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Murder by Death

1976

Robert Moore

Alec Guinness, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Peter Falk ...

7.1

15,066

Comedy Millionnaire Lionel Twain invites the five most brilliant private eyes to a dinner - and a murder. So, Sidney Wang from China, Dick Charleston from New York, Jessica Marbles from England, Milo Perrier from Belgium and Sam Diamond from San Francisco arrive at the remote castle. They are welcomed by Jamesir Bemsonmam, the blind butler. At nine, a dinner is supposed to be served. The five private eyes and their companionships are in the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A very good silly-funny Neil Simon satirical comedy, with a super all-star cast."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Most all-star comedy spoofs from the 1970s are dreadful – but this Neil Simon-scripted pastiche of an array of much-loved detective characters is surprisingly charming (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hardy Time Out	"Murder by Death is entertaining enough, even though the joke wears a little thin"	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"One of [Simon's] nicest, breeziest screenplays (...) All of the performances are good"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Even Neil Simon fans (...) will probably be bummed out by this stunningly unfunny 1976 parody of detective films"	NEG
United States	TV Guide	"This spoof of the great fictional-film detectives offers consistently funny scenes sparked by Falk, Niven, Sellers, and Guinness"	POS

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