Murder by Death. 1976 Columbia Pictures.
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Estelle Winwood
Written by Neil Simon
Director: Robert Moore
Buy Murder by Death at Amazon.
The mysterious millionaire Lionel Twain (Capote) invites a group of detectives, all pastiches of famous film or literary sleuths, to his mansion. When they arrive, Twain announces that he is the greatest detective in the world, not them, and to prove that boast, he challenges them to solve a murder that will take place at midnight, with a one million dollar reward. At the stroke at midnight, everything seems fine, until Twain turns up murdered.
The guests spend the rest of the night investigating, dining, and bickering amongst themselves. They also find their efforts hampered by a mysterious, unseen force, which keeps adding new twists to the murder, and eventually starts endangering the lives of the detectives. The following morning, all is revealed, and it's only an elaborate gag put on by Twain, who is in fact, very much alive...
...or is he?
Recommended. It turned out to be quite an amusing film.
No comments:
Post a Comment