On 23 June 1976 the American mystery
comedy film "Murder by Death" is released by Columbia Pictures.
The film featured an impressive cast with amongst others Truman
Capote, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers and
Maggie Smith. It was written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert
Moore.
The film is a spoof of the traditional
whodunit such as Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"
with the cast playing parodies of fictional detectives, including
Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Charlie Chan, Nick and Nora Charles, and
Sam Spade.
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| Alec Guinness |
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| Peter Sellers |
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| Truman Capote |
Synopsis
The world's most famous detectives are
invited to a "dinner and murder" by the wealthy Lionel
Twain (Truman
Capote). The invitees are: New York amateur detectives Dick (David
Niven) and Dora Charleston (Maggie Smith), Belgian detective Milo
Perrier (James Coco) accompanied by his chauffeur Marcel (James
Cromwell), Chinese Inspector Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers) accompanied
by his Japanese adopted son Willie Wang (Richard Narita), British
Miss Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester) accompanied by her invalid
nurse Miss Withers (Estelle Winwood) and San Francisco detective Sam
Diamond (Peter Falk) accompanied by his sidekick Tess Skeffington
(Eileen Brennan)...
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| Left to right: James Coco, James Cromwell, Eileen Brennan, Peter Falk, Richard Narita, Estelle Winwood, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Sellers, David Niven and Maggie Smith |
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| Eileen Brennan, David Niven and Maggie Smith |
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| Maggie Smith, David Niven and Eileen Brennan |
Main Cast
- Eileen Brennan as Tess Skeffington
- Truman Capote as Lionel Twain
- James Coco as Milo Perrier
- Peter Falk as Sam Diamond
- Alec Guinness as Bensonmum
- Elsa Lanchester as Jessica Marbles
- David Niven as Dick Charleston
- Peter Sellers as Sidney Wang
- Maggie Smith as Dora Charleston
- Nancy Walker as Yetta
- Estelle Winwood as Miss Withers
- James Cromwell as Marcel
- Richard Narita as Willie Wang
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| Left to right: Richard Narita, Eileen Brennan, James Cromwell, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Estelle Winwood, Peter Falk, David Niven and Maggie Smith |
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| Left to right: Maggie Smith, James Coco, David Niven, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Falk and Estelle Winwood |
"Murder by Death" Trailer
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