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Murder by Death
By the time the world's greatest detectives figure out whodunnit... you could die laughing!
( Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller )


Murder by Death Poster



US Runtime: 94 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jun 23, 1976   [USA]
 
Director: Robert Moore   [Director]
 
Writer: Neil Simon   [Writer]
 
Producers: Roger M. Rothstein   [Associate Producer]
Ray Stark   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: David M. Walsh   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: John F. Burnett   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Dave Grusin   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Stephen B. Grimes   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Ann Roth   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Jennifer Shull   [Casting]
 
Production Company: Rastar Productions   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.

Cast:

Truman Capote
Lionel Twain
Alec Guinness
Butler Jamesir Bensonmum
Peter Sellers
Sidney Wang
David Niven
Dick Charleston
Maggie Smith
Dora Charleston
James Coco
Milo Perrier
Peter Falk
Sam Diamond
 
Eileen Brennan
Tess Skeffington
Elsa Lanchester
Jessica Marbles
Estelle Winwood
Nurse Withers
Nancy Walker
Kitchen Maid Yetta
James Cromwell
Marcel Cassette
Richard Narita
Willie Wang
 

Uncredited Cast:


Fay Wray
Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Maurice Marks
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Jerry Jost
Sound mixer
Joseph Kite
Boom Operator
 
Tex Rudloff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank E. Warner
Sound Effects Editor
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Augie Lohman
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Ron Frazier
Carpenter
Harry Kemm
Art Direction
 
Terry E. Lewis
Property Master
Marvin March
Set Decoration
 

Directing Crew:


Fred T. Gallo
Assistant Director
 
David Sosna
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Robert Edesa
First Assistant Camera
Norman Harris
Gaffer
Richard Moran
Key Grip
 
Roger Shearman Jr.
Camera Operator
Mel Traxel
Still Photographer
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Tony Faso
Costumer
Agnes G. Henry
Costumer
 
Mary Malin
Assistant Costume Designer
 

Other Crew:


Charles Addams
Title Graphics
 
George Rondo
Dialogue Coach
 
 

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