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Murder by Death

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

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

19761h 34mPGComedy, Crime, Mystery

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About Murder by Death

Directors
Robert Moore
Cast
Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Coco
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Content rating
PG
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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