"Murder by Death" quotes
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.
Director: Robert Moore
Writer: Neil Simon
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Year: 1976
MetaScore: 62/100
ImdbRating: 7.4
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 23 Jun 1976
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.
176 Clips
00:36 You've saved our lives
00:11 Look at invitation
00:14 What do you make of all of this
00:07 We're going to have a lovely murderpoo
00:06 Why don't you push her wheelchair down the driveway
00:08 My feet are killing me
00:09 We have been expecting you
00:08 May I get your bags
00:14 I'm going down the hall to find the can
00:26 Observe strange sounds
00:14 You know how I get when you touch me there
00:05 You pit your wits with me
00:07 I don't like it one bit
00:11 Monsieur Perrier
00:04 Bizarre little twit
00:08 Except for the fact that he's dead
00:07 Should have adopted pussycat
00:06 But I was talking about patricide
00:10 Where is the soup
00:08 That's a pretty tacky thing to say
00:13 My wife Dora Inspector Perrier
00:10 With our dinner
00:12 Go back in kitchen
00:15 Very interesting theory Mr Charleston
00:11 I think butler is dead
00:11 Why do you keep all those naked muscle men magazines in your...
00:06 If you'll excuse me I intend to have a little talk with...
00:05 What an entrance
00:14 He was a most cruel man
00:18 Stop that
00:04 Where were you Wang We was worried
00:09 Oh yes As you can see
00:05 Holy Shanghai
00:07 The lady here in the rented dress is my secretary and...
00:19 I don't feel good about this
00:07 Never consider murder to be business
00:14 I trust you've all been made comfortable
00:06 Have admired you ever since I was tiny little detective
00:09 If you ask me anybody that offers a million bucks to solve a...
00:05 I refuse to discuss this with wives
00:06 A mannequin
00:11 Doors and windows will automatically open at dawn
00:27 You have chocolate on your face
00:08 Butler only killed to divert us from real murder still to...
00:06 I hope he knows how to stop that thing
00:20 I beg your your pardon
00:04 Jessie baby
00:06 I prefer to be called
00:11 What number of house
00:13 Blind people have a very keen sense of smell
00:19 All right all of you Nobody move
00:13 No pulse
00:08 You should see the other guy
00:20 She died in here
00:17 We keep this room locked
00:19 You didn't tell me how I look Dicky
00:16 Ah yes I had the pleasure of dining in Shanghai many years...
00:27 No you see here Mr Charleston of New York Palm Beach and...
00:18 Or you Mr Perrier
00:45 True We heard the gunshots
00:20 Because you were born with brains talent money
00:12 Perfect sweetheart They took the bait like a dumb alabit
00:27 I was adopted
00:13 Holy cow They're killing someone in there
00:06 Twain has macabre sense of humor
00:05 You're spitting on the nurse
00:05 Marvin Metzner
00:13 That tickin' sound you hear Mr Diamond is a bomb in...
00:06 Never underestimate a Frenchman s nostrils Miss Twain
00:06 No one is leaving this house
00:20 Strange weather
00:16 I am and I will not stay in this horribly filthy room...
00:21 Well maybe not for you seein' as how you put all your...
00:10 She's off I could use a good stiff shot Mr Charleston
00:11 Sorry if I'm shocking you ma'am but I never had...
00:05 What do we all do now Just sit around and wait for one of us...
00:05 It's your funeral butter balls
00:09 Know what I mean Sam you're spitting on the nurse
00:21 On the stroke of midnight
00:06 Where are they What have you done with the others you short...
00:05 He's right You're one smart Chinaman Mr Wang
00:09 You've all been so clever for so long
00:05 You're a clever little laundry man Mr Wang
00:15 I was not jilted I walked out on him
00:05 She's a cocktail waitress at the Waterbed Motel in...
00:08 Goldman was killed last month while skiing
00:07 Is that the cook's arm
00:07 And so too ladies and gentlemen
Cast
Tess Skeffington - Eileen Brennan
Lionel Twain - Truman Capote
Milo Perrier - James Coco
Sam Diamond - Peter Falk
Bensonmum - Alec Guinness