oct 30, 2019

Variety

Oct 3, 2007

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Jun 16, 2003

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Chicago Reader

Oct 3, 2007

Product Description:

Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith), and Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers), all of whom are easy-to-guess but altogether sharp parodies of beloved literary characters.

Plot Synopsis:

Playwright-screenwriter Neil Simon whipped up this frothy parody of several famous sleuths, who gather in an Agatha Christie-style setting.
A gaggle of brilliant detectives -- including Sam Diamond, Milo Perrier, Miss Marbles, Sidney Wang, and Dick and Dora Charleston -- attends a party hosted by the filthy-rich Lionel Twain in his dark mansion.
Soon it's clear Twain and his help have more on their minds than hospitality and hors d'oeuvres.

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Production Notes:

Color by Metrocolor.
Additional cast: Richard Narita (Willie Wang) and Myron (Dog).
Released theatrically in the USA June 24, 1976.
The character sketches in the beginning of "Murder By Death" were drawn by "Addams Family" cartoonist Charles Addams.