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.

Cast

Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Coco, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan

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Frequently asked

What is "Murder by Death" about?

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.

When was "Murder by Death" released?

Murder by Death was released in 1976.

Who stars in "Murder by Death"?

The cast includes Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, David Niven.