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Murder by Death
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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   9,723 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Neil Simon (written by)
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Release Date:
23 June 1976 (USA) more
Tagline:
By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing! more
Plot:
Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Silly Films more (133 total)

Cast

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Directed by
Robert Moore 
 
Writing credits
Neil Simon (written by)

Produced by
Roger M. Rothstein .... associate producer
Ray Stark .... producer
 
Original Music by
Dave Grusin 
 
Cinematography by
David M. Walsh (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
John F. Burnett 
 
Casting by
Jennifer Shull 
 
Production Design by
Stephen B. Grimes  (as Stephen Grimes)
 
Art Direction by
Harry Kemm 
 
Set Decoration by
Marvin March 
 
Costume Design by
Ann Roth 
 
Makeup Department
Joe DiBella .... makeup artist (as Joseph Di Bella)
Charles H. Schram .... makeup supervisor (as Charles Schram)
Vivienne Walker .... hair stylist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred T. Gallo .... assistant director
David Sosna .... second assistant director (as David O. Sosna)
 
Art Department
Terry E. Lewis .... property master
 
Sound Department
Jerry Jost .... sound mixer
Joseph Kite .... boom operator
Tex Rudloff .... sound re-recordist
Frank E. Warner .... sound effects editor (as Frank Warner)
 
Special Effects by
Augie Lohman .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Edesa .... assistant camera
Norman Harris .... gaffer
Richard Moran .... key grip
Roger Shearman .... camera operator (as Roger Shearman Jr.)
Mel Traxel .... still photographer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tony Faso .... costumer: men
Agnes G. Henry .... costumer: women
 
Editorial Department
Margaret Booth .... supervising editor
John Brice .... apprentice film editor
Michael A. Stevenson .... assistant film editor
 
Music Department
George Probert .... music editor
 
Other crew
Charles Addams .... title drawings
Frank Bueno .... assistant to producer
Wayne Fitzgerald .... title designer
Shari Leibowitz .... assistant to production manager
Mary Malin .... assistant: Ann Roth
Vince Martinez .... auditor
George Rondo .... dialogue coach
Carol Shapiro .... unit publicist
Julia Tucker .... continuity
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Un cadavre au dessert (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Assassinato por Morte (Brazil) [pt]
Crimen por muerte (Venezuela) [es]
Eine Leiche zum Dessert (West Germany) [de]
Invito a cena con delitto (Italy) [it]
Meghívás egy gyilkos vacsorára (Hungary) [hu]
Middag med mord (Denmark) [da]
Mord med døden til følge (Norway) [no]
Murha, murha, päästäkää etsivät irti! (Finland) [fi]
Prosklisi se gevma apo enan ypopsifio dolofono (Greece) [el]
Släpp deckarna loss, det är mord (Sweden) [sv]
Un cadáver a los postres (Spain) [es]
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Immediately after completing the film, Peter Sellers was so convinced it was going to bomb, he convinced the producers to buy back his percentage share in the movie, thus depriving himself of a cut of the profits with the film when it went on to be a hit. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The maniacal laughter just before the credit rolls does not match the mouth of the laugher. more
Quotes:
Dick Charleston: [inspecting their room] This dust is baking flour. And those cobwebs. Candied sugar. All placed here recently for the sole purpose of frightening us. And that mouse. Obviously a mechanical toy.
[picks up mouse and laughs]
Dick Charleston: Silly.
Dora Charleston: What is?
Dick Charleston: I am. It's real.
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Who are the characters based on?
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31 out of 38 people found the following comment useful.
Silly Films, 24 December 2004
10/10

I will make myself out to be a lover of films with absolutely no point, i especially love this film. The cast alone should make this a film on everyones watch list, never before has so much quality been brought together on one screen. Peter Sellars, at the height of his comic brilliance. Sir Alec Guiness, brilliant in any role, a credit to English acting, possibly the greatest ever actor. David Niven is a brilliant actor, then there are the other roles filletted out with the likes of Dame Maggie Smith, James Coco, Peter Falk, i could go on but i am running out of superlatives to describe the talent on view.

The film itself is a pastiche of great detectives brought together to prove, who is the greatest? Added to the good script the talent of the actors, i am surprised the IMDb has rated this film so low, but i must accept that there are people on this earth, though inferior to me who are allowed to vote.

Watch it, it is worth it.

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