Murder by Death | Rotten Tomatoes
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Emily T So weird. What actually happened? The Chinaman character was cringe. Sam diamond was annoying. So completely disorienting and strange. Maggie Smith looked good. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Bonzo G Couldn't make it past 10mins, I tried, but 1-liners, sight gags and stereotypes?!? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Péter D For me, it is one of the best movies of all time that I can watch at any time. Excellent actors, great style parody and lovable script. Every minute of it is worth gold, even though it won't change the world, it'll just keep you pleasantly entertained. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/01/24 Full Review Alec B I do kind of appreciate the call outs against the bad mystery writing that pervaded a lot of supposedly "classic" characters of the genre. That said, it all gets a little one note. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Misty S The old sleuth classic with the classic movie stars, adore this movie💯 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Paul M An comedy gem which makes fun of - yet has such love for - pop culture's classic sleuths like Charlie Chan, Sam Spade, and Hercule Poirot, "Murder By Death" brings fun and laughs like only writer Neil Simon can deliver. Killer cast too - omg, there are so many fantastic performances and lines! Unfortunately these days this movie is overshadowed by "Clue," its overrated ripoff, made 10 years after. But "Murder By Death" is the original detective parody and the better movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Five diverse, infamous private eyes, including Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers) and Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), are invited to the mysterious Lionel Twain's castle for a dinner party. There, they are told that Twain plans an unsolvable murder in the house at midnight -- and he will pay $1 million to the one who determines the killer. But when Twain's blind butler, Bensonmum (Alec Guinness), dies long before the deadline, the stakes go up for the trapped sleuths.
- Robert Moore
- Ray Stark
- Neil Simon
- Columbia Pictures Corporation, Rastar Pictures
- PG
- Comedy
- English
- Jun 23, 1976, Original
- Apr 1, 2010
- 1h 34m
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