Murder by Death

Murder by Death

7.2IMDb Score
Released:1976-06-23
Genre:Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Duration:94 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Robert Moore
Actors:Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith
Production:Rastar Productions

Overview:

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.

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