Posted on 03/18/2019 9:10:39 AM PDT by simpson96
'Murder by Death' with Elsa Lanchester, Peter Sellers, David Niven & Maggie Smith
Murder By Death was a spoof of "whodunnit" films, in which the world's most famous detectives were invited to a remote house for a weekend and a murder. This they had to solve in order to win a million dollars. The cast included Peter Sellers as Sydney Wang (aka Charlie Chan); James Coco as Milo Perrier (aka Hercule Poirot); David Niven and Maggie Smith as Nick and Nora Charleston (aka The Thin Man and his wife); Peter Falk doing a Humphrey Bogart impersonation as Sam Diamond (aka The Maltese Falcon's Sam Spade); and Elsa as Jessica Marbles (aka Agatha Christie's Miss Marple).
The farcical plot involves disappearing rooms, a blind butler (played by Alec Guinness), a deaf mute cook (played by Nancy walker), with the host (played by Truman Capote) observing the goings-on from inside a moose head on the wall.
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loved this movie...
Similar plot as “Clue” which is very funny!
Funny movie.
“I don’t get it pop, was there a murder or wasn’t there?”
“Yes, killed perfectly good weekend.”
A funny movie from a (slightly) more innocent time.
I saw it but the last scene created so many earlier plot holes it was unnecessary and no explanation given.
“Answer simple. But question very hard”.
Hilarious film. This is one of my favourite Neil Simon pieces.
Bttt
That is a great movie.
Priceless movie. A laugh with almost every line with mostly serious actors willing to be very, very silly. The genius of Neil Simon. Hilarious scene with blind butler Alec Guiness yelling at deaf, mute maid Nancy Walker.
One of my favorites!
“Cow on wall say...”
Brilliant!
Guess I will have to “waste” a couple of hours this week watching this again after many years.
Was a hottie at that time.
This and The Cheap Detective are favorites.
Wasn’t the address on Twain, number Two Two?
Say your GD prepositions!
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