Murder by Death
By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!
1976 | 94m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Moore |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Neil Simon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 23, 1976 |
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| Director: | Robert Moore |
| Writer: | Neil Simon |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | detective, butler, deaf-mute, guest, parody, murder, spoof, mansion, whodunit, cadaver, one night, sidekick, old mansion |
| Production Companies | Rastar Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $32,511,047
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 29, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Truman Capote | Lionel Twain |
| Alec Guinness | Butler Jamesir Bensonmum |
| Peter Sellers | Sidney Wang |
| David Niven | Dick Charleston |
| Maggie Smith | Dora Charleston |
| James Coco | Milo Perrier |
| Peter Falk | Sam Diamond |
| Eileen Brennan | Tess Skeffington |
| Elsa Lanchester | Jessica Marbles |
| Estelle Winwood | Nurse Withers |
| Nancy Walker | Kitchen Maid Yetta |
| James Cromwell | Marcel Cassette |
| Richard Narita | Willie Wang |
| Fay Wray | Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Moore | Director |
| Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Neil Simon | Writer |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Margaret Booth | Supervising Film Editor |
| Charles Addams | Title Graphics |
| Charles H. Schram | Makeup Supervisor |
| Jennifer Shull | Casting |
| Fred T. Gallo | Assistant Director |
| Tex Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert Edesa | First Assistant Camera |
| Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Norman Harris | Gaffer |
| Mary Malin | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Harry Kemm | Art Direction |
| John F. Burnett | Editor |
| David M. Walsh | Director of Photography |
| Joe DiBella | Makeup Artist |
| Jerry Jost | Sound mixer |
| Mel Traxel | Still Photographer |
| Roger Shearman Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Ron Frazier | Carpenter |
| Frank E. Warner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Maurice Marks | Stunts |
| Vince Martinez | Finance |
| George Rondo | Dialogue Coach |
| Richard Moran | Key Grip |
| Carol Shapiro | Unit Publicist |
| Tony Faso | Costumer |
| Terry E. Lewis | Property Master |
| Joseph Kite | Boom Operator |
| Augie Lohman | Special Effects |
| Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Michael A. Stevenson | Assistant Editor |
| John Brice | Editorial Staff |
| David Sosna | Second Assistant Director |
| George Probert | Music Editor |
| Frank Bueno | Producer's Assistant |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Agnes G. Henry | Costumer |
| Shari Leibowitz | Assistant Production Manager |
| Stephen B. Grimes | Production Design |
| Julia Tucker | Continuity |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ray Stark | Producer |
| Roger M. Rothstein | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 907 | 929 |
skateboardin
4.0
A playful parody chock full of casual cruelty, misogyny, ableism, and racism. There is sincerely funny stuff here, but you’ll need to sit through a _lot_ of junk to see it. ...
Jul 04, 2021
Mouseater
10.0
A movie from a time when people were not so easily offended. Lots of fun humor and laughs to be had if you sit back and enjoy the movie for what it is, a comedy from the 70s. ...
Mar 09, 2023