Murder by Death (1976)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 1976-06-23
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Runtime: 1h 34m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 934 votes
Directed by Robert Moore.
Top cast
- Truman Capote as Lionel Twain
- Alec Guinness as Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
- Peter Sellers as Sidney Wang
- David Niven as Dick Charleston
- Maggie Smith as Dora Charleston
- James Coco as Milo Perrier
- Peter Falk as Sam Diamond
- Eileen Brennan as Tess Skeffington
- Elsa Lanchester as Jessica Marbles
- Estelle Winwood as Nurse Withers
Where to watch Murder by Death
- United States: stream on Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on The Roku Channel, YouTube Free; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
- India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on BINGE; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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