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Murder by Death
- Director: Robert Moore
- Writer: Neil Simon
- Producer: Roger M. Rothstein; Ray Stark
CGiii Comment
This is as camp as a camp-site dedicated to the erection of pink fluffy tents - and, it's still a pile of crap.
It has HUGE names...but, it's still a pile of steaming crap.
Capote...what an irksome little man!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Despite not knowing him, the world's most famous detectives can't pass up the offer of a "dinner and murder" invitation from wealthy Lionel Twain. Each has no idea until their arrival at Two Two Twain who else will be in attendance. Those detectives are: amateur sleuths and New York socialites Dick and Dora Charleston, accompanied by their pet terrier, Myron; Belgian detective Monsieur Milo Perrier, accompanied by his chauffeur, Marcel; Shanghainese Inspector Sidney Wang, accompanied by his Japanese adopted son, Willie Wang; frumpish Brit Miss Jessica Marbles, accompanied by her invalid nurse, Miss Withers; and San Francisco gumshoe Sam Diamond, accompanied by his femme fatale sidekick, Tess Skeffington. The dinner part of the invitation runs into problems due to the non-communication between Twain's blind butler, Jamesir Bensonmum, and Twain's new deaf-mute and non-Anglophone cook, Yetta. On the murder side, the guests initially believe Twain will try to kill each of them.
Cast & Characters
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 Maid;
Estelle Winwood as Nurse;
James Cromwell as Marcel;
Richard Narita as Willie Wang;
Fay Wray as Screaming door bell